Making your wants heard becomes much easier when there are numbers wanting the same kind of thing.

The National Federation of Women’s Institutes – better known as the WI – celebrated its 100th birthday last month.

The largest women’s organisation in the UK, the WI currently has some 212,000 members grouped into over 6,000 ‘Women’s Institutes’ all over the country.

To celebrate its 100 years the WI launched a report, ‘The WI at 100: A Century of Inspiring Women‘, which highlights some of the achievements of the organisation through the years as well as presenting the views and attitudes of members on the challenges facing women today.