This year’s Programme Competition winners have now been announced. If you’re coming to our Annual Council Meeting on the 10th at the Hall for Cornwall, then you’ll be able to see them congratulated in person! The Lander Cup is awarded to the best programme for WIs with up to 20 members. This year’s winner is […]

The ‘Membership Matters’ column in the October issue of County News stated that all WIs should have received a letter telling them whether or not they will be having an Adviser at their 2018 Annual Meetings. However, this letter will be going out with the November/December issue. We apologise for the confusion but can assure […]

We’ve added an Archive tab to the front page of our CFWI website. This will give members the opportunity to see some of the wonderful documents and photographs in storage, either at Chy Noweth an Conteth or at the County Records Office. At the moment, just a taster of archive material has been uploaded for […]

Over 60 happy WI members met today at Knightor Winery for a day of learning, tasting and fun. We heard a bit about the history of Knightor and then toured the winery where we learnt a lot about how the wine is made – from pressing to bottling.  Then the bottles were opened and we […]

The NFWI Board of Trustees has set the membership subscription for 2018 at £41. The share kept by individual WIs will increase by £1 to £20. The share kept by the federation (CFWI) will increase by 50p to £9.30, and the share forwarded to NFWI will also increase by 50p to £11.70. Dual members will […]

For those of you who expressed interest in entering the Helston Fatstock Show, the schedule and entry forms are now available! Click here for the schedule and here for the entry form. Both will also be available on the Show’s Facebook page here. Scroll to page 4 (right side of the page) of the schedule […]

If you haven’t yet had a chance to leaf through the latest copy of WI Life, have a look for mentions of some of our Cornwall WIs! On page 10, the women of Penpol & Point WI are featured for their participation in the local regatta, along with a lovely photo. Zennor WI is part […]

Please note that our Christmas shopping trip to Clarks Village will be on Thursday 23th November. The date listed in the September issue of County News is incorrect. We apologise for the inconvenience and hope you’ll be able to join us on what should be a fantastic day out!

St Tudy Playing Field has been nominated for a One Family Foundation award of £25,000. This will fund badly needed new play equipment. They have got to the last 12 and now compete against other projects in London, Surrey, Wales, Yorkshire, etc. As the only Cornish project in this community section, we are sure you’d […]

Cancer Research UK is looking for volunteers and participants for this year’s Race for Life to be held at Stithians Showground on Sunday 3rd September. If you would like to take part in the event or volunteer, please head to raceforlife.org to sign up, or contact Area Event Manager Amy Salmon on amy.salmon@cancer.org.uk or 07918 […]