# BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1210222
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 26, 2024
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1210222


## Contact

- **Address:** BFWI, BELL BUSINESS PARK, SMEATON CLOSE, AYLESBURY
- **Postcode:** HP19 8JR
- **Phone:** 01296767876
- **Email:** hq@bucksfwi.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bucksfwi.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION ARE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE. 3.2 THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION ARE: (A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL AREAS INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION): I. LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPORTANCE; II. MUSIC, DRAMA AND OTHER CULTURAL SUBJECTS; AND III. ALL BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE, CRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, SCIENCE, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE; (B) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: I. EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND II. PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION; (C) TO ADVANCE HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND (D) TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERING. 3.3 IN CLAUSE 3.2 "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT GENERATION WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. 3.4 THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION SEEKS TO GIVE WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, OF DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITY AND SKILLS, AND OF PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THOSE IDEALS FOR WHICH THE WOMEN?S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION STANDS.

**Activities:** Provides coordination for the WI in Buckinghamshire; advances the education of women and girls in important local and national political and social issues, music, drama and other cultural subjects, agriculture, crafts, home economics, science, health and social welfare; promotes sustainable development; advances health and advances citizenship by promoting civic responsibility and volunteering.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Recreation
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Buckinghamshire
- Milton Keynes




## Trustees

- **Joycelyn Elisabeth Cull** (Chair) — appointed May 1, 2014
- Carole Green — appointed Feb. 12, 2019
- Christine Richardson — appointed April 25, 2024
- Jennifer Maureen Burton — appointed May 12, 2020
- Kim Deborah Edwards — appointed Aug. 1, 2024
- Linda Mary Nicholls — appointed Sept. 5, 2019
- Lynn Elizabeth Foster — appointed May 1, 2014
- Margaret Kaye — appointed May 4, 2017
- Mary Christine Chapman — appointed April 25, 2024
- SUSAN ELIZABETH Hamp — appointed Sept. 26, 2024
- THELMA KAY SACKMAN — appointed April 27, 2016