Meet the Committee

To contact a member of the Committee, you can email  prattyflowers@holmfirthwi.org.uk

Please put the name of the person you wish to contact in the subject heading. 

For the Treasurer, please email treasurer@holmfirthwi.org.uk

President

Margriet Mulder became our President in April 2016. Margriet loves the outdoors and can often be seen cycling in the hills and swimming in lakes (not competitively though).  She prefers gardening to housework although neither her garden or house are pristine!

General Secretaries

Angela Payne is one our secretary.  When Angela isn’t working for the WI she is acting in local theatres.

Melanie Duff joined the committee in 2017as second secretary.  Melanie can often be seen treading the boards at local and regional theatres.  A talented thespian who will be supporting a range of committee activities.

Minutes Secretary

Sandy Goler is our minutes secretary.  When Sandy isn’t putting her mind to WI business, she is often travelling the world. She is a busy lady so will sometimes be looking for volunteers to take the minutes for our monthly meetings.

Treasurers

We have two treasurers.

Louise Makin is a member of our committee and is an administrative queen when it comes to making sure things operate smoothly. Another member of our fab trio, sorting fun events out.

Lynne Lennon is a member of our committee and is also one of the three committee members who focus on events and activities. Lynne enjoys crafts, card making and walking. Lynne is also responsible for updating members contact information so make sure she has your details!

Kate Gamble is Holmfirth WI’s longest standing committee members as she has been with the group since it began in 2013. She’s into baking, cats, and caring.

Christine Askew is a member of our committee and is also a wizard at craft and sewing. Chris coordinates the craft group as well as the rotas for cake and refreshments for our monthly meetings.  It wouldn’t be WI without cake!

Lesley Rattigan joined the committee in 2018. She has lived in Holmfirth area for many years and is a retired French and Latin teacher in one of our local school. She has many interests and loves to be active. Her role in the committee is organising refreshments, coordinating walks and birthday cards

Debs Ely joined the WI in 2015 and then the committee in 2017.  She has taken the committee by storm, making name badges for members, organising activities as broad as bell ringing, pie making and judging scout cooking competitions!  She is also fond of a database and so will be helping Lynne track member information.

Catherine O’Halloran joined the committee in 2017.  A pillar of calm and efficiency, Catherine will be helping with various administrative tasks and committee business.

Sarah Gathercole joined WI in 2018 and after a year to settle in joined the committee in 2019.  Sarah is mum to two cats & four chickens, retraining to be a Nutrition Advisor, a proud aloeholic and a novice bell ringer (since visiting with WI).

Alison Forster was member of Holmfirth WI for three years, before she became member of the committee. Only part time though as she is away a lot enjoying travelling and any sort of mountain sport

You can use the email at the top of the page to contact committee members or use our Facebook or Twitter accounts to message us.