visitor Hayley with dance teacher
Debbie Foulkes at our 1st Birthday "SALSA PARTY" February 2010.
Friends of DIY.WI
Past visitors & speakers
Don't forget to mention Grantham DIY.WI if you contact any of the guest's that have already visited our group!
WHY NOT BOOK THEM TO VISIT YOUR GROUP????
CHOCOLATE EVENING
Wonderful chocolate goodies
*Please mention DIY.WI
| By Telephone: |
01636 650095 enquiries@choklet.co.uk |
About Choklet
CHOKLET is a small independent business based in Newark, Nottinghamshire and run solely by myself, with the odd bit of help from my family.
All of my chocolates have been carefully, passionately and time consumingly handcrafted by myself, at home, in my specially adapted kitchen and purpose built store room. I only use the finest Belgian chocolate and the highest quality ingredients.
EARRING MAKING
Beautiful hand made jewellery
By Gill Child (*Please mention DIY.WI)
ALSO PHOENIX CARD TRADER
http://www.phoenix-trading.co.uk/web/gillchild
Welcome to "Bluebell Designs" my exclusive on-line boutique, here you will find unique handcrafted pieces of jewellery. Never two pieces created the same, giving you that personal gift to treasure and call your own.
Hand & Head Massage
www.nickifergusontherapies.co.uk
Alternative therapies in your home
Tel: 07919 525 493
Email: nickiferguson@rocketmail.com *Please mention DIY.WI
About me & New Stuff!
I am Nicki Ferguson and I am a qualified therapist. I am member of the Association of Reflexologists and am fully insured. I have been working on a part time basis for three years. Reflexology has always fascinated me and I decided to finally study it after having my son in 2005. Since then I have caught the studying bug and have completed courses in the other therapies listed. My newest therapy and one that I cannot recommend more highly is Reiki. In my experience it leaves you feeling great, some clients say they feel like they have had the best sleep ever and feel refreshed and full of energy after a session. If you haven't tried it give it a go, it's the least intrusive treatment in that you are fully clothed unlike massage, etc.
I am a sharing person, so I would love to share my therapies with you, I genuinely love treating people and the satisfaction I get when a client noticeably relaxes or feels better after a treatment is enormous.
The universal energy works in a mysterious way and for some reason I have been drawn into using it to help others.
So that is me, I'm not a conventional therapist, but I love what I do and believe in it. I am a great listener, so if you feel that you would like a treatment, please contact me.
Jenny Wren - Lingerie
The George Shopping Centre
Grantham NG31 64H
LIFE OF A SMALL HOLDER
http://www.durston.org.uk/index.html
Shane Durston Chicken and Small Holding Expert.
As seen on "Escape To the Country"
Courses available.
Workshops
Keeping rare and traditional pigs
Making Biodiesel
Cost of talk = £50 + Milege as Shane lives out in the Fens!
Shane can bring along home produce to sell to your group including their own bacon,free range eggs,jams & chutneys etc.... He brought some baby chickens when he visited Grantham DIY.WI
Email shane@durston.org.uk *please mention DIY.WI
phone on 07810 562891
BEEKEEPING
Simon Croson. Bee Happy
My success in delivering acclaimed presentations, most groups have rebooked, gives me the confidence to publicise further. I am very happy to provide an illustrated talk to your group on the following topics:
The Beekeeping year Plant Hunting in the Himalaya Ascension Island - Land of Extremes
Springtime in Cyprus Orchid Hunting Wildlife in the UK
Wildlife Photography Taking Better Portraits Floral Delights in the Garden
Cost of talk = £50
Simon can also bring along bee related products to sell to your group including his lovely honey & bees wax etc...
Email sicroson@me.com *please mention DIY.WI
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Michael Bower ~ Holistic therapist
AOR,MGHT,CIBTAC tel.01949 842667
Abica Beauty - Beccy Corsair
www.abicabeauty.co.uk
Trudy's therapies - tel.07590 596078
email - trud.k@hotmail.co.uk
Shirley Balfe - Hypnotherapist
email - shirleybalfe@hotmail.co.uk
Blue Wood trading company-
email - sales@bluewoodtradingcompany.co.uk
Choose Change - Carol Dodsley
www.choosechanges.com
3R's massage - Declan Hill
email: info@3rsmassage.co.uk
Tel: 01476 403804
Living Health - Sandra Good
email - sandragood@livinghealth.co.uk
Tales of a Farmer's Wife
With Jane Barns
Jane lives on a Dairy Farm in Somerby not far from Melton Mowbray. She is encouraged by the government to visit local groups & talk about life on a dairy farm.All of the milk from Jane's farm is used to make Stilton Cheese,which she will normally bring along for groups to taste. Schools can book an actual visit to the dairy farm,please ask her for information about this?
Life with the cows
Mark and I run a dairy farm in Somerby between Oakham and Melton Mowbray. Mark is the third generation to do the milking here at Southfields Farm. He has always loved his cows. We have a herd of 130, including 15 new Ayrshires, which we've just bought from Wales . They stand out in the herd as they're red and white and the rest are black and white Friesians.
Cost of talk = FREE
Telephone : 01664 454898 *Mention Grantham DIY.WI
Church Lane
SOMERBY
Leics
LE14 2PS
Jane also sells her own range of silk & dried flower arrangements
http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/business/detail.asp?id=4501
Walking For Health
Walk 4 life = KESTEVEN
Rachael Smith
Cost of talk = FREE
(but a nice bottle of wine would be kind)
WALK 4 LIFE South Kesteven is comprised of numerous walking
groups dotted around the district. These small groups are led by
trained volunteer Health Walk Leaders who lead short walks
designed to include anybody regardless of ability, in a friendly and
sociable environment, in and around local towns and countryside.
