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The September meeting of Weston Favell Evening WI was started with a warning from Diane relating to something that had happened to her during the week. She had received a phone call purporting to be from her bank saying there had been a large transfer taken out and requesting all sorts of financial information from her. Luckily Diane became suspicious after a few minutes and ended the call. She remembered from previous information we had received that if you phone 159 you can be put through to the fraud department of your bank. When she did this, lo and behold, her call had been from a scammer, so please, we all need to be alert to the evil people around so we can keep ourselves safe. Remember 159.

Warning over with, the meeting continued. The Coffee Morning last month raised a great total of £173, a thank you to everyone who came along. We will be having our Picnic in Abington Park on September 25th, so do bring your chair and your lunch along from 12 noon, to the park opposite lancross Drive. We have put in a request for a fine day!

There are still a few tickets available for the Panto at Derngate on December 29th in the afternoon - bring along £18 next month and we'll have a great time. There will be a visit to Whilton Locks on the morning of November 11th, coffee and cake and maybe a little retail therapy? In the New Year, a couple of members have volunteered to run a Lunch Club every few months. A meal at a local restaurant will be a great way to socialise - more details at the end of the year.

Our speaker Laura Holme Trevino bought along a lovely Moses basket - no baby, but it was full of the things that the wonderful Baby Basics charity provides to needy mums. She told us how the charity started and how valuable and important it can be to women and their newborns. Referals are received from midwives and health visitors and once the Moses basket is ready, they deliver to the expectant mum and then can offer continuing support. The basket contains all sorts of items including nappies, blankets, baby clothes, little hand knitted hats and jumpers, a cuddly toy, baby toiletries and also things for mum - including chocolate! After starting in a garage, the Northampton branch now has proper accommodation, several staff and a huge number of volunteers. Donations can be given at places all over the county and of course financial support is also vital. We hope to have a collection of items after Christmas to support their work - it seems such a worthwhile cause.

At our next meeting in October we will be giving out raffle tickets if you would like to support our Christmas Afternoon - there will be several of the great prizes on display to whet your appetite. We would also be grateful for any donations for the Tombola. We will also be announcing the winners of the Sheila Laverick photo competition and awarding the trophies and displaying the photos.

And finally, a number of our members entered the recent Village Show - what a talented bunch as many first, second and third prize certificates were awarded - a round of applause celebrated their achievments.

The Next meeting is on Thursday November 14th when the speaker Rob Brewer will give a talk entitled My Life as a Film Extra. The competition is Bring Something Glitzy.
The next Monday Me Time will be on the 18th of November at the Parish Hall 2 till 4, and don't forget on Monday 2nd December is our Christmas Afternoon also in the Hall from 2.30 till 4pm.

If you would like to know more about our WI and join us for an evening, please contact either the President Diane Phillips on 01604 415678 or the Secretary Roz Quigley on 01604 642650.