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Volume 1, Issue 2 – 32p February 2017

Inside This Issue ... Royal Mistresses to Visit Page 3 Girls’ Day In Page 4 Upcoming Tregullas Farm Visit Page 4 Wilcove WI Embraces ‘Hygge’ Page 7 Chairman’s Chat Diary Updates ow are you surviving FEBRUARY CLOSING DATES this cold winter? 22nd Flower Arranging Workshop Spring is just around 23rd Speakers’ Auditions Day H th the corner. Mother Nature is 28 Traditional Embroidery FEDERATION OFFICE Chy Noweth an Conteth showing us her better side and Workshop th Truro Business Park, Threemilestone the daffodils are beginning 28 Baker Cup Truro TR4 9NH – T: 01872 272843 to shoot which will give us Email: General Enquiries: cfwi@ something to look forward to. The plan is to drill a 50-metre btconnect.com borehole and to install a solar Cover Photo Federation Secretary: Talking of which, just a reminder pump to pump the water to [email protected] about my ‘Open Day’ at Chy the surface. When this work is Accounts: cfwiaccounts@ Noweth an Conteth on Friday completed it is hoped that the btconnect.com 5th May – remember it’s an all- beneficiaries will enjoy better Reception: cfwireception@ day event with bacon butties and health with an improved diet btconnect.com cream teas. Lots to do and see and safe water and will be able Website: http://cornwallwi.org.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/ and buy - I am looking forward to grow ‘cash’ crops as well as Cornwallfederationof to welcoming you all. having plenty of vegetables womensinstututes with which to feed their OFFICE OPENING HOURS There has been another change! families. 9am - 4:30pm Regarding Associated Country Monday - Thursday Women of the World (ACWW) to Reading this back makes me One of the beautiful green which we are affiliated, support feel very humble and very hearts made by WI members FEDERATION CHAIRMAN projects and to whom we send grateful that when I turn on as part of last year’s Show the Mrs Barbara Corbett our “Coins for Friendship” my tap I have good clean water Love project, depicting some Tel: 01736 791966 contributions each year. We in abundance. I hope you will of the things we love which Email: [email protected] informed you all earlier this agree with me how fortunate are threatened by climate FEDERATION TREASURER year that your very generous we are. I’ll keep you posted of change. This heart, showing Mrs Jane Mills donations (£2,000 +) were any developments regarding a lovely bee, was made by Tel: 01736 752680 destined to help disabled Women this worthy project. Susan Lowe of WI. Email: [email protected] in Uganda. Unfortunately, we have been advised by Your County newsletter – NOTES FROM THE OFFICE EDITOR Juliet Childs, the Projects may I thank Helen Kestle, Mrs Helen Kestle Administrator for ACWW, that our new Editor, for making 200+ CLUB Tel: 01736 753104 during a personal visit to Uganda the adjustments in layout December 2016 winner of Email: [email protected] by the Projects Committee and improvements to print £52.50 – Jemima Feldman, Chairman, Anne Marit Hovstad, which makes for much easier WI THANKS TO LADOCK WI it was reported that she was reading. With so much on FOR PACKING FEBRUARY unable to make any contact with YEARBOOK COUNTY NEWS offer each month it’s a wonder this organisation and it appears we are home at all! AMENDMENTS NATIONAL FEDERATION the project is not being carried Cury WI has a new OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES out and therefore cancelled. I will be including in your Treasurer: Shirley Finch, 7 104 New Kings Road, monthly posting – yes already! Manton Close, TR13 London, SW6 4LY However, your donations are – details and application forms 8GB / Tel: 01326 573755 Tel: 0207 371 9300 safe. We have been offered for those of you who would like Fax: 0207 736 3652 alternative projects and I am to help out with Refreshments or FOOD HYGIENE Email: [email protected] pleased to say the money raised Stewarding at the Royal TRAINING Web: www.thewi.org.uk will now be put towards a “New Show in June and I look forward We are pleased to be able to Hope Gardening Project” being to hearing from you. offer food hygiene training DENMAN carried out in Zimbabwe by the to WI members at the cost Marcham, Abingdon Oxfordshire, OX13 6NW Jekesa Pfungwa Vulingqondo Finally, enjoy your monthly of £40 per person. You also Tel: 01865 391991 (JPV) Society. The garden has meetings, all eleven of them, have the option to purchase Email: [email protected] already been established, but at send your members home happy a book on the subject to Web: www.denman.org.uk present the only water supply and smiling. read beforehand for £5. comes from a nearby stream, These costs can be paid by PUBLISHED but it is seasonal. Crops can W.I. - SIMPLY THE BEST ! your WI with permission. Cornwall Federation of only be grown during the rainy All for now, The certification is for the Women’s Institutes season and the stream is also HABC (Highfield Awarding used by the local community Body for Compliance) Level DEADLINE FOR INCLUSION for their drinking water, which Barbara 2 Award in Food Safety in IN COUNTY NEWS is hazardous to their health. Barbara Corbett Catering (QFC). Items to be sent to the Editor by 12th of the month, two months The session will take place prior to publication. No late SAY CHEESE! entries can be accepted. at Chy Noweth on Thursday Just a reminder to all 23rd March from 9:30am DESIGNED sub-committees to try and take until 4:30pm. Please bring a Dharmesh Mistry photos of your events whenever packed lunch. ADVERTISING possible! Jo Marchant Please contact the office if Tel: 01536 526674 Pictures of happy WI members you’re interested. Spaces are will make our newsletter and limited. PRINTED website even better!

