{"id":24,"date":"2014-08-10T10:03:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T10:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-06-15T12:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T12:49:30","slug":"logo-test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to WICM"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\" alignleft\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Where?\" href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=31\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-439\" src=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Where-menu.png\" alt=\"Where\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Meetings\" href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=72\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-303 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Meetings-menu.png\" alt=\"whatmeet\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Activities\" href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=14\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Activities-menu.png\" alt=\"Activities\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Events\" href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=1810\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Events-menu.png\" alt=\"what\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Why?\" href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=323\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-255 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/why-1.jpg\" alt=\"why\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Us\" href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=68\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-251 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/us1-1.jpg\" alt=\"us\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Diary\" href=\"http:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=860\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-251 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/diary-1.jpg\" alt=\"Diary\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Apply to join\" href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=58\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/apply-1.jpg\" alt=\"apply\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Version Francaise\" href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=327\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-249 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/french-1.jpg\" alt=\"french\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 200%; color: #1e73be; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Hello and welcome to our WICM website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 5px 15px 15px 15px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/President2022.png\" alt=\"President\" width=\"162\" height=\"200\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The club had its first meeting in January 2006 and had a great start, having more than 50 members representing 15 different nationalities. Heather Curry was co-founder and first President of WICM, and the good work that Heather started still continues as the Club goes from strength to strength.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our members are women of all ages, nationalities, religions, politics and cultures who live in the Languedoc area either on a permanent or part time basis. We like to get together for regular social meetings and various fun activities. Our monthly meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of every month at the Maison pour Tous in Florensac. We enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and listen to a speaker. These meetings and the talks are all held in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You can see details of our monthly meetings on the page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=72\"><span class=\"s2\">Meetings<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We also have regular activities led by various members. Currently there are\u00a0 book group, singing group, walking group, anglo French conversation, Gourmet Girls, sucr\u00e9 sal\u00e9\u00a0 and quiz night. Details can be found on the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=14\"><span class=\"s2\">Activities<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0page<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Outings are also very popular. These can be local or further afield.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Photos and details can be seen on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=1810\"><span class=\"s2\">Events<\/span><\/a>\u00a0page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Members are informed of group activities, events and meetings via the monthly Newsletter and flyers. Through these various meetings we offer friendship, mutual support and cultural exchange, and also have fun!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our Association is organised according to French rules and regulations with a Committee and President that are voted in on an annual basis at our June AGM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There is a membership form on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=58\"><span class=\"s2\">Apply to Join<\/span><\/a>\u00a0page, plus my contact details if you would like to have a chat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We also have a Facebook page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WICMed\"><span class=\"s2\">www.facebook.com\/WICMed<\/span><\/a>\u00a0which is kept up to date with details of our various activities and outings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you would like to find out more about us, visitors are welcome to come to a couple of our monthly meetings in Florensac before joining up. The yearly subscription is 25 euros.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We look forward to meeting you sometime<br \/>\nMargaret Griffith<br \/>\nPresident, 2025\/6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome to our WICM website The club had its first meeting in January 2006 and had a great start, having more than 50 members representing 15 different nationalities. Heather Curry was co-founder and first President of WICM, and the good work that Heather started still continues as the Club goes from strength to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/?page_id=24\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to WICM<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2748,"href":"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/2748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wicmediterranee.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}