Cribbage news from Tina:

 Cribbage News.

Although it's the 1st Wednesday of the month this week, we are not meeting (for obvious reasons).

However, we will be having a cribbage session on the 8th January from 2pm to 4pm at Brixham rugby club, who have kindly allowed access. We're in the downstairs bar and newbies, experienced players and everyone in between are welcome. Please try to buy a drink to show support to the club.

In the meantime, look at this. The best hand you can ever get in crib. Please calculate the score ( and don't forget the one for his knob!)

Which one will you choose?

It is that time of our WI year again! The resolution shortlist has been published in the Nov/Dec issue of WI Life and on MyWI on the WI website. This is where you make your own decision and place your own vote at our January meeting. We count the votes and send the results to Devon Federation.

Here are your choices:-

1. Let’s talk about incontinence

It is estimated that 14 million people in the UK of all ages are suffering from bladder problems and a further 6.5 million with bowel problems. However, it is still a subject that is misunderstood and very hard to talk about. We call upon the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Wales’ Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to examine in detail all areas of health and wellbeing that are affected by incontinence issues. We call for the government to commit to an up-to-date audit to provide a national picture of incontinence care, offering a baseline from which to drive improved services. We call upon the members of the WI to raise public awareness, remove the stigma around incontinence, to help reduce the significant impact on people’s lives.

2. Bystanders can be lifesavers 

There are over 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests a year in the UK, and less than one in ten people survive. Women have a lower chance of surviving than men. Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillating can more than double the chances of survival. We call on WI members to work together to increase public confidence and training in the delivery of CPR and to work with local organisations to help improve access to defibrillators in their communities to give every person the best chance of surviving a cardiac arrest.

3. Join the repair revolution 

There is a huge excess in clothing production which has devastating consequences for the environment. The WI calls on the UK Government to join the repair revolution and strengthen the law and investment to support a circular economy of clothing and fabrics in the UK, where repair and reuse are achievable, accessible, and affordable to all. We also call on WI members to promote clothing reuse and repair in their communities.

4. Eliminate landfill of medication packaging 

Medication packaging, due to its complexity, is not routinely recyclable through local authority collections, usually leading to disposal in landfills. We call on the WI to proactively raise awareness by encouraging additional collection points where empty packaging can be easily returned for recycling. Furthermore, we call on manufacturing companies to acknowledge their moral responsibility to reduce their environmental impact by exploring simpler packaging alternatives that are easier to recycle or have less impact on the environment. These steps can significantly improve recycling rates to move towards eliminating landfill.

 

This week:

 We are coming to the end of 2024! What will 2025 have in store?

Wishing you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year!

Thursday 2nd January: Colouring - contact Jayne Stone if you haven’t already done so, to book your lunch.

Friday: Book Share lunch

Photo taken at Galmpton Creek, January 2022

New banner photo!

 Making a Father Christmas at our 2021 Christmas party.

Something different for 2025

 Something very intriguing and interesting is going on here - and we can be part of it! Click on this link to read more:  https://www.southdevon-nl.org.uk/projects/life-on-the-edge/