Our meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of every month and start at 7.45 pm for 8.00 pm. They’re open to everyone so you don’t have to be a member to come along – just turn up! Meetings are free for all Chapel Pie WI members and there’s a small charge of £5 for non-members. Our sessions vary from inspiring guest speakers to food and drink tasting, crafty get-togethers and other skill-learning events. At the heart of them all is an opportunity to meet new friends for a catch-up.
At some meetings we incorporate a cooking club where we invite members to bring along some home-cooked food, based around a theme, for us all to try and share recipe ideas. And what meeting wouldn’t be complete without a raffle? So if you have any unwanted gifts/boxes of chocolate/wine, etc, or if you run your own business and would like to give away a freebie to promote your business, please bring these along as a donation to the raffle to help support the WI.
Our Schedule
Our calendar for 2023 is below. We update these details regularly throughout the year so check-back soon to see our latest plans! We’re always open to new session ideas so let us know if there’s something you’d like to try.
- 16 Jan: Beer Tasting and WI Resolutions (change of Monday this month!)
- 13 Feb: Annual General Meeting, Quiz and Fuddle
- 13 Mar: Flamenco Dancing Session
- 17 Apr: Women’s Refuge Talk (change of Monday this month)
- 15 May: Tai Chi Session (change of Monday this month)
- 12 Jun: History Walk – Beckett Street Cemetery
- 10 Jul: Chapel Allerton Community Police Officer Talk
- 14 Aug: Leeds Girls Can | Park Run Talk
- 11 Sep: Mosaic Craft Session
- 09 Oct: Trussell Trust Talk
- 13 Nov: Christmas Craft Session
- 11 Dec: Christmas Meal
Other events we’ve held in the past include:
- Acupuncture
- Alzheimer’s Society – Dementia Friends
- Anthropology
- Balloon Modelling
- Bee Keeping
- Beer Tasting
- Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate
- Breast Cancer Prevention
- Cake Decorating
- Car Maintenance
- Charity Talks eg St Gemma’s and Yorkshire Air Ambulance
- Cheese, Wine and Ale Tasting
- Chocolatier Demonstration and Tasting
- Christmas Crafts
- Cocktail Making (and Tasting!)
- Coffee Tasting
- Cranial Osteopathy
- Female Airline Pilot Talk
- Festive Crafts
- First Aid Training
- Flamenco
- Flower Arranging
- Gin Tasting
- Garden Design
- Garden Party
- Great Yorkshire Show
- Grow Your Own – Managing an Allotment
- Haven Breast Cancer Support Centres
- Health, Fitness and Nutrition
- Learn to Knit
- Leeds (North) Food Bank
- Leeds “Owl” Walk
- Leeds Women’s Refuge
- Life Coaching
- Making Natural Cosmetics
- Mindfulness and Meditation
- Jewellery Making
- Jewish History Talk
- Personal Trainer Talk
- Photography Demonstration and Practical Session
- Positivity
- Reflexology
- Roundhay Bakehouse Artisan Micro-Bakery
- Self-Defense
- Spring-Clean Swapping
- Stay Safe Online
- The Good Life – Keeping Chickens
- The Life of a Celebrant
- The Sunshine Bakery Tasting Session
- Theatre Trip
- Treasure Trail
- Tumani Homes of Hope
- Unleashing your Creativity
- Upholstery Demonstration
- Will Writing and Power of Attorney
- Wine Tasting
- Women in Social Change Talk
We’re always open to new session ideas so please speak up if you have something you’d like to try.