2 County News • February 2017 • Cornwall Federation of WIs FEDERATION MATTERS SPEAKERS’ AUDITIONS DAY ROYAL MISTRESSES TO of a royal. Jean will portray Nell CHY NOWETH AN some WIs will be able to send VISIT TRURO Gwynn, Dorothy Jordan and CONTETH a second member. Please Lillie Langtry, all in costume. Thursday 6th March make sure you note on your This year’s Spring Countdown 10:00am to 3:45pm application form whether will be held at the Hall As you all know, our Spring your WI wants a single ticket, for Cornwall in Truro on Countdown marks the beginning Hear potential new speakers or whether you’d like to enter Wednesday 26 April. Our of the countdown to the vote on for your WI and have a say on the ballot for a second ticket, day will include special guest resolutions at the NFWI Annual which ones will go into the if available. speaker Jean Heard. Jean is Meeting in June. To that end, Speakers’ Directory. an actress who has appeared now’s a good time to get more Application slip sent out with on stage and on television informed about this year’s short- Bring a packed lunch. Tea and your January mailing. See in Grange Hill, The Bill, listed resolutions in advance of coffee available. your WI Secretary. Emmerdale and the award- your WI’s Resolutions Meeting winning Harry and Cosh. in May. NFWI has published a Entrance is by ticket only. Cost: £3 per WI (whether you range of materials to support Because this is a very are sending one person or two). This time, however, she will be discussions on the resolutions. popular event and demand performing a series of three There are briefing notes on is always higher than we Closing date: monologues, each one from an each resolution, including can accommodate, we are Thursday 23 February actress who was the mistress background information, limiting tickets initially to Contact: Julia Havard arguments for and against and one per WI. This way we 01736 740479 sources of further information, don’t have to disappoint so Email: juliahavard123@ online (and paper) quizzes on many WIs. If we have space, btinternet.com each topic and a frequently asked questions document regarding the resolutions process. To find CHRISTMAS COUNTY LUNCHES all of the resolutions materials, simply go to the NFWI website WI members from all over In Lanhydrock, about 170 (www.thewi.org.uk/campaigns/ the county celebrated women got together over two news-and-events/current-news- the season at Christmas days for sociable lunches. and-events/resolutions-2017). lunches in December, both Funnily enough, our raffles at the Lanhydrock Hotel and treasure boxes were This is sure to be a fascinating and the Falmouth Hotel. as popular with the hotel and entertaining day, so make Those in Falmouth enjoyed guests as with our members! sure you book a ticket with their meals in brilliant We had great views from your WI! sunshine, on a day more our first-floor suite, with like spring than December. balcony (though we did not The service and food were see it on day one as the sun HOME ECONOMICS AND CRAFT excellent and there was was shining brightly and TRADITIONAL by the tutors for a small charge. much laughter and great fun. someone drew the curtains!). EMBROIDERY Just bring along your work box WORKSHOPS with basic sewing equipment. Tuesday 28th March, Tea, coffee and biscuits will be 10am-4pm – St Pinnock served on arrival. A lunch of Band Hall, Taphouse soup, bread and butter, plus cake Wednesday 5th April, and a hot drink will be available 10am-4pm – Chy Noweth at lunchtime for £5. Cost: £15 We are offering you an Closing date: opportunity to spend a whole day Tuesday 28th February at one of the five following skills: Contact: Dot Rogers black work, canvas work, cross 01326 231218 stitch, redwork or shadow work. Email: dotmrogers@ All materials will be provided btconnect.com