South Kesteven WALK 4 LIFE is a partnership between South
Kesteven District Council, Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust and
Natural England.
The purpose of WALK 4 LIFE South Kesteven is to provide an easily
accessible regular walking programme for anybody wanting to
improve their health and fitness by walking in a safe environment. It
is hoped that walkers will join groups on a regular basis, enabling
them to make walking and being more active a regular part of their
lifestyle.
Rachael Smith (far right in photo) Community Health Walk Co-ordinator,
Healthy Communities Section at SKDC on
01476 406080 or 07970488712
*Please mention DIY.WI
Farm Walks
With Melanie Baines
2hr FREE guided walking farm tour in Carlton Scroop
with refreshments available at a cost £3.50p per head/maximum of 20 walkers if refreshments are needed.
tel.01400 250101 *Please mention DIY.WI
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Melanie Baines & Panda
CONFESSIONS OF A WARDROBE MISTRESS
Paula Yeomans
Paula is a member of Grantham DIY.WI.
She studied fashion design at college & went on to specialise in costume design. Paula used to work at theatres in the West End & has met many a famous face
including the late Patrick Swayze.
Hear Paula's tales from behind the schenes,whilst looking at her collection of associated Memorabilia......
Cost of talk = £50 + travel costs/*as paula does not drive,she may need help in getting to & from local W.I groups?
01476 403804 OR 07976 670858
*Please mention Grantham DIY.WI
paulayeomans@hotmail.com
Cookery Demonstration
As seen on the hit TV show
Parveen Ashraf.
Parveen was born in Bradford in Yorkshire. She is one of seven children & in the days of only 3 TV channels & no sky,the focal point of family life was meal times. In the evenings her Mum would make fabulous tasting curries & they would all sit around the dinner table & chat,they were like the Asian waltons!
Parveen lives in Peterborough with her husband & children 18 + 12yrs. She was instrumental in setting up the first Sure Start Children's Centre in Peterborough. And then went on to become the first Asian Ofsted Inspector of East Anglia.
But the pressures of running a family & a full time bureaucratic job were taking it's toll on her health. Parveen now prioritizes being a wife & mother.........but also makes time to squeeze in a few Bollywood style dinner parties & cooking demonstrations on the way.
In sept 2008 she set up her company; Amaani Creations. She has a real passion & immense joy of cooking, she wanted to share her knowledge of good authentic recipes. Parveen thinks food is a wonderful way of breaking down cultural barriers.
Parveen is the new resident chef on Ideal World Shopping channel, as well as a tutor at the college. She also appeared on "Come Dine With Me" Sept 2010.
You can buy Parveen's spice box collection from her website
My cost per hour for a talk & cookery demonstration to a non profit making organisations is £25 per hour plus mileage at 25p per mile.
Amaani Spice Bollywood Night
Can be booked also,at a cost of £25.00 per head
Mob: 07789 438273
*Mention Grantham DIY.WI
Hold a Bollywood style party and enjoy our delicious authentic Kashmiri buffet. Experience a
fabulous Indian themed evening with lots of colour and spice. You, plus one another person
have free meal and your guests pay just £25 per person for a three course Indian feast. You
will need a minimum of 10 paying guests at your party. The food, where appropriate is
cooked in your kitchen ensuring that it is fresh and served hot. In addition to this:
•
Enjoy a cooking demonstration of some of the dishes•
Complimentary freshly ground spices & recipes for each guest•
Bhangra & Bollywood style Indian Dancing•
Asian style sheesha experienceChoose a selection of your favourite dishes from our menu.
Starters – Choose 2
Tandoori Chicken Drumsticks
Onions and Potatoe Bajis
Chicken Samosas made with Filo Pastry
Lamb Samosa made with Cumin Pastry
Spicy Vegetarian Mini Rolls
Cumin Roast Potatoes
Main Dishes – Choose 3 dishes
2 vegetarian and 1 meat dish
Chicken Masala with Fresh Spinach
Chicken Masala (Fillets of breast & Thigh)
Lamb or Mutton Curry
Chick Pea and Leek Masala
Cauliflower and Potato & Spring Onion Curry
Mixed Peppers and Potato Masala
Bombay Potatoes with Fenugreek
Tarka Daal (Mixed Lentil Curry with Garlic & Coriander)
Vegetable Curry (Mixed Peppers, Courgettes, Peas & Spring Onions)
Rice Dishes – choose 1
Chicken Pilau Rice
Chick Pea & Potatoe Pilau Rice
Pilau Rice with Fesh Garden Peas & Baby Potatoes
Salads & Dips – all included
Raita (cool yoghurt dip with cubed cucumber & red onion)
Mint Chutney made with Fresh Green Chillies, Mint & Coriander
Mixed Salad with Lemon & Coriander Dressing
Breads – choose 2
Garlic Naan
Tandoori Naan
Roti – Chappatis
Paratha – chappatti made with butter
Stuffed Paratha (made with butter
& spicy potato filling)
Home-Made Desserts – Choose 1
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Mango Mess with mango coulis
Rich Chocolate Fudge Cake
Zesty Lemon Drizzle Cake
Lemon Cheesecake with Raspberry Coulis
Or
Asian Deserts
Pistachio Kulfi (Indian Ice Cream)
Dry Angel Hair Vermicelli Made In Butter
Vermicelli Milk Pudding with Cardamom
Halwa – Asian Style Semolina Pudding (Dry)
Rassmolai – sweet milky desert with milk curd
