We know how to ‘do’ conservation. Conservation research is funded and there are lots of people willing to spend their time leaping into rivers, thrusting their hands into dens and burrows, or sitting up all night getting extremely cold and wet. We have the solutions to biodiversity loss … but we lack the funding and […]

Week St Mary Bonaventures WI would like to invite all WI members to their July Zoom meeting, where they will be welcoming guest speaker David Chapman. David will be presenting a talk entitled ‘Wild about Cornwall’. There is a suggested donation of £3 for those who are not Week St Mary Bonaventures members. For details […]

Linda Hallwood, President of Crantock WI, is an amazingly talented artist.  Still, she was thrilled and surprised to have been selected as a wildcard contestant for Landscape Artist of the Year, a Sky television programme some of you are probably familiar with. Last week, Linda took part in the competition which was held at the Eden […]

St Neot WI held their Annual Meeting in June in the Door Step Green. All the members were delighted to be able to meet, enjoy the beautiful village green space, toast each other and have a great catch up.

Mermaids: Mylor and Flushing WI managed to hold a number of successful outdoor group meetings in May apart from the regular book club and stroll. The first was somewhat damp but that did not daunt the women who met for a 6th birthday picnic alongside picturesque Mylor Creek, complete with thermos flasks and cake. This […]

In partnership with England Netball, the NFWI is delighted to announce the extension of its Walking Netball programme following three successful years, allowing the project to continue to build women’s confidence, self-esteem, and physical and mental wellbeing through Walking Netball, a slower version of the game. This partnership also offers the opportunity for women to […]

The sun shone on Porthleven WI on Wednesday when the group met to unveil a tree that has been planted to celebrate the 95th birthday of the WI. With the help of the Porthleven Environmental Group, an area at the end of Gibson Way has been transformed with the tree, flowerbeds, a bug hotel, a […]

Members of Helston WI met for their Annual Meeting on a sunny but breezy evening outside St Mary’s Catholic Church Hall. The members were delighted to see each other all together again, though they have been meeting in ‘Bubble Groups’ of six when permitted by Covid regulations. WI Adviser Helen Kestle joined the meeting. The […]

The bunting and sun were both out on the lawn outside Trevone WI Hall this week to celebrate the WI’s first meeting since February 2020. The members all enjoyed meeting up again with old and new friends, and also welcoming WI Adviser Kathy Reed to the Annual Meeting, delayed from March 2020. The Committee and […]

Sheila Goldsworthy writes a wonderful monthly WI column for The Cornishman. Here is Sheila’s June column: One of the highlights of a normal WI year would be the NFWI Annual Meeting when Cornish members would have joined with other WI members from all corners of England and Wales to take part in this very professional […]