September’s County News has now been published and is available. We hope you all enjoy it!

We were recently contacted by Teddies for Tragedies, an organisation that regularly ships ‘teddies in a bag’ to refugee camps all over the world, via various Aid Charities. The teddies are lovingly hand crafted by teams of wonderful knitters up and down the UK. Two South West charities are in need of 200+ teddies, and […]

Our offices at Chy Noweth an Conteth are now open! Federation Chairman Margaret Johnson was on hand on Tuesday to officially open the doors. Barbara and Sue will be staffing the office Tuesday – Thursday, from 10am until 4pm. If you’re in the area, they would love to see you (at a distance, of course!). […]

Following a decision by the NFWI Board of Trustees earlier this summer, two new mandates (on stem cell donation and modern slavery) have been adopted by the WI. The Public Affairs Department is currently developing plans for the campaigns and would love to hear any ideas you have for campaign names. If you have any […]

Over on the WI’s Facebook page, the NFWI’s Public Affairs and Membership teams have put together some tips for #PlasticFreeJuly. Some recent tips have been about swapping to plastic free alternatives in the kitchen, and we will continue to post ideas throughout the month. If you have a great idea for a plastic-free tip, please […]

The CFWI office at Chy Noweth will be re-opening on Tuesday 4th August 2020. From that date, the office will be open from 10am until 4pm, Tuesday through Thursday, until further notice. All Covid-19 risks will be taken into account, and clear instructions for visiting Chy Noweth will be sent to all WIs. Until 4th […]

Mawnan WI has held an Annual Garden Safari for a number of years; each time about a dozen gardens around the village have been open to visitors. During the afternoon, there has been the chance to sit down in one of the gardens to enjoy a homemade Cornish Cream Tea, browse through books for sale […]

Report from Pippa Stiwell, CFWI Climate Ambassador As part of the Climate Coalition Mass Lobby, this past week Climate Ambassadors Julia Havard and Pippa Stilwell joined Zennor WI President Wyn Brookes and four other constituents to meet St Ives MP Derek Thomas and discuss progress on tackling climate change. We enjoyed a wide-ranging and friendly […]

Three members of Truro WI (Fiona Hughes, Margaret Cogan and Mary Lindsey) joined the Climate Coalition Lobby meeting with Cherilyn Mackrory, MP for Truro and Falmouth, this Tuesday. The focus was on the Green Recovery that needs to be integral to Build Back Better. Cherilyn said that Cornwall is well-positioned to play a big part […]

Trevone WI President Liz Baker has been busy organising a series of summertime virtual events for members during the Covid-19 lockdown. The first of these was the Trevone WI Virtual Chelsea Flower Show, held in May. Members submitted entries to the flower show by posting photographs to Trevone’s Facebook page of their gardens, particularly highlighting […]