Don’t forget that the Cathedral Climate Service, Songs for Earth, is happening on Sunday 17th November at 2pm – or earlier if you would like to hear the children singing Earth Songs at Lemon Quay from 1:15pm. All welcome, so bring your family and friends.

Please click here to read the November issue of the Clean Cornwall newsletter!

To celebrate Christmas, Penryn WI will be joined by the choir, musicians and students of Penryn College at Penryn Methodist Church on Tuesday 3rd December at 7.00pm for their Annual ‘Carols and Mince Pies’ Concert. All are welcome! Free entry with a retiring collection for Church funds.

We thought you might like to read this article which appeared in the monthly newsletter of the Gwent Federation, and highlights their visit to Cornwall last month.  We’re so pleased they enjoyed their stay!

What better way to spend a chilly, rainy afternoon than having lunch with 225 of your closest friends? WI members from all over the county met today at Carlyon Bay Hotel for a fantastic County Lunch. The dining room buzzed with happy conversation and laughter. But the volume dropped markedly when the delicious food was […]

Members of Luxulyan & Lanlivery WI decided to knit or crochet 100 blankets for the Neonatal Unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. After some marathon needlework sessions, they ended up with approximately 230 blankets to present to the very grateful unit. Pictured here are the members with their blankets.

The Penwith Local History Group has published a book entitled Growing Up in West Cornwall that members may be interested in. It would make an excellent Christmas present for any Cornish relatives/descendants around the world. The book contains case studies, a surname index and good illustrations of children. The book documents childhood memories, mostly from the […]

The West Yorkshire Federation of WIs would like to invite any interested WI members on their holiday in the wonderful county of Yorkshire. Accommodation is at The Rendezvous Hotel, a family owned spa hotel with a superb location, alongside the Leeds Liverpool canal, and less than a mile from the delightful market town of Skipton, […]

This past July, we wrote about the importance of keeping hydrated. The hydration awareness campaign is run by Royal Cornwall Hospital’s Infection Prevention and Control department. Project Lead, Belinda Caslake, would like WI members to take a few moments to fill in a short and easy survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BYLNBJG Thank you!

Earlier this year, we wrote about the Wheal Buzzy project, an initiative designed to increase awareness and habitat of the Duchy’s nationally important miner (solitary) bees, so named because, unlike honeybees and bumblebees, they do not live in colonies. Did you know that there are between 250 and 270 species of solitary bee in the […]