Please join us for a jolly Christmas-themed painting workshop with art educator Karen Bessell on Wednesday 2nd December at 11am. Karen, who runs UCreateArtAtHome, has been teaching art for years, but has taken her business online in 2020. She lives in Brisbane, but is Cornish and is a former member of Bodmin Gaolbirds WI. Karen’s […]

Thanks to the Eden Project Magazine for this!

Before we went back into a second lockdown, members of Bodmin Gaolbirds took a lovely walk through Lanhydrock Woods in the autumn sunshine.

Recently, 26 members (plus a few partners) Zoomed in for Mawnan WI’s October monthly meeting to hear Michael Carver’s talk on the founding of the Poly, Falmouth’s historic Arts Centre. Michael, a former Poly Trustee and Administrator, explained how the Society was founded in 1833 by the Fox family, to promote grand ideas in Arts, […]

As the winter nights start to draw in, we are delighted to share with you details of new and exciting activities for WI members to get involved in. National Gallery supports the ‘Not in My Name’ Campaign 27 November 2020, 7pm-8pm, £5 per ticket Join Artist Luisa-Maria MacCormack of The Big Art Herstory Project to […]

Recently, Graham Mace, the Cornwall Cyber Protect Officer for Devon and Cornwall Police, spoke to St Dominick WI at their virtual monthly Zoom meeting. The main aim of Graham’s role is to provide businesses and community groups with advice on how to protect themselves from becoming victims of cyber crime, and to show them how […]

This year, members of Luxulyan and Lanlivery WI may not have been able to be all together for their Harvest Supper, but that didn’t stop them from celebrating. Members ate pasties and puddings in small groups in each others’ homes, and shared photos with each other on Facebook, as part of a socially distanced Harvest […]

Members of Crantock WI put the finishing touches to their Remembrance Day Display in late October. This year, despite the pandemic and supported by a grant form local charities and the parish council, the WI members went all out. They bought a frame for an almost life size horse, and covered it with knitted purple […]

The Museum of Cornish Life in Helston is inviting knitters and crocheters across Cornwall to recreate and donate hats using knitting patterns of yesteryear, from their wonderful archive. Hats will be for sale from the Museum shop from 1 December. There will be a prize for most hats knitted by a community group and the […]

Thank you to all of our WI members who logged in and joined us for our virtual Annual Meeting yesterday! I’m sure you’ll all agree that our guest speaker, Sarah Slater, was excellent. There were lots of laughs and quite a few shocked expressions during her talk! We had hoped to be able to record […]