The latest episode of Inspiring Voices, the podcast of the Cornwall Federation of WIs, is now available! This month, Federation Chair Helen Kestle has a chat with our three members of staff, Julia, Sophie and Kerenza. You may not know who they are, but they are always hard at work behind the scenes keeping the […]

At 6.30 one morning in early September, six women from Maker with Rame WI braved the cold to participate in a sponsored skinny dip from Kingsand Beach, in aid of the local women’s and children’s refuge. The group was delighted to announce that they raised £1,350. The ages of the skinny dippers ranged from 33 […]

Earlier this month, the WI marked the Week of River Action. To highlight this, Illogan WI welcomed a volunteer from Westcountry Rivers Trust who updated them on the Trust’s activities at their meeting. Later in the week, Debbie from the Westcountry Rivers Trust accompanied Illogan member Lynn Griffiths on a testing session on the Upper […]

Only a few days left now to apply for additional tickets to the Annual Council Meeting, being held on 23rd October at the Hall for Cornwall in Truro.  The closing date is Monday, 23rd September. Your WI secretary has an application form, or you can order directly using TicketSource, if you prefer the convenience of […]

We are very excited that Esme Young, from the BBC’s “Great British Sewing Bee”, is going to be our main guest speaker at the Annual Council Meeting next month, Wednesday, 23rd October at the Hall for Cornwall. Esme will be answering questions from members after her talk, so if you have a question to ask […]

We have received the following message from the Alleviate Pain Data Hub: the UK Wide National hub for Chronic Pain (more info can be found here).   September is Pain Awareness Month during which we will be running the 2nd UK National Pain Survey to gather the experiences of those living with chronic pain.   […]

On a glorious sunny day in September members of Sticker WI set off from Gorran Haven and walked to Dodman Point. The sky was blue, the sea was crystal clear and calm.  It was a pleasure to be out on the coastal path. The morning finished with a pit stop at Heligan Gardens for coffee […]

We recently published the winner’s (Pauline Champness) poem, but overlooked to tell you who came second and third.  Many apologies for the oversight ladies! Second was: Eli Ward, Trevone WI Third joint were: Karrie Skaife, St Mary’s IOS WI Sue Dobinson, Downderry & Seaton WI Tamsyn Williamson-Gillie, Mevagissey WI

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Press Competitions. Whitecross Cup (for more experienced Press Officers) was won by: 1st  Rosemary Warren, St Buryan WI 2nd Barbara Gates, Torpoint WI   Boslowick Cup (for novice Press Officers) was won by: 1st Christine Heard, Week St Mary Bonaventures WI 2nd Chris Bulman, Perran-ar-worthal WI   Well […]

CORRECTION: Caerhays Castle and Spring Gardens would be thrilled to help you organise a visit to us. You could book a garden tour with either the owner, Charles Williams; Head Gardener, Jaimie Parsons; or Assistant Head Gardener, Michael Levett, all of whom have decades of experience at Caerhays, know the gardens inside out and can […]