Meetings 2024

All WeyBay meetings, unless specified, are at the Angling Club, Commercial Road, Weymouth on the third Tuesday in the month.  Start time 7.30 pm.

A full programme of exciting meetings for 2024 are being put together by the committee.  

16 January - This months speaker is Anna Kent. She will talk about her experience as nurse and midwife working with Medecins Sans Frontieres.

20 February - Sue from Snooks Hat Shop, in Bridport

19 March - David Taylor - Tunnels of Dorchester

16 April - AGM followed by Alan Jenkins  ex Police Officer - Counter Terrorism

21 May - Charlie Wheeler - Abbotsbury Swannery

18 June - Steve Belasco - Confessions of a Provincial Press Photographer

July - Beach Party.  Details will be emailed

August - No Meeting

17 September - Freda Ellis, Magistrate (to be confirmed)

15 October - Country Fayre

 Monthly Groups

Walking group, Lunch club and book clubs

The resolutions that will be considered are as follows.  All members will have the chance to vote on which they think is most needed.

1. Dental Health Matters.  There is a chronic shortage of NHS Dentists and people are suffering health issues as a result. The NFWI calls on the government to increase investment in the training and retention of dentists.

2. Impacts of poor housing.  The NFWI calls on the government to boost housing standards  and regulations.

3. Say ‘No’ to gambling advertising. Harm caused by excessive gambling is a worldwide problem with some counties already banning advertising. The NFWI calls on the government, NHS, regulators, and gambling charities to work together to achieve a ban on gambling advertising.

4. Improving outcomes for women in the criminal justice system. The NFWI urges cross-government collaboration to reduce the number of women who have committed non-violent crimes from being imprisoned.