Everyone appreciates the work involved in organising a group outing like this and thanked our Group convenor and hoped she would arrange another one.
15 May
Did you read in the national press how Leicester and Rutland Federation members have been banned from baking cakes for the local hospice? They have been doing this for years and now the hospice isn’t allowed to accept their donations because of health and safety concerns: all the members’ kitchens have to be inspected and registered as food establishments. This bureaucratic nonsense raises its ugly head every few years and is one of the reasons behind BFWI running basic hygiene courses for members so that WIs can say that they have someone who holds a valid certificate when they cater for the public at garden parties or market stalls. The editorial of The Daily Telegraph poured scorn on the ruling in Leicestershire so perhaps something will be done about altering the decision and the patients can go back to enjoying a slice of cake with their teas.
In the same issue of the paper there was a welcome piece about 3 criminal drug dealers being jailed under the Modern Slavery Act for forcing youngsters to be runners for drug trafficking between London and Portsmouth. It is good to see the legislation following WI campaigns being used in the war against this practice.