For those of you who have enjoyed reading our CFWI Covid Chronicles, we have an update, including an entry from Linkinhorne WI which had been inadvertently omitted the first time around. If you don’t know what the Covid Chronicles are, they are an illustrated record of 2020 and 2021, documenting the lives of WI members […]

Perranarworthal WI’s Spring Fayre last Saturday was a very successful event, thanks to the support of so many people who donated items, gave generous raffle prizes or came along to enjoy a coffee or tea and then purchased cakes and various other items from the stalls. After expenses, the WI raised an amazing £1717 for […]

Seventeen members of Trevone WI’s Fun & Foliage Group visited Trewithen Gardens this week, the first visit of the year. Although the weather turned colder than the previous week, the group still very much enjoyed strolling round the gardens admiring the lovely colours of the plants, shrubs and trees, and the delightful birdsong. As is […]

Many of the members of Crantock WI had passed the SUEZ Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre in the car or seen it on the horizon but never visited. The visit started with an introduction to the layout and workings of the site, including safety requirements .The group also learned that nothing has to go to landfill […]

NFWI has made some revisions to the WI Handbook. These changes have been made in response to member feedback and it is hoped that they will make the handbook more user-friendly. The handbook can be found on MyWI or under ‘Other Useful Links’ on the CFWI website. The changes made to the Handbook are as […]

In June 2022, Her Majesty the Queen will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, to mark 70 years on the throne. CFWI invites members to enter a competition to design and make a card which the Federation will send to Her Majesty on behalf of all the WIs in Cornwall to congratulate her on this achievement. • […]

Former CFWI Chairman and current Assistant Media Officer Sheila Goldsworthy writes a wonderful monthly WI column for The Cornishman. Here is Sheila’s March column: With wheelbarrows primed and ready, gardening gloves waiting and forks and trowels clean and shining, the glorious show of spring flowers is encouraging us all to step out and make a […]

Following requests and feedback from members, NFWI has created a Charter and a Code of Conduct. It is hoped that these documents will reinforce the foundations and values of our organisation, ensure members know what they can expect from their membership experience, and what they can do if this experience is not realised. The NFWI […]

Members of St Dominick WI give huge thanks to their outgoing President of three years, Kirsty Doney. Kirsty bought cheerfulness to St Dominick’s meetings in such difficult times during the pandemic. She certainly did not have the usual WI experience of being President where meetings went along unhindered by outside forces. Zoom meetings were a […]

A new President was elected at the Annual Meeting of Porthleven WI. Wendy Harris will be taking over from Margaret Edgcumbe who has stood down after leading the WI for the past three years. Margaret was presented with flowers from the members and a silver brooch from her Committee. She was thanked by Felicity Cork, […]