On Saturday 30 November 2024 our Vice President and a few members gathered at a members house for their ‘Forest of Cornwall Tree Planting Scheme. Three other native species had already been planted. After the planting members went indoors for a warm and a cup of tea and slice of cake.The group are looking forward […]

Veryan Orchard is a heartwarming collaboration between Veryan WI, one of the oldest institutions in our Parish and Veryan Allotments and Community Orchard Association, one of the youngest. Four trees:Rowan, Crab Apple, Cherry and Hazel planted as part of the Forest for Cornwall project. The trees were provided by CFWI. We were blessed with good […]

The last Coffee Drop-In before Christmas, all of a sudden things Christmassy seem to be upon us. It was lovely to go to Trebah which is beautifully decorated for the festive season. We loved the stall that Trebah had at our Christmas Gift Fair and some of us took the opportunity to make further purchases. […]

At their November meeting, Pensilva WI learnt ‘What is Munro? Gerry Rennie explained that they are mountains in Scotland over 3000ft and her and her husband had climbed them all. Some entailed scrambling over rock not climbing but they achieved their goal.  

Trevone WI celebrate their 95 anniversary in style with a wreath-making session organised by committee member Alison Patel and a cake baked by  member Alison Edmonds. Participants brought greenery and decorations to share and produced stunning wreaths. The afternoon was rounded off by the Rene Kershaw cutting the celebration cake oldest member.  

October saw The Gissey Girls annual WI autumn fair, our biggest fundraising event of the year, where the local community come along to meet up with friends, enjoy a coffee or lunch, browse the different stalls whilst children can make Halloween themed crafts.  Our members excelled themselves with many offers of help to set up or […]

On 9th October 2024 Daphne Giles president of St. Stephen-in-Brannel WI, accompanied by a group of WI members planted a crab apple tree in the churchyard of St. Stephen Church. This was to commemorate our late Queen Elizabeth and the coronation of King Charles and replace an Ash tree lost due to Ash die back.

It’s all about the WI 👏 For our November meeting we focused on all things WI . We started with a rousing singing of Jerusalem 🎶 We don’t usually sing it ☺️ We followed this with an efficient business meeting including an amusing account of the recent Cornwall Federation of Women’s Institutes – CFWI annual […]

St Neot WI were host this month to the first group meeting held with Pensilva and Liskeard.   The aim of the evening was as much laughter as possible and this was certainly achieved.   The time together opened with each of the three Presidents,  Janina, Verna and Ros sharing about their own WI. We […]

Cury WI elves very, very busy at the recent Cury Holly Fair. All sorts of edible delights had been prepared, bunting arranged and knitting needles exhausted. Chilli Jam tasters, tree decorations and cosy knits were vying for attention, with the ‘Name the Elf’ and ‘Guess the Weight of the Cake’ stealing the limelight between them. […]