Did you know that you can get a one-year Locals’ Pass to Tate St Ives for only £5? This special introductory offer for only £5 for the first year is available to all Cornwall residents. The pass gives you unlimited entry to Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden. To get […]
Author Archive: Cornwall Federation of WIs
Show the Love This February
February is the month for the Climate Coalition’s Show the Love campaign. You can record signs of an early spring in your neighbourhood on the Nature’s Calendar Worksheet. You can make a green heart and wear it – or share it with the hashtag #showthelove. And you can write to your MP, using the postcard […]
Is Your WI Celebrating a Centenary in 2018?
2018 is a year marking significant anniversaries for the WI and for women’s history in Britain. Three years on from our centenary, 2018 is also 100 years since the WI’s first resolution was passed in October 1918. Although the Cornwall Federation won’t be celebrating our centenary until 2019, many local WIs will be reaching their 100th […]
Grandparent-Friendly Activities at the Eden Project
If you look after your grandchildren on a regular basis and are looking for new activities you can enjoy together, the Eden Project might be the answer! Eden’s new Deep Roots New Shoots programme is helping grandparents to make the most of their time with their grandchildren; drawing on their skills and experiences, and providing opportunities […]
Helston WI 4-Corner Day
Helston WI would like to invite you to their Spring 4-Corner Day to be held on Saturday 24th March.
Food Hygiene Training Available
We are pleased to be able to offer food hygiene training to WI members on Thursday 22nd February at Chy Noweth an Conteth. The cost is £50 per person, which includes a book on the subject to read beforehand. These costs can be paid from your WI funds with permission. The certification is for the […]
Is Your WI Celebrating the Suffrage Centenary?
If you are, you may be interested to know that the Government is offering community groups (like WIs) in England the chance to bid for small grants of between £300 and £2,000 for activities to celebrate the centenary of women gaining the vote. The Representation of the People Act in 1918 extended the vote to […]
Let Your Kids Go Wild for Wildlife This Year!
Joining Cornwall Wildlife Trust as a family will give you ideas, activities and nature packs to keep you all busy. You’ll also become part of Wildlife Watch (our junior club) with family events where you can meet up with other families and do wild things! You’ll get The satisfaction that you are helping to protect […]
How about Entering the West Cornwall Spring Show?
Our recent Gardening Challenges event held in Marazion has resulted in quite a number of WI members keen to enter the West Cornwall Spring Show in March. The Gardening Challenges event included talks by Ian Wright, former head gardener at Trengwainton and now National Trust West Country and Wales Gardens Adviser; followed by Lottie Allen, […]
A Quiz to Kick Off the New Year
Over 90 WI members, including many familiar faces, gathered at Ladock Community Hall for one of our New Year Quiz last Friday. The winners were: 1st – Launceston 2 team 2nd- Cuddra A team 3rd- Launceston 1 team Well done, everyone! Click here to see more pictures of the event.
