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  • Home
  • What we do
    • Board and Committees
      • Federation Trustees
    • Speaking out
      • Resolutions
      • Campaigns
        • Get On Board
        • Stop Modern Slavery
        • Make a Match
        • 5 Minutes that matter
    • Denman
    • The Members' Blog
  • What's On
    • Events Calendar
    • Competitions & Challenges
      • 100 Miles More
      • Huxley Cup
      • Elizabeth Bell Challenge 2021
      • 101 words
      • Silver Cup
      • Virtual Show
    • Centenary+1 Celebrations
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Running Your WI

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​NFWI - Latest News on 2020/2021 Membership Subscriptions

The NFWI has been very concerned about the disruption this lockdown period has had on WI meetings and activities and your membership experience this year. We recently held consultations with all federations to discuss ways in which we can acknowledge this in our membership subscription this year.

We are delighted to share with you that as a result, we are offering a three-month extension to this year’s membership subscription. The next renewal date for membership subscriptions will, therefore, be 1st April 2021. In addition, from this point onwards, membership renewals will always be in April. This is to acknowledge the feedback many of you shared with us during the recent Strategic Vision consultation about the challenges of the January payment date and how you wished to see this changed in the future.

We hope the additional three months will provide some compensation to acknowledge the disruption many of you will have experienced this year.

Please see below some FAQs to explain a bit more about the process and how this will impact WIs. Please note we will be adding to these FAQs over time, as new questions arise.
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Member Support

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The Member Support Committee is here to help you with the running of your WI.  Comprised of WI Advisers, the Resolutions Co-ordinator and WI Adviser helpers, this Committee is responsible for handling the promotion, formation, suspension, closure and enlargement of WIs in Buckinghamshire. 

We also:
- recommend suitable members for training as WI Advisers
- help Group Convenors
promote their Group Meetings  
​- provide training to help members run their WIs
- work with NFWI and other voluntary organisations
- organise meetings to discuss Resolutions
- arrange and support delegates for the NFWI Annual General Meeting.


Training Opportunities

We provide training each year for Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurers and any one who thinks they might be able to take on these vital WI roles.  This supplements the courses available on MyWI and WITraining.
Watch out for publicity in the newsletter and on this website.

Think about who will succeed your current officers and try and encourage members to come along and see whether they could take on one of these roles.

​Remember without the three officers the WI can't exist!

Useful documents

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There are some useful guides available from NFWI  but to make it easy for you  the WI Constitution, the WI Guide and the Membership Computer System (MCS2) are available  as downloadable documents on this website. 
​You can also download from there the BFWI Guide to WI Terms & Initials and a Publicity poster - plus a whole lot of other materials which  you can customise for your own use. 

Could you be a WI Adviser?

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 Would you like to learn more about the WI?
 Are you interested in helping members within Buckinghamshire?
​If so, please think about becoming a WI Adviser!
For further information, please contact Stuart Lodge who can put you in contact with one of our existing WI Advisers for an informal chat
Email: hq@bucksfwi.org.uk

Do you know how long you need to keep your records for?   ​

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Keep Permanently:
​Signed Rules, Record Book, Minute Books, Annual Committee (Trustee) Reports, Registration Certificates (Charity Registrations, etc.), Scrap Book or Record of Interesting Events, arrangements for special events, correspondence with Income Tax Authorities, correspondence with NFWI / BFWI about Rulings or other fundamental matters affecting the running of your WI, copy of your programme for each year, Financial Statements, Leases
Keep for 7 Years:
Financial Records, Insurance
Keep for 1 Year After Completion
Arrangements for your WI Programme
Current Year and 1 Year back
County Newsletter and a copy of WI Life Magazine
Destroy as you go or at end of year  
All trivial correspondence
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​Charity No: 228057 ​
WI ADVISER
MY WI
NFWI
WI TRAINING
MCS2
​External links disclaimer
Throughout our site you will find links to external websites. Although we make every effort to ensure these links are accurate, up to date and relevant, BFWI cannot take responsibility for pages maintained by external providers.  If you come across any external links that don't work, we would be grateful if you could report them to us.
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  • Home
  • What we do
    • Board and Committees
      • Federation Trustees
    • Speaking out
      • Resolutions
      • Campaigns
        • Get On Board
        • Stop Modern Slavery
        • Make a Match
        • 5 Minutes that matter
    • Denman
    • The Members' Blog
  • What's On
    • Events Calendar
    • Competitions & Challenges
      • 100 Miles More
      • Huxley Cup
      • Elizabeth Bell Challenge 2021
      • 101 words
      • Silver Cup
      • Virtual Show
    • Centenary+1 Celebrations
  • Join Us
    • About Bucks WIs
    • Find a WI (Map)
      • Morning WIs
      • Afternoon WIs
      • Evening WIs
    • Find a WI (A-Z)
  • On-line Store
  • Contact Us
  • Gallery
  • Your WI
    • Tutorials & Library
    • Running your WI
    • Finding a Speaker
    • Volunteering with BFWI
  • History of Buckinghamshire WIs
  • Use of Website
  • Covid advice