To commemorate 100 years since the passing of the Representation of People Act 1918, giving women over 30 in the UK the right to vote, the NFWI has been invited to take part in the ‘PROCESSIONS’ project, organised by Artichoke, 14-18 Now and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England. The PROCESSIONS […]

Our Activity and Leisure Sub-Committee are hoping to develop Walking Netball in Cornwall.  If you would be interested in taking part, please let us know.  Just a quick email from your WI to Sandra Buck letting us know roughly how many of your members would like to give it a go would help enormously. Contact […]

St Neot WI members supported the #ShowTheLove campaign this year by sharing their green hearts at the village pantomime, with a display of the hearts in the village shop. They were able to spread their message about climate change to their wider community and help get the word out that we can all make a […]

Launceston Show will be held this year on Thursday 26th July. The theme for the WI Corporate Entry this year is ‘Women at War’, which is to include two craft items, two cookery items and a floral arrangement. There are also novice classes and individual classes for crafts, cookery, preserves, flower arranging and photography, as […]

Today is the start of Lent and a lot of us are geared up with our paper grocery bags, reusable bottles and reusable coffee cups to give up as much plastic as we can – particularly all that avoidable throw-away stuff we collect every day. It will be a bit of a faff, but well […]

Using no more than 500 words (excluding main title, but to include diary date if used), the Lady Denman Cup Competition 2018 invites members to write a diary extract based on the day that changed their life. Entrants must submit 4 copies of their entry, typed if possible, on A4 paper to CFWI.  Please do […]

Did you know that you can get a one-year Locals’ Pass to Tate St Ives for only £5? This special introductory offer for only £5 for the first year is available to all Cornwall residents. The pass gives you unlimited entry to Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden. To get […]

February is the month for the Climate Coalition’s Show the Love campaign. You can record signs of an early spring in your neighbourhood on the Nature’s Calendar Worksheet. You can make a green heart and wear it – or share it with the hashtag #showthelove. And you can write to your MP, using the postcard […]

2018 is a year marking significant anniversaries for the WI and for women’s history in Britain. Three years on from our centenary, 2018 is also 100 years since the WI’s first resolution was passed in October 1918. Although the Cornwall Federation won’t be celebrating our centenary until 2019, many local WIs will be reaching their 100th […]