Crowlas & Ludgvan WI will be hosting a five-corner craft day at St Piran’s Hall, South Road, Goldsithney, on Saturday 7th March 2020 from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Participants will be able to choose two crafts from the following: Painting with oils – imagine yourself at the seaside painting your own individual scene Chicken scratch – […]

Last year, we told you about members of Constantine WI volunteering to help restore the footpaths in the Bosahan Community Woods in Constantine. Well, they’ve been back at work, this time contributing to the second phase of the footpath restoration, logging up over 400 volunteer hours and restoring 500 metres of paths. The women worked […]

On Wednesday 11th December, Trevena Tintagel WI will be holding a Christmas carol service at Tintagel Methodist Church at 10:30am. This will not be the standard Nine Lessons and Carols, but a lighter way of looking at Christmas, with readings, sketches and carols. It is entitled ‘The Trappings of Christmas’, looking at what people think […]

Twenty-five happy WI members got together at Chy Noweth last Thursday with Barnoon Workshop experts for a day of plastic fusion and jewellery-making with little treasures and resin, and creating beach find mobiles. The women used everything from shells and driftwood to found broken jewellery and net fruit bags. It was great fun and they […]

A lovely day was had at Marshgate last Wednesday at the Christmas Craft Corner Day. Members had the opportunity to make angels made from old sheets of music, sugar paste penguins, knitted angels, fabric angels, cut out cards and Santa heads. Some WI members tried a craft they had never attempted before and thoroughly enjoyed […]

If you’re interested in becoming a Climate Ambassador, you can help NFWI by filling in this survey. It will help NFWI plan training for Climate Ambassadors by asking for feedback and opinions about future training and events. The survey should only take about three minutes to complete. The survey will close on 20th December. Thanks […]

A big thank you to all the WI members, friends and family who came out to show their support at this year’s Cornish Winter Fair today – and especially to those who entered our competitions! First prize in the corporate entry section went to Bodmin Gaolbirds WI for their wonderful display on the theme of […]

Members of Linkinhorne WI recently visited Charlie Bears in Launceston to see the vast array of fluffy friends. There are over 2,000 teddy bears on display! Several now have new homes with some of the Linkinhorne members. who found it very hard to resist them. The founders of Charlie Bears, Charlie and her husband, made […]

Constantine WI won first prize at the Helston Fatstock Show this year, with their entry on the theme of ‘The Night before Christmas’. The members are so proud of the entry, as they should be! Isn’t it wonderful?

Following Mawnan WI’s very successful trip to the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro last year, 12 members met for a return visit recently. Members were treated to a guided tour of the highlights of the history of Cornwall from 700,000BC, and then the portrait gallery. It’s incredible to think that only 6% of the Museum’s […]