The newly formed Flowers and Gardens Sub-Committee have replanted the pots outside Chy Noweth and see how splendid they look. Some lovely colourful primulas and pansies to welcome the Spring. Come along and admire them next time you are visiting. Thank you to Jill Trew and Pat Mitchell of the Flowers and Gardens Sub-Committee for […]

Sheila Goldsworthy asks ‘What are WI members good at?  See the answer in  the WI Talk feature in the Cornishman, West Briton and other local newspapers. If you would like a copy email apile@cornwallwi.org.uk

Being a new WI, Lanivet needed a banner and pennant. Last year one member traced and found the banner from the first Lanivet WI, which was adopted. that left the pennant be created by a small group of volunteers of whom two emerged as makers, Gill Blake embroidery and seamstress, Pauline Salisbury design.The draft design […]

Members from Veryan WI were well and truly spoilt with a ‘behind the scenes tour of Beethams Food’ and cookery demonstration. Greeted and supplied with melt-in-mouth brownies by the younger generation of Beethams. Louisa Beetham gave a fascinating explanation and tour of the business and Jamie Beetham shared his secrets for the most luscious creamy […]

A brand new WI, based Carbis Bay, Cornwall. Exciting, inclusive, original and welcoming. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm at the Carbis Bay Hotel. We will be launching with an introductory meeting on 12 March 2025. Come along and bring a friend or two!  

At our annual International Women’s Day Monday 10 March 2025 at the Penventon Park Hotel Redruth, we will be welcoming Lesley Smith to entertain us with her monologue in character and costume as Peggy Smith. Peggy Smith was recruited into the Resistance in occupied France in the Second World War. Before the talk you will […]

The February County News is now available on MY WI and through the link under Newsletter on the CFWI website.. WIs will be receiving the printed copies shortly. See what the Co-Chairs have been up to in Chairs Chatter and see all the details for future events.  

The WI TALK by Sheila Goldsworthy is now available in the Cornishman and other newspapers. The article is an interesting read about WI ideology and a brief history. It any members would like a copy please email apile@cornwallwi.org.uk

WI Climate Ambassadors in Cornwall were delighted to be nominated for a Cornwall Sustainability Award by Alex Forrester      from’Forest for Cornwall, with whom WI members have been working on the ‘WI Members Plant Trees’ initiative. We have also been helping to maintain some of the 800 newly planted trees at Penmount Crematorium in […]

Down through the years, the WI has always been enthusiastic about planting trees aided by the rhyming advertising slogan ”plant a tree in 63”, 73 and so on, in the decades, but now we’ve come to this year so perhaps it could be “Plant some more in 24”, because the CFWI and the Forest for […]