At Veryan WI’s Annual Meeting this week, members were treated to a beautiful display of quilts. The quilts were made by some of Veryan’s own talented members or kindly loaned by members of the Roseland Quilters.

In November, exactly 100 years since a handful of Bude women decided to form a Bude Women’s Institute, 80 of their successors, with guests, joined together at the Falcon Hotel in Bude, to eat and celebrate the work of their WI. For 100 years the WI in Bude has inspired women with encouragement, friendship, workshops, […]

We have a lovely surprise for those of you booked to attend our International Women’s Day Afternoon Tea at the Penventon Hotel on Wednesday 8 March. Our guest speaker, Dr Lesley Trotter, has been working on a book and we weren’t sure whether it would be printed by Wednesday, but Lesley has just told us […]

What a fabulous afternoon St Mellion WI had last week when members came together to celebrate their 100th birthday. The first St Mellion WI committee meeting was held at Pentillie Castle in 1923 and, as part of the wider St Mellion community, the members were offered the use of the castle for their birthday tea. […]

The next meeting of the WI Film Club: Beyond the Screen will be taking place on Thursday 16 March at 7:30pm, and the Film will be Edie – an emotional drama about conquering fears, demons… and a mountain! Edie believes that it is never too late – packing an old camping bag, leaving her life […]

Sixty-five members (a full house!) at Chy Noweth were lucky enough to hear from Mary Queen of Scots herself on Wednesday! Historian and actress Lesley Smith had the audience completely spellbound as she recounted the dramatic and tragic events from the life of Mary Queen of Scots. Wearing a beautiful hand-embroidered period costume and staying […]

After members sent in their selections from this year’s shortlisted resolutions, the NFWI Board of Trustees is putting forward the following resolution to the Annual Meeting in Cardiff in May: Clean rivers for people and wildlife Water quality in our rivers is shameful. Legally, designated bathing waters must be regularly monitored for pollution. The NFWI […]

Salli Blackford, a member of Crantock WI, has been recognised for all the work she has done for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Every year, along with women of the village, Crantock WI members and holidaymakers visiting, Salli has organised the knitting of poppies to decorate the village. Pictured here is the article about […]

On Saturday 25 March, Perranarworthal WI will be holding a Spring Fayre at the Perranwell Centre. Do come along and help them raise funds for two very important organisations: Hidden Help and the Cornwall Refuge Trust.  Hidden Help is a small charity that helps those in urgent need in Cornwall to make a new home […]

During the Covid pandemic, there was a big campaign in West Cornwall to persuade MP Derek Thomas to show his support for the Climate and Ecology Emergency Bill, which asks for a joined up approach to nature and the climate emergency.  This Bill, recently being discussed in the House of Lords, is shortly returning to […]