Cornwall Federation of Women's Institutes - CFWI

10/10/2026

Early Birds WI are supporting homeless women and those in accommodation for the homeless this Christmas, in conjunction with St Petrocs with gifts for Christmas.

10/10/2026

It’s been 89 years since our WI formed and we thought it was time we had a logo. We asked our members to design one and then vote for the one they liked best. We had a clear winner designed by committee member Sue. It shows the view that the village enjoys and that we are a farming community.

09/10/2026

Friends and family welcome, this service is open to all who enjoy a Carol Service. Come and join us for mince pies after the service and meet with members and trustees of Cornwall's WIs and Federation.

09/10/2026

Monthly Meeting Report
Jill has been an active member of our WI since she joined a couple of years ago - she comes to many of our activities and events and pops up serving teas and coffees on all sorts of occasions! Some of us already knew about her involvement in designing and making costumes for our village panto, but there was so much which we didn’t know and which Jill revealed tonight. The title of her talk “Design Development, Divas and Dance!” was intriguing ; her career dressing people in front of the lens was fascinating and this is only part of her story.
Jill started in the machine rooms in1979 and by the eighties she had her own company, Poldark Design, which employed 25 full-time staff and 100 outworkers. Her designs were seen on musical videos, car advertisements and billboards and even in a Pepsi campaign! One highlight was when Kylie was wearing one of Jill’s outfits on the sleeve of one of her singles.
After selling her company, Jill worked as Fashion and Performance Sports Design Technical Instructor at Falmouth University.
Her talk came to a startling conclusion with the surprise entrance of the wicked step mother from Snow White in full costume (made by Jill, of course) - it’ll next be seen in the village panto which will take place in February.
We had a wonderful evening.

09/10/2026

09/10/2026

Right now, your support for the WI's No More Violence campaign will make twice the difference: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000GLdgHYAT

Donate before 12pm on 13 October and:

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We're working to equip women and communities with the knowledge and confidence to recognise domestic abuse, challenge stigma and speak up.

Let's come together and help end violence against women.

09/10/2026