On  Wednesday 17 January 2024, we’ll be welcoming the Cornwall Bat Group who will tell us about bat ecology and behaviour. The Bat Group works to raise the profile of bats through walks, talks, events and bat box schemes with various organisations and the general public. The talk will be held at Chy Noweth an […]

Mermaids: Mylor and Flushing WI members enjoyed contributing to community festivities by decorating a tree for the Christmas Tree Festival in All Saints Church, Mylor. Many local organisations in Mylor Churchtown and Mylor Bridge decorated a tree, illustrating their own activities, creating lots of interesting and original trees. The Mermaids also had a very popular […]

Forest for Cornwall is currently engaged in aiding communities across Cornwall to tackle the effects of climate change by creating green spaces. They recently donated free trees to WIs and Illogan WI took up the offer and planted a silver birch in Illogan Park. The first scheduled planting date had to be cancelled due to […]

Members of St Breward WI recently planted three trees in their village, a silver birch, a rowan and a Sessile oak.   Pictured here is member Cathy Glaser hammering, while Fran Calver holds the post!

In November, a group of Beaches and Cream Newquay WI members proudly took part in the Take back the Night march and vigil in Newquay. Beaches and Cream has been supporting the Cornwall Refuge Trust for more than two years and consider it a cause very dear to their hearts. Every month, members donate toiletries […]

Members of Cury WI had a really enjoyable Christmas lunch at the Mullion Cove Hotel recently. The food was lovely and a great time was had by all. The members gave thanks to all the hotel staff for their hard work.

Constantine WI holds a regular soup and pud event. Members describe it as a friendly lunch with good company which can be enjoyed by young and old. Pictured here are Mollie aged 105 and Theo aged two!

We recently told members about the library of craft books at Chy Noweth an Conteth? In the past, we’ve loaned out the books to any members who wanted to borrow and use them. However, times have been very slow at the library, so we’ve decided to sell off the books to free up space. We’re […]

We know how busy you all are during the weeks leading up to Christmas, but we’d like to draw your attention to some January CFWI events you may have overlooked. The following events have December closing dates but do not currently have many applicants. We would hate to have to cancel them just because members […]

This year we celebrated Christmas with two wonderful Christmas County Lunches, one at Hannafore Point Hotel in Looe and the second at the Penventon Park Hotel in Redruth. Members wore Christmas jumpers or other sparkly seasonal glad rags and enjoyed some delicious food, many opting for a proper Christmas dinner of turkey followed by Christmas […]