Leybourne has recently acquired its own branch of the Women's Institute, an organisation for which social and community action is very important. One of their first acts was to launch a campaign to knit poppies to decorate the church for Remembrance Sunday. Amazingly, in just 2 months  WI members and others produced over 300 poppies, red for the armed forces and purple for the service animals who perished in the 2 World Wars and subesquent conflicts and peace keeping operations. Our picture shows some of the WI members after decorating the war memorial, benches, gate  and porch of the church. The eye catching display can be seen by those passing the church and will be a fitting backdrop to our outdoor Remembrance service on 8th November.