Welcome to Bicton & Oxon WI

We have over 40 members and always welcome visitors and more members. We enjoy a variety of events and speakers throughout the year, accompanied by plenty of chat and refreshments! You are welcome to attend two of our meetings without commitment to join. The cost for visitors is £4 which includes refreshments. Our raffle is 50p per ticket. We have a monthly trading stall and this year the proceeds will go to Severn Hospice.

Each month, our social secretary organises an afternoon meet-up for tea or coffee and cake at our local hospice's café Refresh. Severn Hospice's mission is to provide the highest standards of specialist palliative and specialist end-of-life care through a range of hospice services, ‘here and at home’, that recognise the individual and their preferences. Several of our members past and present or their families have benefitted from the hospice's care. Find out more on their website at https://www.severnhospice.org.uk/ 

Every month on a Saturday morning - in most weather conditions - our walking group sets off for a hike. These alternate monthly between an easy, fairly level walks around Shrewsbury and more challenging hikes up and down Shropshire's hills. In 2024 we introduced a monthly speed-walking group on different Saturday morning in Shrewsbury's Quarry Park.

Another new innovation for 2024 is our monthly Supper Club, usually held on a Tuesday evening. This originated as many of our members are working and couldn't make the afternoon tea at the Refresh café. We had a very successful first night out at a local Indian restaurant (pictured) with 22 members and guests enjoying a delicious meal. This was followed up with a visit to a local pub restaurant and we look forward to our next meal out.

2024 is our Centenary year and we have been holding various workshops and events to raise funds for our centenary celebrations, including meeting up to create items to sell at a Christmas fair in the village hall, and two workshops, one making patchwork-covered boxes and the other a silk scarf painting workshop. We also have a monthly trading stall and this year the proceeds will go to Severn Hospice. Our December competition for many years has been a wrapped gift suitable as a Christmas present for beneficiaries of a local charity.

We are members of Shropshire Federation of WIs who organise many events throughout the year, including their annual meeting at Theatre Severn, concerts, walks, cultural visits, fashion shows and more. Pictured is a visit to the Shropshire Archives. See https://www.wi-shropshire.co.uk/news-and-events/event-diary for more information.