East Challow WI, in Oxfordshire and near Denman, is interested in twinning with a Cornish WI. With 25 members, East Challow is a rural WI but is very IT literate. You can have a look at their Facebook page here. Their current President, Avril Pile, has Cornish family connections and visits Cornwall often. If your […]

Cusgarne & Frogpool WI President Sue Clift (in pink) welcomes the WI’s three newest members, all of whom joined this year: Sandra, June and Carole.

Pillaton WI’s June cream tea raised a whopping £589 for the Cornwall Air Ambulance Heli Appeal and, as a result, the members were offered a visit to the helicopter site in Newquay. The WI decided to combine the trip with a visit to Davidstow Airfield and War Museum. The women were greeted at the Air […]

It was brushes to the fore when Bude WI members attended a painting workshop led by their very own Gill Hobbs of Acorn Folk Art. The theme was a hare in the moonlight. Gill has an uncanny skill of making even the non-artistic produce a result which is amazingly good. Pictured here (left to right) […]

Over 90 WI members and friends met on a fabulous day in late July in Charlestown. The group started at Cuddra WI Hall, with a welcome cuppa. They then set off on a guided walk to Charlestown, stopping off at the lovely church en route, where they heard a fascinating talk by Julia Keep, Cuddra […]

Remember when nearly 190 of us whizzed over the Eden Project on the zipwire? What a day that was! All of you who participated contributed £2 towards helping get rid of single use plastic bottles in Cornwall. We planned to give the funds to Clean Cornwall, in which we are partners, to deliver that. Since […]

We would like to invite members to attend our Cake, Craft & Camping Weekend for one-day – with no overnight camping – on Saturday 31st August! You’ll arrive by 10am for your first workshop. You’ll then enjoy lunch, followed by a further two activities. After an evening meal, we’ll hold ‘The WI’s Got Talent’, so […]

Several members of Crowlas & Ludgvan WI met at the home of one of their members armed with sewing machines, fabric and sewing kits to learn to make a summer top in a day. With patterns and guidance from member Val Puddiphatt, everyone made her own stylish item of clothing and look forward to making […]

If you’re like most WIs, your members get up to all sorts of wild and wonderful things! And, of course, you want to share those things with all of us. You may have a Press Officer or a Publicity Officer or just a member who is responsible for submitting articles and photos to County News, […]

What is an IFE? The initials IFE stand for Independent Financial Examiner, and it’s pronounced ‘Iffy’, though these folk are far from iffy! CFWI has a scheme whereby members (and non-members) are trained to become IFEs to examine the accounts of our WIs at the end of the financial year. As financial statements have to […]