Happy International Women's Day (IWD) 2021! While circumstances are different this year, it is still a day to celebrate women around the world, their achievements, raise awareness about women's equality, and more. This year's IWD theme is #ChooseToChallenge2021

Our recycling crews have been working incredibly hard through the pandemic – now they need your help to reduce contamination in the bins. Blue bins are for glass, cans and plastic, brown bins for paper and card. Find out what can and can’t go in your bins: https://t.co/LvzZbLyC7n

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An interesting evening hearing from stuntman Sam Durrani tonight!

Interesting to hear James Nicol tell us about his adventures as a children’s author!

@SelbySwansWI @WomensInstitute @WILifemagazine Looking forward to it! Absolutely will bring my gorgeous paddleboard Grace. Thank you so much! 🦢

#FridayFeeling Time to reflect on wet woodland and the week that has come and gone.thanks to @TheCCoalition and @WomensInstitute for the organisation of #TheTimeIsNow Day.Gillian Burke and other participants really inspiring. @SelbySwansWI @SewerbyWi

Big thanks to @DeborahCFoulkes for organising a great zoom quiz tonight, thanks to those who attended and congrats to the winner @jenniem75 🤩 🦢🦢🦢

Join the first ever virtual climate lobby, taking place on 30 June! WI members are encouraged to come together & tell politicians that #TheTimeIsNow to put a healthier, greener & fairer future at the centre of plans to rebuild a strong economy. Sign up: https://t.co/Mbr1YBERx0

We are very concerned to hear that Nestlé no longer plans to buy Fairtrade cocoa and sugar from vulnerable small scale farmers. As a founding member of @FairtradeUK, we are disappointed with this move which will result in a loss of almost £2 million in Fairtrade Premium.

Do you know what you're rubbing on your skin & lips? With our NEW @BeatTheBead app you can SCAN your products for more than 500 #microplastics 📱 The cosmetics industry MUST STOP adding plastic in our products. #TruthIsOnTheBack Download now & try it: https://t.co/HaPtd0Kn0r

So lovely to see everyone's smiley faces at last night's meeting 😍 #WomensInstitute

Looking forward to our Zoom meeting tonight when we will hear from our member Alice about her work as an RSPCA inspector and share what members have been creating during lockdown. Plus we'll have another round of the Generation Game's famous conveyor belt game! ☕⏰🌂🛎🏓🖼🥊🌻🏺

June is #PrideMonth and the start of Pride season! Throughout June and the rest of the summer, events take place up and down the country to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. While this year may look a little different, we can still celebrate virtually!

Inspired by the kindness of his local WI making PPE items for care homes, musician @billybragg has recorded a special tribute to WI members and a beautiful rendition of Jerusalem, sing along at home! https://t.co/w9IDmbm9Iw #WICommunityChampions

Thank you to Ken Bruce for giving a shout out to WI members on his show on @BBCRadio2 this morning! You can catch up at 1.51.00: https://t.co/vl1fMrMhOK #WICommunityChampions

We had a great first virtual meeting with half of our members attending! A fun filled hour with through the keyhole, the conveyor belt game, headwear, never have I ever game and some VE stories 👍🏻👍🏻

Who else is excited about our first ever virtual meeting tomorrow night?!

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Ladies, if anyone is joining in with anything today, please let us know! Photos are even better! 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

The team are getting the hang of this Zoom lark now...ahead of our first virtual main meeting next week! Maybe it was the Prosecco that helped 🤔😂 Keep your eyes peeled to your inbox as we’ll be sharing the meeting link early next week 👍🏻