WI Climate Ambassador Rachel Kent has been very busy this year with her WI, St Neot, promoting green events, raising awareness of our environmental challenges, and setting about tackling them.  In January this year they attended the St Neot Produce Market with their Rivers Campaign stall, where they displayed our lovely rivers banner and handed […]

On Thursday 29th August members of Zennor, St Dennis and Truro WIs went up to Penmount Crematorium to help with maintaining some young trees, planted by Forest for Cornwall (F4C). In April we had helped with clearing weeds, mulching and re-tying stakes from the avenue of trees at the entrance to the site. This time […]

The September episode of ‘Inspiring Voices’, the CFWI podcast, is now live! In this episode, we chat to some of the committee members of Lanivet WI, one of the newest WIs in the Cornwall Federation. They tell us about the challenges they faced as well as their successes, and give helpful tips for anyone interested […]

It’s August, so it must be time for Pensilva WI’s Mystery Trip. This year on a beautiful sunny day they arrived at Trenance Gardens and cottages in Newquay. Boating, plants, old cottages and cake, what a combination. The bus down to the town for dinner completed the wonderful day out for the members.

On Sunday 11th August, St Just-in Penwith WI held an afternoon tea fundraiser in aid of Breast Cancer and the St Just WI’s improvement and modernisation fund, and a very enjoyable time was had by all.  More than 55 people attended the hall for scrumptious afternoon teas of cakes, sandwiches and sausage rolls, cream teas […]

St Tudy WI members visited Prideaux Place – Padstow’s Elizabethan Manor – for this year’s annual outing.  A very informative tour  of the house was enjoyed, led by their guide, Carole, after which they had the opportunity to see the beautiful deer being fed, and listened to a brief talk about them and his work […]

The WI cake stall was a sweet success at the Porthleven (RNLI) Lifeboat Day on Sunday 4th August 2024!  Porthleven WI took part in this year’s Lifeboat Day on the Harbour Head, Porthleven and it was a resounding success! Blessed with perfect weather, the event attracted a large crowd who eagerly indulged in the delicious […]

Linda Hallwood, President, wrote to let us know that members of Crantock WI recently enjoyed an outing to the Tamar Bridge.  They travelled to the bridge in the Lions charity mini bus after enjoying lunch and a bit of retail therapy on the way at Tamar View Garden Centre. They were met by their guide […]

Former CFWI Chairman and current Assistant Media Officer Sheila Goldsworthy writes a wonderful monthly WI column for The Cornishman. Here is Sheila’s August column: No, it’s not too early to talk about Christmas! The WI is a very practical and methodical organisation, so in their navy blue WI diaries they will already have written the […]

Another closing date coming up soon! The Arts and Leisure sub-committee invite you to take part in this year’s Let’s Go Trophy, which will be presented to the winning individual or team at the Annual Council Meeting on 23 October. We would like applicants to write, in any form (prose or poetry), an account of […]