Surfers Against Sewage have today launched their new ‘Wasteland‘ campaign, urging all of us to ‘Join the Resistance’ against plastic pollution. The Cornwall Federation of WIs is proud to be one of the partners in this important and exciting launch. ‘Wasteland’ puts the issue of single use plastic and plastic pollution firmly on the map […]

There were plenty of visitors to the WI Tent at Stithians Show on Monday. Climate Ambassador Pippa Stilwell was there with a ‘Green Heart’ table, asking visitors to put up a Post-It note on the board, telling us what they love that is threatened by climate change. Here are some of those visitors:  

The WI would like to invite members to join them for a special screening of the true-life drama, Let Me Go, on 10th August at Denman. The exclusive screening will be followed by a Q&A with the Director and Writer of the film Polly Steele and Producer Lizzie Pickering. Starring Juliet Stevenson, Jodhi May, Lucy […]

Take a hat knitted in the shape of a capercaillie, with a beautiful fan tail. Add a lilac knitted tanktop decorated variously with a seal, a flock of house martins, a jay with a Z underneath, and a white snake for a neckscarf – spot the association! Wildlife photographer David Chapman’s talk to Zennor WI […]

After being hunted to extinction in the UK 400 years ago, beavers are being brought back to Cornwall by Cornwall Wildlife Trust and partners Woodland Valley Farm. This ground-breaking project hopes to show that beavers can help create new wildlife habitat, make our water cleaner and crucially reduce flooding. Beavers will be reintroduced to a […]

Whole Again Communities (WAC) began life as a soup kitchen at the Treneere Estate’s community space in Penzance, but has since grown into so much more. Using surplus produce from local supermarkets, Director Liz Sullivan and her team hold community workshops as well as distributing the soup, curries, bread, etc. made at the workshops to […]

Congratulations to Jennifer Gourley of Zennor WI for successfully completing her HNC in Art and Design at Penwith College. During the Golowan Festival in Penzance, which ran from 16th until 25th June, Art and Design students held their annual exhibition, Tidal Memories, in a large marquee on the Wharfside. Jennifer’s sculpture Wartime Women was among […]

A visiting WI member from the Staffordshire Federation snapped these photos at Liskeard Carnival yesterday. We think the ladies dressed as ‘Plastic Soup’ may be WI members, and possibly from Liskeard WI, but we’re not sure! If you have any further information about these brilliant costumes, please let us know! Thank you so much to […]

Did you know that people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have among the highest rates of fuel poverty – i.e., people whose required fuel bills are above the national average and who struggle to keep warm because of the costs – in the country? Insulation is a key factor, as well as tackling […]