If you came to our Annual Council Meeting at the Hall for Cornwall last month, no doubt you will have noticed a beautiful autumnal arrangement on the stage. What you might not know is that the arrangements used at our Council Meetings are created by members of our own Floral Art and Gardening Sub-committee. This […]

Come along to the Cornish Winter Fair on Saturday 20 November! It’s a free event, held entirely under cover within the Exhibition Halls at the Royal Cornwall Showground. There’s plenty of free parking on site. The event runs from 10am until 5pm. It’s a great place to kick off your Christmas shopping. You’ll find an […]

On Tuesday 2 November 2, members of Coads Green WI, joined by partners and husbands, met at Polhilsa for a dinner to celebrate the group’s 60th anniversary. Members were greeted by Alison Gribble, as they arrived, who presented each one with a button hole. The tables had been beautifully decorated by Janet Ham. President Daphne […]

Time is running out to book your place at one of our wonderfully festive Christmas County Lunches. The closing date is Monday 15 November. There are two lunches for you to choose from: Lanhydrock Hotel and Golf Club in Bodmin on Thursday 2 December and Budock Vean Hotel in Mawnan Smith on Tuesday 7 December […]

Recently, members of Torpoint WI enjoyed a social half hour making pictures out of dried leaves. They were all so proud of their work that some said their pictures would be displayed on the fridge door at home!

It came as an awful blow to St Dominick WI … lockdown, that is. “Oh dear,” the committee said back in March 2020. “How do we adjust to this for our members who all paid their subscriptions for 2020? We can’t let them down! We must do something!” So they put their heads together and […]

Pelynt WI members held their first post-lockdown meeting in September.   They chose to celebrate their 70th birthday with a cream tea at The Hannafore Point Hotel Looe with its lovely view of the coast. The event was well attended by members. A delicious cake was donated by member Pat Parkes whose friend had made […]

As you know, the UK government is hosting COP26 which started this week. It has been called the world’s ‘last, best chance’ to limit global temperature rises caused by rising emissions and worsening climate change. What will the WI be doing at COP26? The WI will be at COP26 to make sure decision-makers know that […]

We asked CFWI Climate Ambassador Pippa Stilwell to help us all understand exactly what Net Zero means. Here’s what she said: If you are following the progress of COP26, as I am, you may be confused by all the promises, pledges and targets that keep emerging. The UK was the first nation to commit to […]

A few years ago Crantock WI member Salli Blackford started knitting poppies with other members, and this spread to a local craft group, then all over the country as visitors sent parcels of poppies in. Last year, Crantock WI felt that animals had not been represented, so the members covered a horse’s frame with purple […]