Our May Meeting - the tea-riffic world of social media!

Hello there,

Welcome back to Bake, Natter and Roll - the Farnham WI blog!

This month our monthly meeting was led by Vice President Rachel Wheeler who also runs some of the Social Media for Bake, Natter and Roll. As Rachel also writes a blog dedicated to Afternoon Tea we decided to dedicate this meeting to the world of Social Media and Rachel shared her blogging story with the members, giving them some tips on using social media and answering questions.

Rachel is a self-taught blogger whose afternoon tea blog is popular with tea and cake lovers around the world. Rachel attributes her love of social media (Twitter in particular) to her blogs popularity and she took the members through how she set up the blog and shared it with potential readers.

Since we were talking quite a bit about afternoon tea - Rachel and President Cat Hoare thought it would be a wonderful treat to enjoy a spot of afternoon tea during the discussion and each table had a tea-riffic afternoon tea stand to enjoy....

Topics discussed during this interactive meeting included setting up a blog, using Twitter, dedicated Facebook pages, Instagram and the use of hashtags in social media (remember to be careful what you write in your tags!). Rachel answered as many questions as she could during the evening and invited members to ask her other questions via the Bake, Natter and Roll Facebook page if they wanted.

The cucumber sandwiches, savoury tarts, scones, cakes and biscuits were enjoyed by everyone!

June's monthly meeting is called WI-NEY Night - where we will be enjoying (responsibility) a selection of wine and increasing our wine knowledge!

Thank you for popping by today,

The Bake, Natter and Roll Committee

Bake, Natter and Roll - Our Provisional Programme - Part 1

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Welcome back to Bake, Natter and Roll - The Farnham WI Blog!

When you first launch a new WI group you need to produce a provisional programme of activities for the year ahead and so today we thought we'd share with you our first programme of activities.

You already know that we started the year with a spot of speed crafting....but what is still to come for our lovely members? From social media to jam making from Christmas craft to gardening - we've got lots to look forward to! In Part 1 of this blog article we will look at January - June 2016.....

18th Feb - An introduction to mindfulness

Simple meditation techniques to help us focus on the present are believed to promote well-being and improve mental health. We're going to hear from our guest speaker Suzette Jones MSc RNLD, Health and Wellbeing Adviser for the Diocese of Guildford.

17th March - Let it Grow, Let it Grow

This month we are being joined by a grower from Farnham Local Food, who will give us more information about this exciting local community project, as well as giving us tips on growing fruit and veg at home.

21st April - General Natter

A night to cement new friendships we've made over cake and a drink (or two) - members can bring a craft project they are working on or maybe a board game. Be prepared for lots of nattering!

19th May - Tea-riffic

Advice on managing your online presence from author of the afternoon tea blog "Tea With Me and Friends". Find Twitter and Facebook confusing....not sure what Instagram is...this is the night for you! We'll also be enjoying a spot of afternoon tea!

16th June - WI-NEY Night!

Who doesn't enjoy a tipple every now and then?? Come along and try a selection of wines that we will have available. We'll have a wine expert on hand who will tell us a bit more about grape varieties and the areas they come from. Please drink responsibly!

That's the first half of our year covered - we hope you think its a great start to Bake, Natter and Roll! Pop back next week to see the rest of the programme!

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Thank you for popping by today,

The Bake, Natter & Roll Committee