A hardy group of members from South Hill WI ventured across the border into Devon via the Tamar Bridge on a very rainy day. The purpose was to find out more about the history of the Royal Albert Bridge built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as well as the Tamar Bridge. After a brief chat in […]

Several members of Egloshayle and Trevanson WI gathered to celebrate the eighth anniversary of their merger. The members enjoyed a leisurely lunch at The Stepping Stone restaurant in Wadebridge. During the meal, Margaret Bartlett, Egloshayle and Trevanson WI’s President of many years who has recently stepped down, was presented with a beautiful rose bush – […]

Members of Porthleven WI were delighted to see a room full of people arriving at their recent Open Meeting, despite the terrible weather. Everyone had come along to hear about the work of Porthleven Harbour Hedgies, a small rescue and rehabilitation centre for sick and injured hedgehogs set up in the garden of guest speaker, […]

If you’ve read the names of 200+ Club winners in County News and wondered what it was all about, here’s the inside scoop! The 200+ Club is a competition open to all of you as WI members – as well as to your families – in which you can win cash prizes! It costs £10 […]

You will all have seen the article about Forest for Cornwall (F4C) which appeared in the March issue of County News. Here is your opportunity to get involved! WI members are invited to join the F4C team on Friday 21 April for a session at Penmount Crematorium in Truro, helping to care for the young […]

The CFWI Board of Trustees and office staff wish you all a very happy Easter! If you have some free time, test yourself with this fun Easter quiz.

A year ago, Grampound WI started its Cookery Club and the group has grown in knowledge, friendship and culinary skills. Of course, they have had the odd lack of success but such a lot of fun and laughter has been made. Each month a group task is set – sometimes they all make the same […]

We are thrilled to announce that CFWI is launching a virtual WI! CyberCats VWI will hold its first meeting on Tuesday 25 April at 7pm. We will be welcoming guest speaker Helen Baggott, who will be giving us a bit of social history through storytelling via old postcards. It sounds fascinating! There is no charge […]

For their April meeting, members of Beaches and Cream Newquay WI enjoyed learning ” You to Me are Everything” arranged by the talented Jo from Orchard Voices. After a warm-up, 60 women chose to either sing the melody or sing low or high.

Eighty-five years ago a branch of the WI was formed in Camelford, the WI movement having begun in Cornwall some 20 years earlier. After a meeting in the Camelford Town Hall in February 1938 it was agreed the women of Camelford should join this new endeavour. And so the very first meeting met in the […]