Grampound WI had a stall at the Grampound Village Fete last month. Here are some of the lovely items they had on offer.

After watching a Simon Reeves television programme highlighting food poverty, Holly Whitelaw established the Cornwall Gleaning Network. What exactly is gleaning? It’s a system in which volunteers connect with local farmers to harvest surplus fruits and vegetables that would not be sold or eaten for various reasons, and then redistribute those surplus fruits and veg […]

Wilcove WI’s well-established treasure trail group welcomed two new members on a bright and sunny day in Totnes. This particular hunt included a lovely riverside walk through woodland and a great degree of head scratching at some of the more difficult clues. Luckily, the members managed to solve all the riddles – otherwise they might […]

Last week, members of Coads Green WI were joined by four members from South Hill WI on a visit to the newly established English Spirit Distillery at Treguddick Manor, near Launceston, for an introductory tour and guided tasting experience. The English Spirit Company was founded by former biochemist Dr John Walters at Great Yeldham Hall […]

As part of the 2021 Chy Noweth Show competition, WIs were asked to create an exhibit on the theme of ‘Renewing Enchanted Cornwall’. One of the components of the exhibit was a piece of prose. As you all know by now, Illogan WI won first prize in the competition, and we are reproducing their wonderful […]

Members of Wilcove WI have been busy sewing hand made poppies onto a net for Remembrance. These poppies have been lovingly created by many Wilcove WI members throughout lockdown as a worthwhile project for the town, and will be on display at St James Church.

NFWI has now released the WI subscription rate for 2022/2023. There is to be no increase on the current year, which means the full membership subscription amount will remain at £44. Subscriptions are due in April 2022. The distribution of the 2022/2023 subscription is: New members joining the WI from April 2022 for the first […]

Trevone WI held its first Winter Warmer Lunch this year, attended by 30 members at Prideaux Place. Some ate outside in the marquee enjoying lovely views across the deer park to the estuary, and others ate inside, thinking it might be warmer but, in fact, the weather changed and the sun came out. Several new […]

A group of members from Crowlas and Ludgvan WI recently visited Varfell Farm, right on their doorstep. The farm is the largest grower and packer of daffodils in the world. Everyone was totally impressed by the efforts being made by such a large commercial operation to protect the environment, while enhancing the well-being of so […]

Due to a cancellation, we have a few tickets available for the Harvest Buffet Lunch to be held at Chy Noweth an Conteth on Friday 29 October. Yesterday, we welcomed a full house of WI members to the first of our two Harvest Lunches, and it was so wonderful to see everyone all back together […]