February is the annual Show the Love campaign by the Climate Coalition to try and create meaningful change, by starting with small actions we can start to make the changes to protect and restore nature and seek a safer, greener future. Lara and Joy put up our green love heart bunting, fabric hearts, and postcards … Continue reading Showing the Love
Beetling Along
Beetle drive in February.
Lincoln Larder Hygiene Appeal
Our very generous members donated a pile of hygiene items for the Lincoln Larder. Thank you everyone and also thank you to the member who took them to the Larder. Over the year we will have drives to collect seasonal items for the Lincoln Larder, our next one will be in March for Easter eggs.
Show the Love Preparations
In January we started to get ready for the annual Show the Love campaign which aims to highlight environmental issues as part of the Climate Coalition. As we were making love hearts to also seemed appropriate to make pairs of them to send to Lincoln Hospital who share them with ill patients and their families. … Continue reading Show the Love Preparations
Christmas Sewn Up – Dec ’22 Meeting
This December local fabric artist Verena Handley came and taught us some simple embroidery techniques to make a snowflake bauble. Everyone was given a generous kit with up cycled fabric, DMC thread, a needle, a hoop, a sticky template as well as a comprehensive instruction leaflet. The committee also organised non-alcoholic festive punch for everyone, … Continue reading Christmas Sewn Up – Dec ’22 Meeting
Life’s A Drag – Sep ’22 Meeting
We were really pleased to welcome Lincoln's leading drag artist Celine Begone (Arran) back in September. Arran was an amazing speaker, he arrived in his normal attire and as he spoke to us proceeded to apply copious amounts of make-up at lightning speed, unlike on RuPaul's Drag Race, where the competitors seem to take forever … Continue reading Life’s A Drag – Sep ’22 Meeting
Manna From Heaven?
March 2022 - two years since our last meeting prior to the first lock-down, but we have been back in person for a while. This month Roz from the UK's largest mannequin hire company, Mannakin, came and spoke to us about she started her business from her front room to the site she now occupies … Continue reading Manna From Heaven?
Just Like – Tommy Cooper?
This is a round-up of February and March's meetings. February was our annual meeting, where the committee stood and down and in the main got re-elected. We welcomed Lucy & Wendy back to the committee and Alison as a new member. Sarah stood down and Maz took over as Secretary. Jenny remained as Treasurer and … Continue reading Just Like – Tommy Cooper?
Love Hearts in January
Love hearts ready for the #ShowtheLove campaign to highlight climate change.
We Are Plastic Free Allies
After a talk earlier this year from Plastic Free Lincoln Lincoln WI decided to look at some of our plastic usage (a plastic audit) and took up the following pledges: Use refillable washing up liquid at meetings. Use non-plastic cutlery at meetings and cake sales. Use non-plastic cups at cake sales. We succeeded and our … Continue reading We Are Plastic Free Allies
The Lincoln WI 