We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Blaikley Salver poetry competition, organised by the Environment & Public Affairs sub-committee. Our winners are: 1st Prize – Anne Wall of Crantock WI, 2nd Prize – Barbara Holt of Ladock WI; and 3rd Prize – Cindy Green of Trevone WI. Congratulations to all! The theme […]
Author Archive: Cornwall Federation of WIs
In Case You Missed the Annual Meeting in Liverpool …
Some of you were lucky enough to attend the NFWI Annual Meeting in Liverpool as delegates. We hope that you’ll be able to report back fully to the WIs you represented and let them know about everything that happened at the meeting. But for those of us who weren’t able to be there, the NFWI […]
An Important Message from Royal Cornwall Show
We hope you’ve recovered from this year’s show! Despite the weather trying to dampen spirits, more than 111,000 people came to enjoy everything on offer over the three days. Please note that during the show we have been made aware that a company called Sekoya Specialist Employment Services came to the event and were handing […]
A visit to Hartland Abbey
It was a beautiful sunny day last week when a coach load of WI members from Cornwall made the trip to Hartland Abbey. Click here for more photos.
What Are You Doing This Summer?
WI Life wants to know your WI’s exciting summer plans – perhaps you’re celebrating something, planning an event or taking part in festival? Whatever it is, they’d love to know about it for a summer roundup feature in the September issue. Please send brief details, caption information and good quality photos to wilife@nfwi.org.uk by 24 […]
A Gusty Tale of Adventure from the Royal Cornwall Show
Earlier this month, members of our Exhibitions sub-committee raced to the rescue as a tent opposite the WI marquee blew over in high winds. Members of the Exhibitions team are on hand all week, leading up to the Show, to make sure our Marquee looks its very best. On the Tuesday before the Show, there […]
We’re on Twitter!
The Cornwall Federation of WIs is now on Twitter! If you or your WI is on Twitter, why not follow us?! We’re new to all of this, so please be patient! You can also see our latest tweets in the right sidebar of our home page. Happy Tweeting, everyone!
Cornwall Takes the Stage in Liverpool!
If you attended the WI Annual Meeting at the Echo Arena in Liverpool last week, you may have seen some familiar faces on the ‘big screen’. Former County Chair Kathy Reed had the honour of giving the vote of thanks to outgoing NFWI Chair Janice Langley. During the resolution debate, Ann Munford, a member of […]
‘Speak Up’ Week of Action, 1-9 July
The week of 1st through 9th July has been designated as the WI’s ‘Speak Up’ week of action. After last week’s general election, you all know who your MPs are, so now is the perfect chance to get in touch with them. The Week of Action gives us a chance to make climate change one […]
Update from Liverpool!
We are pleased to announce that both of this year’s resolutions passed at today’s Annual Meeting in the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The Alleviating Loneliness resolution passed with 4334 votes for and 1919 against. The Plastic Soup resolution also passed with a resounding 6132 votes in favour and 157 against. Thank you to all our members for […]