During the first lockdown, Mermaid Val Jeans-Jakobsson set herself the target of putting together the children’s poems that she had written over the years for her grandchildren and for the educational publisher Scholastic, who used quite a bit of her work for their magazine publications during her long career as a primary school teacher. The […]

The office at Chy Noweth will be closed from 24 December until it reopens on 5 January 2021. Thank you!

This month, due to Lockdown II, we have been unable to have either Trustees or WI volunteers into the office to help pack up County News before sending it off to WI Secretaries across Cornwall. So our lovely staff member, Sue, has tackled the job herself. That’s 124 envelopes to be filled with newsletters, flyers […]

Back in August, we were contacted by Sue Bearcroft of Teddies 4 Tragedies asking for help to find WI members to help knit teddies. WIs in Falmouth, Pendeen, Newquay and Luxulan & Lanlivery all volunteered and produced some beautiful hand knitted items, and of course, bears and bags. Many of the knitters are carrying on […]

Please join us for a jolly Christmas-themed painting workshop with art educator Karen Bessell on Wednesday 2nd December at 11am. Karen, who runs UCreateArtAtHome, has been teaching art for years, but has taken her business online in 2020. She lives in Brisbane, but is Cornish and is a former member of Bodmin Gaolbirds WI. Karen’s […]

Thanks to the Eden Project Magazine for this!

Before we went back into a second lockdown, members of Bodmin Gaolbirds took a lovely walk through Lanhydrock Woods in the autumn sunshine.

Recently, 26 members (plus a few partners) Zoomed in for Mawnan WI’s October monthly meeting to hear Michael Carver’s talk on the founding of the Poly, Falmouth’s historic Arts Centre. Michael, a former Poly Trustee and Administrator, explained how the Society was founded in 1833 by the Fox family, to promote grand ideas in Arts, […]

As the winter nights start to draw in, we are delighted to share with you details of new and exciting activities for WI members to get involved in. National Gallery supports the ‘Not in My Name’ Campaign 27 November 2020, 7pm-8pm, £5 per ticket Join Artist Luisa-Maria MacCormack of The Big Art Herstory Project to […]

Recently, Graham Mace, the Cornwall Cyber Protect Officer for Devon and Cornwall Police, spoke to St Dominick WI at their virtual monthly Zoom meeting. The main aim of Graham’s role is to provide businesses and community groups with advice on how to protect themselves from becoming victims of cyber crime, and to show them how […]