Doors from one end of the County to the other will be graced with stunning Christmas wreaths this year! After last Friday’s wreath-making workshop at Bodmin Nursery, WI members from St Dominick to Crowlas & Ludgvan went home with  beautiful green works of art to display.  

The NFWI Craft Committee have been asked to organise the making of three cards for the Royal Family for early 2018 – for the Queen’s 92nd birthday card, the Royal birth in April and Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding in May. They are looking for WI members to make cards for these three very special […]

On Friday night, Mawnan was transformed when the village Christmas lights were turned on after much hard work from the newly formed Christmas Lights Committee. Crowds gathered in the Square to celebrate the beginning of the festive season which included children from the school and residents who had never been to the event before. Various […]

Two members of Constantine WI, Sylvia and Mary, have totally different Christmases. Sylvia, a farmers wife who’s up feeding all the animals very early before breakfast, has lunch sometime much later in the day. Mary has a family of 22, and may celebrate Christmas Day on New Year’s Eve or whenever all the family can […]

There was a real sense of Christmas coming at the annual Mawnan WI Christmas Gift Fair on Saturday, 25th November. The Memorial Hall was fully decorated with garlands and a Christmas tree, and stall holders had dressed their tables with lights and holly. There were many carefully crafted and original items for sale made by […]

Meet Polly Ethel, a cloth doll whose tail, top and hair are all made from fibres picked out of some of the huge quantity of polyethylene rope washed up on Perranuthnoe beach this Autumn. Created by Pippa Stilwell, CFWI Federation Climate Ambassador, to raise awareness of the plastic tide washing up on our beaches, Polly […]

Between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25th November) and Human Rights Day (10th December), the international initiative ‘Orange the World’ seeks to promote positive action towards ending gender-based violence. ACWW fully supports this initiative, and in particular the theme ‘Leave no-one behind’. Violence against women affects communities in every country […]

Did you know that you can stay at Denman on a B&B basis? Why not use it as a base for some exploring around the Oxfordshire countryside, and take in a Denman Day School course while you’re at it! Courses available include: 178.751 Italian Fun in the Kitchen: Family Day School 15 February 2018 Mariella […]

Yesterday, the House of Commons included a debate about tackling the issue of loneliness in our communities. You can read the full text of the debate here. You can even see the full video of the debate as it happened here. The late Jo Cox set up a commission on loneliness before her death, and […]

If you fancy reading a nice little murder mystery this winter, look no further than Sharon Bill’s Fête Fatale. A summer fête in rural Cheshire, organised by the Women’s Institute of Mossleigh, holds the promise of an idyllic day out in the best British tradition. Everyone is enjoying the festivities until a beloved neighbour is […]