Congratulations to everyone who entered CFWI’s Creative Writing Competition this year, with a theme of ‘Walk upon England’s Mountains Green’. Entries were wide-ranging, but it was the poignant vignette from Christine Woolf of St Breward WI which captured the eye of our judge. Writing a short story in just a thousand words is a challenge, […]

Here’s a fun and worthwhile project for WI members – or perhaps entire WIs – to get stuck into over the long, cold winter evenings. We have had a message from the woman who manages the team of breast feeding specialist nurses, who are part of the health visiting service in Cornwall. The team works with […]

At their September meeting, members of Perranuthnoe and District WI were given a rare treat of a sari demonstration. WI member Sandra Baxendale gave the women several saris to choose from and they all found a colour to suit. Wendy Blain, Perranuthnoe and District WI member, said, “We all felt very elegant!”

Mermaids: Mylor and Flushing WI held a special celebratory event on Saturday to mark the 100 years since a branch of the WI was first formed in Mylor Bridge. Apart from a small gap, it has been running ever since and the members have been really pleased to see a significant increase in their membership […]

As their contribution to The Great Big Green Week, member of Downderry and Seaton WI created a bug hotel using all reclaimed materials. The bug hotel was installed in the WI’s garden, a small strip attached to Downderry’s car park, which the WI has looked after for many years. Members have been gradually changing the […]

In mid-September, 11 members of South Hill WI (and one brave husband) visited Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay Airport on the north coast of Cornwall. The members discovered that the spaceport should be coming into use in 2022 and is intended to be a design centre and launching point of commercial satellites for a variety of […]

Trevone WI enjoyed their third Knot & Natter session this week as part of The Great Big Green Week initiative. The local Beach Guardian supplied piles of washed up fishing ropes and gear retrieved from nearby beaches and, after three hours, the members transformed the tangled heaps into sorted bundles of usable ropes for recycling. […]

Wishing to do their part during The Great Big Green Week, Pensilva WI prepared themselves with gloves and pickers to pick up litter around the village. It is important for everybody to live in a clean and tidy environment and the women were happy to be able to do their own small part in helping […]

Tregony WI describes itself as a “growing” group and is now getting more active on social media to try to recruit more members. At the members’ last meeting, they had a ukulele lesson and at the meeting previous to that they held a cream tea and vintage tractor afternoon at a member’s farm. In October, […]

Halsetown WI celebrated their 70th Birthday at their September meeting, The photograph shows Halsetown President Paula Cocking and founder member Irene Sheen with a celebration cake  made by Halsetown Secretary Jenny Bryant. Photograph courtesy of Emileen Williams