Pentrich WI

04/08/2026

18/07/2026

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A small number of us visited Hopton Hall to see their beautiful Rose Garden yesterday, well worth a visit and a very nice Coffee shop. Met Wilf and Jimmy the two “gardeners” and the eagle, all very impressive sculptures.

17/07/2026

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Poppies needed by the Mercian Regiment for the Beacon at Crich.

15/07/2026

Some of our members have been very busy knitting Teddy Bears for a charity called “Teddy’s Sleeping Bears” , this has been set up in memory of 11year old Teddy Nutt who has sadly passed away in Kingsmill Hospital.
His Grandmother is a member of Pentrich WI who asked us to get our knitting needles out to support this Charity. Its aims are to fund a paediatric only Cold room environment to enable families to spend longer with their child following their passing.
They have a page Teddy’s Sleeping Bears should anyone wish to take a look.
Molly, our speaker for the evening, then gave us an introduction into some Chair based Yoga moves which we all found very relaxing, despite some of us not being supple enough to accomplish all of them.
I don’t think we burnt off too many calories during Yoga but it was followed by our July “ Pudding Night” with a fantastic array of home made puds.

30/04/2026

30/04/2026

DFWI AUTUMN CELEBRATION - 3rd November at the Winding Wheel, Chesterfield.
Announcing our 2nd SPECIAL GUEST..............
PROFESSOR PAUL MEALOR
Paul is one of the world’s most ‘performed’ living composers and has composed music for some of the most important UK State, National and Royal occasions of the last ten years, including the wedding of The Prince and Princess of Wales (2011), King Charles’s 65th, 70th and 75th birthdays, two works for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s National Services of Thanksgiving (2022), two works for the Coronation (2023) – including the first ever setting of the Welsh Language at a Coronation, and three works for The Honours of Scotland Service (2023). He has also written music for films and television, three operas, four symphonies, concerti, chamber music, choral music and songs....phew!!
Tickets are on sale NOW from the office. Tickets will be allocated on a "FIRST COME FIRST SERVED" basis so get your orders in early to avoid disappointment!!

30/04/2026

DFWI AUTUMN CELEBRATION - 3rd November at the Winding Wheel, Chesterfield.
Announcing our 1st SPECIAL GUEST..............
PATRICK GRANT
Patrick is a British Clothes Designer and probably best known as a judge on the BBC's GREAT BRITISH SEWING BEE. He is a fierce critic of the "fast fashion" industry and the environmental damage this causes. In 2016 Patrick launched the sustainable clothing brand Community Clothing, a social enterprise and manufacturers
co-operative based in Blackburn, which produces a line of clothing staples in order to provide consistent employment at British clothing mills and factories, while reducing clothing waste.
Tickets are on sale NOW from the office. Tickets will be allocated on a "FIRST COME FIRST SERVED" basis so get your orders in early to avoid disappointment!!