Those of you who visited the WI marquee at the Royal Cornwall Show earlier this month, will no doubt have been delighted by the winnig entry in the Barbara Reed Trophy competition. Trophy winner Karrie Skaife of St Mary’s Isles of Scilly WI created a gorgeous book full of all things Cornish. Several visitors to […]

On Saturday 28th September, we will be holding a special Centenary service at Truro Cathedral. Just prior to the service, there will be a parade of WI banners, from Lemon Quay to the Cathedral. If your WI would like to participate in the parade and proudly show off your banner, please make sure you get […]

Since its formation in 2015, local community theatre group, TOUCH theatre has performed plays written by female playwrights and with female actors. This year is no exception and TOUCH are touring the work of brilliant author Abi Morgan with the terrific work Splendour. Splendour explores the last hours of autocracy: decadence, desire and dictatorship as […]

We recently received a message from Greenmeadow & Haydon Wick WI in the Wiltshire Federation asking if any of our Cornwall WIs would be interested in twinning with them. Mary Southgate of Greenmeadow & Haydon Wick WI says, “We are a lively WI just north of Swindon in North Wiltshire, 75 members strong. We have […]

The women of Porthleven WI were captivated at their latest meeting, listening to Susan Symons. She regaled them with tales of the lives and loves of the Wittelsbach Royal family and showed her slides of their castles and palaces in Bavaria. This was followed by the competition for an unusual coin which was won by […]

When deciding how to celebrate World Oceans Day, it seemed an obvious choice for Mawnan WI to arrange a beach clean at Helford Passage – one of their nearest and most beautiful beaches. A group of a dozen members and friends armed with gloves, litter pickers and brightly coloured buckets set off along the beach […]

Carbis Bay WI held their Centenary tea party last week which was enjoyed by many local WI members and also their own members. The group was entertained and had a singalong with The Carbis Bay Belles, and enjoyed a game of Bingo.

With the recently declared climate emergency in mind, it was timely that Mawnan WI had invited Suzie and Peter from United Downs Deep Geothermal Power Project to their June monthly meeting. Members were fascinated to hear that the hottest rocks in the UK are in Cornwall, so the county could be leading the way to […]

Shortlanesend WI are very proud of member Margaret Sampson for all the time and effort she put into knitting butterflies for the Palliative and End of Life Care Team at Royal Cornwall Hospital. The Hospital displayed Margaret’s butterflies for all to see. Well done, Margaret!

The Tamar Valley WI Group Meeting was held recently, hosted by Harrowbarrow & Metherell WI. Entitled “Inspire, Imagine, Create”, it did not disappoint. Harrowbarrow & Metherell President Joan Tall welcomed CFWI Federation Chairman Margaret Johnson; visiting Presidents from Albaston, St Dominic and St Mellion WIs; members; and other visitors. Margaret spoke of her experience in […]