The date for purchasing your tickets for the NFWI Annual Meeting has been extended to 5pm on Friday 4 June! This year’s NFWI Annual Meeting will take place as a virtual event on Tuesday 8 June.  Tickets, which cost £9, will give you access to the meeting which will include an overview of the WI […]

The Cornwall Federation of Women’s Institutes is seeking a receptionist to join the small team working at our Federation office on the Truro Business Park in Threemilestone. The position would be two days a week to start, rising to four days a week as the workload increases coming out of lockdown. The work consists of […]

In the June issue of County News, we mistakenly wrote that WIs would receive a printed copy of the new 2021 WI Constitution. WIs have not been sent copies of the Constitution. According to NFWI, “Constitutions have been uploaded to MyWI and as they do not need to be kept (or signed) physically there is […]

As we emerge from lockdown, it has been good to reflect on what we have achieved. For one thing, members of the Crowlas and Ludgvan WI’s Camera Club have been able to improve their photography skills via weekly challenges. Lisa sets the theme, sometimes a compositional challenge, or a colour theme, or just an inspiration; […]

Sheila Goldsworthy writes a wonderful monthly WI column for The Cornishman. Here is Sheila’s May column: Cornwall appears to be getting very excited about the G7 Summit taking place on our doorstep in June. How much more dynamic it would be if the G stood for Green instead of just Group! However, as so often, […]

You have to be in it to win it! There are five weeks to go until the deadline for applying to enter this year’s Chy Noweth Show (which is replacing the cancelled Royal Cornwall Show). The schedule for the WI Competition, this year organised by the Environment & Public Affairs sub-committee, is as follows: WIs […]

This year, Stithians Show is going virtual! The Virtual Show will take place from 12 July to 16 July. There are five exciting classes for WI members to enter: Replicate the NFWI logo using recycled items. Create an A4 poster in any medium, designed to encourage existing members and recruit potential members to explore the […]

Members of Praze-an-Beeble WI wasted no time when the Covid rules were relaxed on 17 May! That very evening, they met for an outdoor Annual Meeting in the garden of the St Aubyn Arms pub, just around the corner from their usual meeting venue. With outdoor gatherings of 30 permitted, the 21 members who attended […]

This year’s NFWI Annual Meeting will take place as a virtual event on Tuesday 8 June.  Tickets, which cost £9, will give you access to the meeting which will include an overview of the WI over the past year, as well as guest speakers HRH The Countess of Wessex, Dame Cressida Dick and Baroness Brenda […]

Don’t miss the deadline to apply for our upcoming guided walk to the summit of Rough Tor on 9 July! This circular walk is over uneven ground, involves uphill sections and can be marshy, so walking boots or stout walking shoes and suitable clothing for the weather are recommended. This walk is not suitable for […]