Join the WI

WINK Rayleigh is part of the the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, more commonly known as the WI. Our local federation is Essex, one of the largest with over 6,500 members and 165 institutes.

We are proud to be part of a local and national network of WIs and which has supported women for more than a century.

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We are more than Victoria sponges and Jerusalem!

How to Join

Membership for 2025/26 costs £51.00 which is just £4.25 per month.
Annual membership to the WI runs from April to March.
Membership is charged on a pro rata basis, if you join:

1 April – 30 June 2025, the cost is £51.00

1 July – 30 September 2025, the cost is £38.25

1 October – 31 December 2025, the cost is £25.50

1 January – 31 March 2026, the cost is £12.75

Full details of what WI membership includes can be found here.

If you would like to join or have any questions about membership costs drop us a line or ask a committee member at the next meeting you attend.

Get in touch

Dual Membership to WINK (if you are a member of more than one WI) is £25.10 for the year. If you are already a WI member and would also like to join WINK, please let us know at the next meeting you attend.

What’s included in the membership?

  • Fun, friendship and the opportunity to meet like-minded women from different backgrounds.
  • Regular newsletters and mailings with the latest news, events and opportunities open to you.
  • 8 issues of WI Life, the WI magazine delivered directly to your door.
  • Exclusive access to My WI, the WI members-only website.
  • Access to WI Learning Hub online courses – a range of life-long learning and self-development opportunities across a broad range of topics including excercise & well-being, creative crafts, environment & nature, and business & training.
  • Access to WI expertise and the unique speaker and workshop programmes at each WI.
  • The opportunity to involve yourself in exciting local and national campaigns.
  • Bespoke member only events held virtually and at venues around the country.
  • A new member pack upon joining.
  • The members’ book of discount offers (in December’s issue of WI Life).
  • Learn, build and share skills with opportunities for personal development set into key volunteer roles.
  • The option to be a WI committee member, a federation trustee and/or an NFWI trustee.