The October issue of County News has now been published! The copies for your WI members should be with your WI Secretary by now. Hopefully, your committee will have made arrangements to deliver the newsletters to members, or will establish a central pick-up place where members can collect them. As always, the newsletter is available […]

Join us for a virtual alternative to the usual Annual Council Meeting! As we are unable to all meet together this year due to Covid-19, we are taking our meeting online (using Zoom) and are inviting you all to join us for something completely different. NOT THE ANNUAL MEETING Wednesday 21st October 10am You’ll get […]

The Cornish Buildings Group (CBG) is leading a three-year Historic England/Cornwall Heritage Trust grant funded project to identify and campaign for Cornish buildings at risk. The Group has maintained a register for buildings at risk since 2014; however, has done so with volunteer support only. This funding will support a case officer who will have […]

Please click here to see the letter sent from NFWI to all Federations today – 11 September 2020 – regarding WI meetings and ‘The Rule of Six’, which comes into effect on Monday. Unfortunately, the WI does not fall into any of the categories exempt from the new rule, so “all WI and Federation meetings […]

We have had a message from Mike Harrison, our Police Community Engagement officer. He tells us that the Police and Crime Commissioners are urging people to take 60 seconds to complete a short survey to influence Government policy on roads policing. Alison Hernandez, the national PCC lead on road safety, explains: The number of people […]

CFWI has put into place a Social Media Code of Conduct to ensure that all our members and guests are treated with the same respect and friendship online as they receive when at WI meetings or events: CFWI Social Media Code of Conduct Updated September 2020 Respectful behaviour: The WI was founded on democratic ideals […]

The NFWI Public Affairs team would like to invite all members to contact our Members of Parliament to ask them to become members of the newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Microplastics. This group has been formed by the NFWI’s Public Affairs team and Alberto Costa, MP for South Leicestershire. Alberto Costa will […]

CFWI received the following message this morning from NFWI regarding Denman.  Please note that if you’d like to participate in any of the Zoom sessions listed below, only 150 are places are available on each one, and those will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. If you’re interested, please book your free […]

Your CFWI Board of Trustees met in person at Chy Noweth last week, for the first time since March! They maintained social distance at all times, and the offices are extremely clean and safe thanks to staff members Sue and Barb. Several of our sub-committees will be meeting back in person beginning in September. It’s […]

The Eden Project has just announced some rather exciting news. In November they will be hosting a brand new online ‘Festival of Discovery’, for people who want to explore a better future for themselves and their communities. With the unique Eden Project as the festival backdrop, join them in the first weekend in November to […]