AFTER one of the most turbulent periods in its history, the Scottish Women’s Institutes organisation ‘still has a role to play’ in its centenary year.
SWI national chairman, Christine Hutton.
There was uproar and dissent across the country when it was announced that the word ‘rural’ was to be dropped from the SWRI, making it the SWI. Since the very institutes themselves were referred to as ‘the Rural’ all over the nation, this went down like a lead balloon with many members.