We have just received notice from NFWI with details of the WI subscription for 2023-24. Honorary Treasurer Jeryl Stone writes: Based on the various economic challenges all our charities are facing, and the less-than inflationary increases to membership fees in recent years (including a freeze last year), I am afraid that we are unsurprisingly in […]
Author Archive: Cornwall Federation of WIs
Newquay WI Holds Monthly Craft Fair
Newquay WI’s next monthly craft fair will be this Saturday 5 November from 10am until 2pm at the Newquay WI Hall on Crantock Street.
Lezant WI Holds Craft Fair
Members of Lezant WI held a very successful craft fair last week! Well done!
Gulval WI Celebrates 85 Years
Gulval WI enjoyed a lovely evening celebrating their 85th Anniversary, with a dinner at the Old Quay House in Hayle. Gulval WI’s longest standing member of 47 years, Joan Matthews, cut the Anniversary cake, together with the newest member, Margaret Wills. Joan has been a WI member for an amazing 73 years!
St Dennis WI Honours Women and ‘Canary Girls’ in Poppy Curtain
2022 is the centenary of St Dennis WI and, as part of the commemorations of this milestone, the current members of St Dennis WI decided to create a poppy curtain for their parish church. The hope is that the curtain will continue to be used for many years to come. As well as the red […]
Raise Awareness of Bees through Embroidery!
Victoria ‘Vicky’ Harrison is a textile artist based in Penzance, who has been facilitating the making of large community textiles for 10 years. Vicky has set up the West Penwith Embroidered Bees Project, a collaborative project to create a huge art quilt covered in bees, each bee embroidered by an enthusiastic individual, novice or experienced. […]
Crantock WI Does Poppies!
Members of Crantock WI have been busy setting up their poppy display at St Carantoc Church and Crantock Methodist Church. Crantock WI, in collaboration with Crantock Arty Crafty Group, have increased the number of poppies this year, and there are now more than 400 on display. As the photos show they look quite spectacular! In […]
Nordic Walkers Extraordinaire!
Following on from the Nordic Walking taster session held earlier this month, Jenny Robinson of St Neot WI, Joyce Rundle of Withiel WI and Clare Lee of St Dominic WI, seen pictured here next to the River Fowey, have now completed the full Nordic Walking Course. They are now Members of Nordic Walking UK and […]