Are you part of a WI knitting group, or are there members of your WI who love to knit? Working with The Big Jubilee Lunch, NFWI has an exciting opportunity for WI members in Cornwall who are taking part and knitting corgis for “Where’s WInnie?” The WI’s new craft competition “Where’s WInnie?” was launched in […]

Tickets are still available for our Resolutions Roadshow events: Friday 22 April – 2pm-4pm – Chy Noweth an Conteth Tuesday 26 April – 10am-12noon – Connor Downs WI Hall Thursday 28 April – 6.30pm-8.30pm – Millennium House, Pensilva You’ll learn more about this year’s WI resolution – Women and Girls with ASD & ADHD – […]

Those of you who are lucky enough to be delegates traveling to Liverpool for the NFWI Annual Meeting are in for a treat! The speakers for this year’s meetings have been announced: Sarah Clarke OBE – Black Rod Sarah Clarke OBE is a British administrator. Since 13 February 2018, she has served as the first […]

We have extended the deadline for entering the Royal Cornwall Show competitions! You now have until Thursday 14 April to get your application in. Remember, at this point all you need to do is send us your application form and fee. You then have until June to create your masterpiece! The Royal Cornwall Show Cup […]

For those of you who have enjoyed reading our CFWI Covid Chronicles, we have an update, including an entry from Linkinhorne WI which had been inadvertently omitted the first time around. If you don’t know what the Covid Chronicles are, they are an illustrated record of 2020 and 2021, documenting the lives of WI members […]

Perranarworthal WI’s Spring Fayre last Saturday was a very successful event, thanks to the support of so many people who donated items, gave generous raffle prizes or came along to enjoy a coffee or tea and then purchased cakes and various other items from the stalls. After expenses, the WI raised an amazing £1717 for […]

Seventeen members of Trevone WI’s Fun & Foliage Group visited Trewithen Gardens this week, the first visit of the year. Although the weather turned colder than the previous week, the group still very much enjoyed strolling round the gardens admiring the lovely colours of the plants, shrubs and trees, and the delightful birdsong. As is […]

Many of the members of Crantock WI had passed the SUEZ Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre in the car or seen it on the horizon but never visited. The visit started with an introduction to the layout and workings of the site, including safety requirements .The group also learned that nothing has to go to landfill […]

NFWI has made some revisions to the WI Handbook. These changes have been made in response to member feedback and it is hoped that they will make the handbook more user-friendly. The handbook can be found on MyWI or under ‘Other Useful Links’ on the CFWI website. The changes made to the Handbook are as […]

In June 2022, Her Majesty the Queen will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, to mark 70 years on the throne. CFWI invites members to enter a competition to design and make a card which the Federation will send to Her Majesty on behalf of all the WIs in Cornwall to congratulate her on this achievement. • […]