Beadnell Village has an active branch of the Women's Institute. Many thanks to Wendy Clark for the following brief history of the village branch and their local activities.

The main purposes of the Women's Institute Organisation are to enable women who are interested in issues associated with rural life including:

• arts, crafts and sciences, to improve and develop conditions of rural life.
• to advance their education in citizenship, in public life, both national and international.
• in music, in drama and other cultural subjects and in all branches of agrigculture, handicrafts, home economics, health and social welfare.

It seeks to give all women the opportunity of working together through the Women's Institute Organisation and of putting into practice those ideals for which it stands. It's none sectarian and none party political.

The Beadnell W.I. was formed in 1923, it's first meetings being held in the Craster Arms before being given a piece of land in Meadow Lane Beadnell by the Craster Family. Here the present W.I. hall stands along with the garden in memory of Minnie Craster.

The hall has been greatly improved in the last decade and now, as the only hall in the village, is used for most village events. At present it is used by a bowls club, keep fit, a bridge club, an art group, a yoga class, a step up group, the Parish Council, elections and private parties as well as by the W.I. and various charities for coffee mornings etc. (The hall is available for £5 per hour).

Our monthly meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month with the exception of August. Anyone is welcome to attend.

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