Over the past three years, thousands of people across the country have come together to Speak Up to their MPs about how climate change is affecting what they love and to discuss the decisions they can make to help protect them. Today you’re invited to be part of this incredible movement inspiring our government to […]

How far would you go for what you believe in? The Cause is a new play inspired by an imagined meeting between Emmeline Parkhurst and Millicent Fawcett, two great leaders of the women’s suffrage campaign. They believed in the same thing, but their methods differed greatly. The play’s tour begins on April 25th at Callywith […]

We’re all familiar with Thomas Hardy as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge and Tess of the d’Urbervilles. But did you know that Hardy also spent time in Cornwall? It was the North Cornish coast, the Valency Valley, where Hardy, met his first wife, Emma, in […]

Heart Research UK is conducting a survey of WI members. If you’d like to participate, you can either do it online or print off a copy of the survey here. If you’re using the print version of the survey, please return it using freepost to: Freepost RLYL-AGUE-SSBZ, Heart Research UK, Suite 12D, Joseph’s Well, Hanover […]

eXXpedition is a crew of women embarked on ambitious sailing expeditions to raise awareness of ocean plastic and sample the water to see what damage is being done. You may all remember Imogen Napper, a PhD student at Plymouth University researching the effects of plastic pollution within the marine environment, who spoke to us so […]

A producer working on a television programme for Channel 5 is looking for help from WI members! The programme, ‘Celebrity 5 Go Caravanning’, will involve five celebrities on a caravan holiday across Cornwall in mid-May. The producer would like to feature the Cornish pasty in the programme and would like to sit down with some […]

An exciting new three-year creative project celebrating the history of Jubilee Pool, Penzance, will bring together Cornwall-based media production company awen productions CIC, artist Dr Jane Bailey and Jubilee Pool Penzance to deliver ‘Jubilee Pool: Then, Now, To Come’. With funding from Heritage Lottery, Arts Council England, the Tanner Trust and Falmouth University the project […]

Thank you to all who attended our Easter Buffet Lunch at Chy Noweth yesterday!  We hope everyone enjoyed themselves. There were Easter treats, flowers, chocolate, “bunnies” – and, of course, fantastic company and delicious food. Keep a look out in County News for the next buffet lunch, and tell your friends how much fun you […]

We hope you’ve seen the Walking Netball flyer that was sent to your WI Secretary with the April County News. Please note that the closing date of Thursday 3rd May on the application form is correct – please ignore the incorrect date in italics in the body of the flyer. Do get in touch if […]

We hope you’re holding the date free for our next Federation visit to Denman, which will take place in 2019, our Federation’s Centenary year from 20-23 May. The courses on offer will be:  Salads & Superfoods with Ashley Keen Superfoods are everywhere you look – in the news, on television and in magazines – however, […]