Keeping in mind the WI’s No More Violence against Women campaign, Mawnan WI decided that this Christmas they would fundraise for The Women’s Centre Cornwall. The Women’s Centre provides support for women who have experienced domestic abuse; since lockdown there has been a steady rise in these incidents. Mawnan WI members and village residents were invited […]

WIs all over Cornwall have been delivering wonderful bags of treats to their members as part of NFWI’s ‘Meeting in a Bag’ suggestion. Members of Torpoint WI’s committee are delivered 34 bags containing a napkin and napkin ring, after-dinner-mint holder, two tree decorations, mystery wrapped gift, quiz and a mince pie. Crowlas & Ludgvan WI […]

CFWI was delighted to take part in a tree planting ceremony in Falmouth on Monday. The Woodland Trust has a fabulous scheme in which they give away trees to schools and community groups. CFWI’s delivery of over 400 trees arrived last month, ready to plant in this glorious location next to a new housing development […]

The women of Boscastle WI don’t sit on their laurels and, following on from their success with the Scarecrow Challenge earlier in the year, they leapt into creating a recipe book. The 54-page cookbook, entitled Eat, Drink & Be Merry .. with a touch of Mother’s Ruin Cocktails was a giant undertaking, including recipes submitted […]

Mary Lindsey of our Environment & Public Affairs Committee has created this lovely little video to give you some ideas of how to upcycle your Christmas cards this year. We hope you enjoy it!

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As part of the WI’s No More Violence campaign, NFWI is asking WI members to take part in the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence from 25th November – 10th December. On 9th December at 6pm, NFWI is asking WI members to hold a candlelight vigil from their homes and share photographs on social […]

To avoid a period of inactivity and the blues that can result from limited social contact, Boscastle WI has created a surge of options to engage members, some of which spilled over into the community. First and foremost was getting on board with Zoom meetings early in the first lock-down. Very quickly the WI decided […]

There may not be many visitors to Chy Noweth at the moment, but at least Steve turned up to help Barb and Sue decorate the tree. The regular carol singers came along, too.  

Mawnan WI Book Club (MBC) was launched a month ago in response to the request from members to set up a book club. Eleven avid readers attended the inaugural meeting on Zoom – probably the first time that most of the members had been in a virtual book club. They began by talking about what […]