#ShowTheLove 2018

WIs and Federations are crafting green hearts this February to protect the world we love from climate change.

The NFWI is a founding member of The Climate Coalition, the UK’s largest group of people dedicated to action on climate change and members have been crafting, baking and sharing green hearts to start important conversations about climate change since 2016. If your WI has not yet planned any green heart activities, we hope that you will be inspired by these ideas to #ShowTheLove.

Isle of Wight Federation has asked its 35 WIs to make a green heart which they will display outside its federation office on Valentine’s Day. They will then walk into Newport to hand out these hearts and raise awareness of the campaign.

Photograph: High Littleton and Hallatrow WI

High Littleton and Hallatrow WI in Avon Federation held a community workshop in January and made paper hearts with messages to send to its local MP. If you would like to take part in a similar activity, why not make paper seeded hearts, following our step by step instructions, attach it to the postcard insert in your February WI Life and send onto your MP.  

Photograph: High Littleton and Hallatrow WI 

Godalming Meadrow WI members crafting green hearts 

Godalming Meadrow WI in Surrey federation has arranged several activities. Its members will be delivering an assembly to a local girl’s school on Valentine’s Day about the campaign and have engaged four other schools to display ‘places they love’ in shop windows. 

Photograph: Godalming Meadrow WI

Godalming Meadrow WI will also been ‘bombing’ the high street with banners and crafting green hearts in its local café, inviting customers to join them. 

Ideas for the Reculver Beacon WI members

Reculver Beacon WI in East Kent Federation has put together packs so that its members can make a heart themed brooch, pin cushion or lavender wardrobe bag.

Claire Hallett, Reculver Beacon WI Secretary, explained the idea behind the packs: “As a lot of our members are working, it is difficult to get together during the daytime so we have made packs which our ladies can take home and bring back to show off what they have made for Show The Love in February.”

If your WI or federation are holding an event or crafting green hearts, remember to share them using the #ShowTheLove and get in touch at pa@nfwi.org.uk for stickers and resources.