There’s still time to enter the CFWI Social Media Competition! Has your WI recently set up a Facebook page or a website? Have you used social media to help attract new members, or to keep your current members in the loop? If so, this is the competition for you! If your WI is not yet […]

Did you know that we now have a virtual suggestion box on our website? Just look for the big yellow box on the right side of our main page! All suggestions are completely anonymous. We’d love to hear from you!

Albaston WI recently celebrated 70 years of the WI movement in their district when they hosted the annual Group Meeting. Albaston WI President Sylvia Milford is pictured with representatives from Harrowbarrow and Metherell WI, St Mellion WI and St Dominick WI. Former WI Adviser Pam Parnell of St Stephen’s by Launceston WI cut the cake […]

Fifteen members and friends of Harrowbarrow & Metherell WI visited Mount Edgecombe in June. In glorious sunshine, they enjoyed a tour of the house and gardens and then gathered together for lunch in the Orangery.

St Pinnock & District WI held a Cake Bake Day in May raising £425 for Cornwall Hospice Care. Pictured here are some of the guests enjoying delicious cakes and tea in the glorious sunshine.

Three Clay Country WIs came together to fundraise for the St Austell Hospital League of Friends. The women of St Dennis, St Stephen-in-Brannel and Treviscoe & Trethosa WIs held a joint coffee morning and raised just over £300 to support the amazing work and support provided by The League of Friends. It was wonderful to […]

Viv Jackson, Linkinhorne WI member, and her husband Dave hosted an afternoon tea and tour of their garden to raise money for Cornwall Air Ambulance. Linkinhorne members supported the afternoon enjoying this wonderful garden on the banks of the River Lynher. Dave has worked hard to restore the garden after they moved in 18 months […]

You may not know that the Cornwall Federation has recently twinned with the Gwent Federation in Wales. We have sent representatives to each others’ Annual Council Meetings over the past year; however, we’d like to get you, our members, involved. We thought a pen pal project would be just the thing! If you’re interested in […]

Members of  Tregony WI were educated in the art or science of beer drinking at their July meeting, when Toni Ryman, at present qualifying as a beer sommelier with St Austell Brewery,  talked about brewing.  The women were given five different beers to taste and evaluate, from a lager to a rich stout. Toni is […]

Behind the idyllic Cornish seaside towns, beautiful beaches and famous restaurants is a hidden problem: thousands of people are struggling to get by, pay for essential bills, and put food on the table.  This is largely due to the seasonal work, low wages and zero- hour contracts that are typical of the popular holiday destination. […]