Fifteen members and friends of Harrowbarrow & Metherell WI visited Mount Edgecombe in June. In glorious sunshine, they enjoyed a tour of the house and gardens and then gathered together for lunch in the Orangery.

St Pinnock & District WI held a Cake Bake Day in May raising £425 for Cornwall Hospice Care. Pictured here are some of the guests enjoying delicious cakes and tea in the glorious sunshine.

Three Clay Country WIs came together to fundraise for the St Austell Hospital League of Friends. The women of St Dennis, St Stephen-in-Brannel and Treviscoe & Trethosa WIs held a joint coffee morning and raised just over £300 to support the amazing work and support provided by The League of Friends. It was wonderful to […]

Viv Jackson, Linkinhorne WI member, and her husband Dave hosted an afternoon tea and tour of their garden to raise money for Cornwall Air Ambulance. Linkinhorne members supported the afternoon enjoying this wonderful garden on the banks of the River Lynher. Dave has worked hard to restore the garden after they moved in 18 months […]

You may not know that the Cornwall Federation has recently twinned with the Gwent Federation in Wales. We have sent representatives to each others’ Annual Council Meetings over the past year; however, we’d like to get you, our members, involved. We thought a pen pal project would be just the thing! If you’re interested in […]

Members of  Tregony WI were educated in the art or science of beer drinking at their July meeting, when Toni Ryman, at present qualifying as a beer sommelier with St Austell Brewery,  talked about brewing.  The women were given five different beers to taste and evaluate, from a lager to a rich stout. Toni is […]

Behind the idyllic Cornish seaside towns, beautiful beaches and famous restaurants is a hidden problem: thousands of people are struggling to get by, pay for essential bills, and put food on the table.  This is largely due to the seasonal work, low wages and zero- hour contracts that are typical of the popular holiday destination. […]

Members of St Tudy WI were asked to prepare a lunchtime buffet as part of the special visitation of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. The Duke and Duchess were there to open the coffee shop extension to the Village Community Shop and then went on to the Village Hall to meet present and past […]

Those of you who live in the Helston area or on the Lizard may be interested in an upcoming Health & Well-being Day to be held on 26th September at the Old Cattle Market.

For those of you who are thinking of attending our ‘Take a Town: Saltash’ event on 20th September, we have a bit more information for you! The day was advertised as including a chance to see the Saltash Tapestry. Now, however, we will also have the special treat of meeting the tapestry’s designer and principal […]