Welcome to the Brightwell-cum-Sotwell WI website

Useful Links to other websites

Reduce - Re-use - Recycle

Further to our discussions at the Resolutions meeting, the following website has a great selection of waste bins which can help you separate and store your rubbish for recycling: http://www.homerecycling.co.uk

Green Bean operates from a 2 acre site on the Ducker family farm in Little Stoke. Using traditional methods and following sound environmental principles, they grow high quality herbs and vegetables. Click on the Green Bean logo above to find out more about the organic vegetable box scheme that they operate and their gardens.

Recycle your old curtains / pillow cases / duvet covers / clothes and make some eco-friendly shopping bags.

Viv came across an article about these bags in in her quilt magazine this month - she says, "There is a great little website: www.morsbags.com and if you click on the how to animation, it is so simple. In the magazine it said you can make one in 20 mins, I think that is probably a bit ambitious but I guess if you cut several out at once you can make them fairly quickly. I just think they look great. You can see some made up on the flicker link on the page."

Click here to downlaod the instructions to make a bag

Natural History Museum: using the postcode plants database.

Try this fantastic resource and discover the native plants and other wildlife where you live. By simply typing in the first half of your postcode, you cam obtain tailor-made lists of local plants, many of which are both hospitable to wildlife and suitable for gardens.

Cultivated plants are essential to human survival. Now too, they are becoming crucial to wildlife. By growing plants that offer food and shelter to animals, you can make a real contribution to conservation in your local area, while also providing arenas for fascinating and rewarding observations, even in the heart of the city.

Go to http://www.nhm.ac.uk/interactive. Other links include Exploring Biodiversity, Country Cures, Bat Sounds and lots more.

If you're being plagued by unwanted or nuisance phone calls then click on the link on the left. This will take you to the Telephone Preference Service where you can register your telephone number and put a stop to most of those calls.

Click on the image of the Wallingford Corn Exchange to see what's on.

We are not alone

Why not have a look at some other WI websites - it's great to see what other groups are doing and could give us some new ideas - click on the links below:

Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor WI

Walton Manor WI - Oxford (they are even younger than us!)

Click on the Wallingford Museum logo to visit their website and find out more about opening times, exhibitions, etc.

And if you click on the village picture, or the WI logo, at the top of our web-pages that will take you to the Brightwell-cum-Sotwell and National WI websites respectively, but you already knew that - didn't you?

Contact us

If you have any comments, photos or suggestions for our website please send us an email with details by clicking on the envelope on the left.