Gulval WI enjoyed a lovely evening celebrating their 85th Anniversary, with a dinner at the Old Quay House in Hayle. Gulval WI’s longest standing member of 47 years, Joan Matthews, cut the Anniversary cake, together with the newest member, Margaret Wills. Joan has been a WI member for an amazing 73 years!

2022 is the centenary of St Dennis WI and, as part of the commemorations of this milestone, the current members of St Dennis WI decided to create a poppy curtain for their parish church. The hope is that the curtain will continue to be used for many years to come. As well as the red […]

Victoria ‘Vicky’ Harrison is a textile artist based in Penzance, who has been facilitating the making of large community textiles for 10 years. Vicky has set up the West Penwith Embroidered Bees Project, a collaborative project to create a huge art quilt covered in bees, each bee embroidered by an enthusiastic individual, novice or experienced. […]

Members of Crantock WI have been busy setting up their poppy display at St Carantoc Church and Crantock Methodist Church. Crantock WI, in collaboration with Crantock Arty Crafty Group, have increased the number of poppies this year, and there are now more than 400 on display. As the photos show they look quite spectacular! In […]

Following on from the Nordic Walking taster session held earlier this month, Jenny Robinson of St Neot WI, Joyce Rundle of Withiel WI and Clare Lee of St Dominic WI, seen pictured here next to the River Fowey, have now completed the full Nordic Walking Course. They are now Members of Nordic Walking UK and […]

Those of you who attended our 2022 Annual Council Meeting yesterday at the Hall for Cornwall were treated to a full day! We do hope you enjoyed it! Our Exhibitions Sub-committee, office staff and members of the Board of Trustees arrived a full three hours before the meeting began, to help get things set up. […]

At their October meeting, members of Godolphin WI hosted a Quiz Night. Three Godolphin WI teams were formed, joined by teams from Helston, Germoe & District and Connor Downs & Gwithian WIs. It was lovely to meet all the women and they all enjoyed themselves. All contestants were welcomed with a glass of bubbly and […]

Boscastle WI members enjoy the pleasure of each others company in numerous ways, one of which is through their Garden Club, formed during lockdown. The Garden Club has included trips to open gardens around the area, as well as to members’ gardens. It’s always a real treat to see what people can create in their […]

Last week, a group of WI members from all over Cornwall met up in Doublebois to take part in a taster session of Nordic Walking provided by Tug Wilson of LESU Fitness Innovation. The event was organised by CFWI’s Arts and Leisure Sub-Committee. The session was great fun as well as very informative and everyone […]

Following the NFWI Resolution Shortlist Selection meeting held on 4 October 2022, we are pleased to share with you the final shortlist that was chosen by member and federation delegates. 1. Save our water – every drop matters As global temperatures rise, there is a risk drought will become more frequent in the UK. This […]