Welcome to Bicton & Oxon WI

We have over 50 members and always welcome visitors and more members. We enjoy a variety of events and speakers throughout the year, accompanied by plenty of chat and refreshments! You are welcome to attend two of our meetings without commitment to join. The cost for visitors is £5 (cash only, please) which includes refreshments. Our raffle is 50p per ticket. We have a monthly trading stall and this year the proceeds will go to Severn Hospice.

Each month, our social secretary organises an afternoon catch-up for tea or coffee and cake at a local café. Sometimes we meet at Severn Hospice's Refresh Café, pictured above. Several of our members past and present, along with their families have benefitted from the hospice's care. Find out more on their website at https://www.severnhospice.org.uk/ 

Every month on a Saturday morning - in most weather conditions - our walking group sets off for a hike. These alternate monthly between easy, fairly level walks around Shrewsbury and more challenging hikes up and down Shropshire's hills. In 2024 we introduced a monthly speed-walking group on different Saturday mornings in Shrewsbury's Quarry Park, and in 2025 a strollers group for those who only want, or can only manage, a short walk.

Another new innovation for 2024 was our monthly Supper Club. This originated as many of our members are working and couldn't make the afternoon Coffee Catch-ups. We had a very successful first night out at a nearby Indian restaurant (pictured) with 22 members and guests enjoying a delicious meal. This has been followed up with visits to various local restaurants and a meal on the Sabrina river boat.

2024 was our Centenary year and we held various workshops and events to raise funds for our centenary celebrations, including meeting up to create items to sell at a Christmas fair in the village hall, and two workshops, one making patchwork-covered boxes and the other a silk scarf painting workshop. We also have a trading stall at our monthly meeting and this year the proceeds will go to Severn Hospice. Our December competition for many years has been a wrapped gift suitable as a Christmas present for beneficiaries of a local charity.

We are members of Shropshire Federation of WIs who organise many events throughout the year, including their annual meeting at Theatre Severn, concerts, walks, cultural visits, fashion shows and more. In April 2024 we hosted a very successful SFWI Spring Ramble around Bicton. Pictured is a visit to the Shropshire Archives. See https://www.wi-shropshire.co.uk/news-and-events/event-diary for more information.