September saw the inaugural meeting of the Bodmin Gaolbirds WI Book Club.  In order to keep to the Rule of 6 and social distancing, the group met at The Callywith in Bodmin. Due to some of the invited members being vulnerable, the first meeting saw just three members attending.  However they were determined to get […]

Penpol & Point WI President Helen Gaches recently broke her foot. She would like to share the following in gratitude to all of her WI friends: When you most need your WI friends … When you’re out on a walk and break your foot – they’re the ones who’ll get help and stay with you […]

Mawnan WI members took part in a quiz set by Pippa to test their memory of TV programmes, past and present. There were a few old classics in there, but most were current programmes, regularly returning series or well known one-off dramas. Pippa gave the first letter of each word in the programme title and […]

You will be aware that in July 2020 the NFWI Board of Trustees had to make the difficult decision to propose the closure of Denman College and sale of the Denman estate. As many of you will already know, Denman College trust is a separate charitable entity of which NFWI is corporate trustee. Denman College […]

Climate Ambassadors Pippa Stilwell and Mary Lindsey would like to share with you reviews of two books which they enjoyed, relating to our environment and climate. Many of you may already have read the first title but, for those who haven’t, this book comes highly recommended as a well-written account of a successful re-wilding project […]

Against Breast Cancer introduces the second edition of their charity newsletter Together. After a difficult year, it is time to look forward and embrace the new normal. In this issue, they launch The Breast Tea Ever, a perfect opportunity to meet with your friends, family or colleagues virtually and eat cake, all to raise funds […]

The October issue of County News has now been published! The copies for your WI members should be with your WI Secretary by now. Hopefully, your committee will have made arrangements to deliver the newsletters to members, or will establish a central pick-up place where members can collect them. As always, the newsletter is available […]

Join us for a virtual alternative to the usual Annual Council Meeting! As we are unable to all meet together this year due to Covid-19, we are taking our meeting online (using Zoom) and are inviting you all to join us for something completely different. NOT THE ANNUAL MEETING Wednesday 21st October 10am You’ll get […]

The Cornish Buildings Group (CBG) is leading a three-year Historic England/Cornwall Heritage Trust grant funded project to identify and campaign for Cornish buildings at risk. The Group has maintained a register for buildings at risk since 2014; however, has done so with volunteer support only. This funding will support a case officer who will have […]

Please click here to see the letter sent from NFWI to all Federations today – 11 September 2020 – regarding WI meetings and ‘The Rule of Six’, which comes into effect on Monday. Unfortunately, the WI does not fall into any of the categories exempt from the new rule, so “all WI and Federation meetings […]