Gulval WI

14/03/2026

Four of our members created beautiful flower arrangements at the Flower Arranging for Dummies at the Cornwall Federation headquarters. Just one of the workshops they put on for WI members.

08/03/2026

Happy International Women’s Day.

05/03/2026

Gulval WI celebrated their annual Cornish meeting the evening before St Piran’s Day. Everyone dressed in black, gold and white. We ate pasties and saffron cake whilst listening to Cornish music and listened to a brilliant talk by children’s author Jennifer Davy, whose ancestor was Penzance’s famous son, Humphry Davy. Her book is about a dog called Chloe who helps Humphry find inspiration to invent his famous lamp. It’s beautifully written and the illustrations are gorgeous. We were all captivated when Jennifer read the book to us.
It was also the first of our ‘bake off’ competitions and to kick off we asked members to make scones. Judging was taken very seriously by two lovely members from Madron WI and one of our member’s who was previously a chef.
It was a great evening and ( hopefully) enjoyed by all.

01/03/2026

01/03/2026

It's our annual Cornish Evening at this month's meeting. We are also having a scone bake competition.

25/02/2026

The members of our thriving WI love welcoming new faces at our monthly meeting, so if you are wondering what we do and would like an opportunity to make new friends then pop along to a meeting. We have great speakers or activities each month and outside of meetings we have social groups, events and outings. As a visitor the meetings are free to attend and of course there is always tea and great cake. Feel free to email us if you want to know more or fancy popping along.

06/02/2026

Anyone recognize this dog found by Millfield Bungalows? Has collar but no identification. Please call 07899947790 if you do.

05/02/2026

My WI’s chosen charity last year was the brilliant a Cornish charity which offers free small, confidential support groups to young women between 18 and 25 with mental health concerns and help prevent su***de. In 2025 73% of under 25s admitted for mental health crisis were female and Cornwall has one of the highest su***de rate with the number of young women rapidly rising. The support groups and drop in centre provides a safe, non judgemental, caring environment to talk, listen, make friends and be themselves. Sophie, the charity founder came to our meeting this evening and gave an inspirational talk about the fantastic work the charity do to help give young women hope. ***deprevention

22/01/2026

Our coffee mates meet up at Penzance Heliport came with an added bonus this morning, an impromptu guided tour of behind the scenes. Not only did we learn about how they operate, but also about how they are keen to involve the local community and being environmentally aware by keeping beehives and planting wildflowers.

31/12/2025

Happy New Year to all of our lovely members and their families and to our followers. We hope that you have a peaceful, healthy and a year full of smiles and making wonderful memories.

23/12/2025

Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and best wishes for 2026 from all of us at Gulval WI.