Wednesday 14th October 2015
Our Speaker for our Meeting was Helen Reeve. She gave a fascinating and interesting talk on For the Love of Cows. This wasn’t just a talk about her love of cows – it was about one particular breed: the Dexter. It was also about Helen’s battle to succeed in farming, which is a male dominated career. She began with just two Dexter’s, and, through support from the Young Farmers, and her mum and dad of course, she has won many awards and has worked her way up through the Young Farmers, representing them many times. She now has a herd of over 40 Dexters. Helen describes them as small for cows but with a big voice and very talkative. She has shown them at the Royal Norfolk Show several times. Helen has even been on the One Show, and met Matt Baker. Her talk was inspiring and it has shown that it is possible for women to progress in a career that is so dominated by men. The Meeting was enjoyed by all and I’m sure many of the women will be buying Dexter beef from Helen in the future. To me, she embodied everything that the WI is about. Inspiring, hard working, forward thinking and wanting to blaze a trail to empower women to succeed.
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 9th December 2015 at our usual home of the Poringland Community Centre. We will be entertained by Greg Morris, who will be playing seasonal Irish Christmas music, to help us to prepare our spirit for Christmas. I’m sure it will be an enjoyable evening and we will have our usual buffet supper. The competition is to decorate a bauble.
Visitors are always welcome at our meetings. If there are any queries, please contact Pam Cooper, President on 01508 491674 or Lesley Sanders, Secretary on 01508 492155.
Samantha Mosedale
