Harrowbarrow & Metherell WI celebrated their 55th birthday in January. Pictured here is Harrowbarrow & Metherell President Joan Tall giving the welcome speech.

Truro WI President Rosemary Williams presented a green heart fused glass bowl to Caroline Stone as the first prize in Truro’s Green Heart Crafts competition. Caroline’s winning entry was a bag and a soap holder, both decorated with green hearts. What a wonderful idea for a competition!

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Perranarworthal WI is holding a fundraiser on Saturday 7th March from 10am-12:30pm. Please come along and help them raise the funds needed to purchase a much-needed specialist chair for dialysis patients at the Renal Unit at Royal Cornwall Hospital. There will be a superb raffle, and lots of stalls selling delicious homemade cakes and biscuits, […]

Members of Pelynt WI got together to knit this spectacular blanket to celebrate the Centenary of CFWI in 2019. The blanket was then donated to Atlantis Rest Home in Polperro. The members also knitted some smaller blankets which were donated to a local cats’ home. As well as being a remarkable achievement, the women had […]

The team from Bodmin Gaolbirds WI came 2nd out of 29 teams in a recent quiz organised by the Bodmin Chamber of Commerce. Well done!

We are delighted to announce that our guest speaker at this year’s Spring Countdown on Wednesday 22 April will be Professor Anne Carlisle OBE, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Falmouth University. Professor Carlisle joined Falmouth University as Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive in 2009. Since then, the University has gone through a period of major expansion and […]

A short film entitle Fishermen’s Kisses has just been launched by the Cornwall Plastic Pollution Coalition (of which CFWI is a member). This is a film aimed at fishermen, looking for their input for designs to help reduce one of the most pervasive forms of marine litter washing up on our beaches – the small […]

On a cold and wet January morning, members from Perranarworthal WI received a very warm welcome when they went to visit the Recycling and Recovery Unit at Bodmin run by SUEZ. The introductory talk and tour gave an insight into the complex processes required to ensure that none of Cornwall’s waste goes to a landfill […]

Newquay WI kicked off the new year with a talk about the relaxation method of “reflexology”. Guest speaker Lorna has a mobile business offering relaxation sessions including hand and body massages, Indian head massage, reflexology and reiki, all in the comfort of your own home. Lorna explained what she does as a reflexologist, and told […]