Important cream tea information!

 Please read and remember! From Tina and Jo: 

At our cream tea next Wednesday (19th), please let us all wear our name badges. Mary H has made badges for our newest members, and it would be nice to get to know their names, and for them to learn a few of ours.

Those attending the Cream Tea at Churston Golf Club, on Wednesday 19th August, please can you arrive just before 2.00pm, to ensure that you get your raffle tickets and are seated for an afternoon of quizzes and a delicious cream tea and a chance of winning a lovely prize in the raffle.  As well as an enjoyable afternoon of getting to know each other.

Don’t be shy….have a go!

Taking part is what makes everything much more fun! Everyone can enter something in our Margaret Seaward Exhibition in October! 

Remember that we are all the judges! Each one of us has three votes (in the shape of three buttons!) to award to which ever of the entries we choose! (Simply place your button inside the envelope next to the entry of your own, personal choice). No strict rules to follow, no famous artist to impress and certainly not your needlework teacher from school! Fun, friendly and fabulous!  

Make it yourself, this year, especially for our October WI meeting! 

A photo, a flower arrangement, a card, a poem, a collection of objects, painting, embroidery, pyrography, soap sculpture, crochet, knitting, a song, a tai chi pose, a dance (your rendition of Joyce Grenfell’s ‘Stately as a galleon…)….. anything you set you mind to! 

Here are some of our “Gold” entries when we celebrated our 50th anniversary:-

What’s on? And another year’s Margaret Seaward Exhibition entries for your perusal!

 The theme was ‘Yesterday’ and, as you can see, there were some very beautiful and creative entries!

Margaret Seaward Exhibition 2024

 The theme was nursery rhymes. Here are our three winners chosen by us all.

What’s on? + last year’s Margaret Seaward Exhibition winners

 

Anj, Fiona and Sparks awarded the rose bowls and tray in the 2025 Margaret Seaward Exhibition.

What’s On?

 All of these lovely activities just for our Brixham WI members! Jump in and have some fun! 

Annual Margaret Seaward Award

 It’s coming round to that time again, and it is the Annual Margaret Seaward Award - October 2026, the theme this year is 'By The Sea' - if would like submit an entry, please bring your entry to the October Members meeting 21st October for judging by the members.

 

Please be aware whatever medium you choose must have been produced in the current year from October 2025 – October 2026

Many thanks

 

Jo

BCC Committee and Members

The Edge, Brixham. Can you help?

 Some of our members will remember the talk by Tom Crump telling us all about the history and wonderful work of

The Edge Brixham CIC. Plenty has happened since then - but, like the Phoenix they can rise from the ashes! There is a promise of support from a bank if they can secure 150 pledges of £10 a month. Currently they have just over 100!

At the time of Tom’s talk, lots of our members expressed a wish to do something to help them - here is a chance to do that!

Important message from Hannah…

 Me & The Plastic Sea

Guess what?

You can now drop off empty blister packs at Brixham Library as part of our recycle scheme!

Friday 24th will be busy….

 There are still some spaces for 1.30 on Friday at the library! 

Drumming! 

Life on the Edge award!

 

It’s time to have a Friday night out with your friends!

 Let’s go and support the Music Factory CIC at the Edge in Bolton Street!

Via - free courses for WI members!

 Covering a wide range of interests - here are just three coming up soon: 

https://via.thewi.org.uk/courses/photography-improving-your-pics?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026_07_19_newsletter&utm_content=standard_photography_improving_your_pics

For our Brixham WI members….

 This is what is coming up! 

More opportunities from South Devon National Landscape /Life on the Edge

 Thurs 16th - Sun 19th July

Cultural and literary festival Village Farm . For the Love of the Land
A brand-new festival celebrating the countryside is coming to South Devon, bringing together authors, musicians, farmers and storytellers for four days of talks, live music, food and hands-on experiences.
Set on a working organic farm, it's a unique event for anyone who loves nature, heritage and rural life.

 

Tues 28th July 10am -2pm

Dart Estuary walk with Life on The Edge
This will be a lovely walk from the village of Kingswear. We shall be following the Eastern bank of the Dart Estuary until Long Wood, near Noss-on-Dart. We’ll then return to Kingswear, via a different, somewhat parallel, path . Our Estuaries Officer, Nigel, will be leading us and helping to bring alive the varied views of the main estuary, a hidden secret creek and the native woodland. 

Thursday 30th July   1.30pm – 4.30pm
Women’s conservation group with Life on The Edge -  Big Butterfly Count 
Our women’s conservation group meet once a month around the Brixham area. It is a friendly group and open to any women (non-binary and trans folk welcome) from beginners to seasoned volunteers! We provide the equipment, guidance and ever important brews and biscuits.
Meet at Berry Head car park or get the Lote minibus at 1.10pm (central Brixham)

What’s On?

 

Chair Yoga at Brixham library

 Val has tested the Chair Yoga, and she was very impressed and will be going again.

 

Chair Yoga is held at Brixham Library every other Tuesday between3.45 – 4.45 and its free!!!

Although the poster says that the event is only running until July 21^st it will be running every other Tuesday for the rest of the year,

Great Stuff here - free to all WI members!

 https://via.thewi.org.uk/

Drumming!

 We have done this before! We know we love it! 

From Brixham Library:

Kick off our Summer Book Quest with @drum_devon Lose yourself in the rhythm of this African Drumming Workshop. Not just for children! Booking essential, £2 person, suitable for ages 8+ Friday 24th July 1:30-3pm

Fame at last!

 Those members who took an active part in the Life on the Edge project……

What’s on next week…?

 

Blister pack recycling!

 Don't throw your empty blister packs away – recycle them instead!

Did you know that empty medicine blister packs can't usually be recycled through your household recycling collection? Instead, they often end up in landfill.

Thanks to the incredible work of Hannah from Me & The Plastic Sea, Brixham residents have another chance to give these hard-to-recycle items a new life.

 Friday 11th July
 Fore Street, Brixham - Outside Tesco

10am - 1pm

Wednesday 23rd September

We have a marvellous opportunity to attend the DFWI event just down the road in Torquay. 23rd September. Our national Chair will be there to speak to us - all in all a grand day out! Find out for yourself that there is much more to the WI than simply what goes on in Brixham WI!

Follow the instructions on the poster below - or find it in your emails, recently sent to us by Jo. 

This week on Via - free courses for WI members!

 Here is a selection from this week’s choices: 

https://via.thewi.org.uk/

What’s on?

 Plenty of social activities for our lovely Brixham WI! 

Getting to know everyone!

 Here are some of your committee - President Val, treasurer Jenny, membership secretary Tina, Jill H, Sheila, Ann and Jayne.

 So you will know who they are next time!

Our Birthday Party & Kingswear Celebration

Wednesday 24th June, we celebrated Brixham WI's Birthday, and we also remember 100 Years ago in 1926, when Kingswear WI was formed, which sadly closed just a few years ago and the 5 remaining members joined the Brixham WI  Unfortunately only one of the ladies was with us.  To mark this occasion Ann (thank you Ann) baked a special cake which we sent with our love and best wishes to Virginia, Julia and Carolyn.

We had a lovely afternoon, celebrating with good food, good company, quizzes, bingo and a raffle.