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County News • February 2017 • Cornwall Federation of WIs 3 ACTIVITY AND LEISURE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS GIRLS’ DAY IN WESTERN MORNING TREGULLAS FARM VISIT on the subject of “Farming CHY NOWETH AN NEWS ROSEBOWL QUIZ Tuesday 2nd May with the National Trust”, and CONTETH LADOCK VILLAGE HALL TREGULLAS FARM, the other by a National Trust Friday 19th May (new venue) spokesperson about the new 10:00 for 10:30am to Tuesday 18th April National Nature Reserve. After approx. 3:00pm 2:00-4:00pm Join us for a farm visit to a lunch of locally-made Cornish National Trust Tregullas pasties, homemade cake and Forget the dishes and the Come and join us for the Farm, the most southerly tea or coffee, there will be housework. Relax, and quiz – see if you can be the farm in Great Britain, in the an escorted farm walk and a enjoy a day out just for you. lucky team to take home the new National Nature Reserve. chance to see the lambs and trophy. Please note our new Tregullas Farm is a mixed calves as well as the local flora. In the morning, you will venue this year – Ladock farm with beef, sheep, cereals have the opportunity to Village Hall. Raffle and and vegetables including Cost: £7 plus £5 for lunch listen to three interesting refreshments. a farm shop. As part of its Closing date: speakers: Claire Greenwood environmental schemes there Tuesday 28th March will show you how to Cost: £15 per team of 4 are grazing and bird-seeded Contact: enhance an outfit with Closing date: acreage to encourage Cornish Helen Mills-Jenkins something as simple as a Tuesday 7th March choughs and other wildlife 01209 717560 or scarf; Amanda Barlow will Contact: Margaret Johnson on its cliff side meadows. In 07572 614622 give you “10 Simple Tips to 01208 74875 the morning, there will be Email: Look and Feel Good”; and Email: [email protected] two talks - one by the farmer [email protected] Judy Penfold will talk about Footwear and Foot Care. CAN YOU HELP? Also, Dawn Rowe will take DENMAN COLLEGE you through some simple DENMAN EXPERIENCE being filled with coins and not exercises that can also be MAY 2017 tea. Please keep up the good used at home. Each session work. will last about 30 minutes, We still have spaces for our visit Greetings cards are now with a coffee break midway to Denman so if you are thinking available to buy from Love from through the morning. In the that you might like to come with the Artist, with a portion of the afternoon, one of the Home us after all please contact me as proceeds going to the Saving Economics sub-committee soon possible. Denman Appeal. These are on team will run a session sale at Denman or online from entitled ‘Food for Thought’. SAVING DENMAN APPEAL the website: www.lovefromtheartist.com/ Soup and roll will be We’d like to produce The Appeal is going very WI/Denman. The purchase available at lunch time some beautiful bunting to well and has already reached price is £2 per card, and for £3.50 (payable on the decorate the tea area of £200,000 with more funds £1.60 will go to the Appeal. day), although you are very the Royal Cornwall Show still coming in. I would like to This offering will continue welcome to bring a packed marquee. Would you be able thanks all WIs who have been throughout the appeal with new lunch. to help? fundraising. I have been hearing designs being added. If any of We are proposing a day at about very successful coffee our WI member artists would *Please indicate on the Chy Noweth an Conteth on mornings, craft days, harvest like to donate a design, please application slip if you Monday 27th March when auctions and numerous teapots let me know. require lunch. we can get together to cut out, stitch and put together. For any information on course Cost: £8.50 If you are interested, get in details or any other Denman Closing date: touch – there will be cake! topic please do not hesitate to Thursday 6th April contact me. Contact: Sandra Buck Contact: Margaret 01872 510568 Johnson / 01208 74875 Kathy Reed, Denman Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ambassador 01288 361160

4 County News • February 2017 • Cornwall Federation of WIs INSPIRING WOMEN were represented. We now A MESSAGE FROM THE to be the first of many. Children AT EDEN have Climate Ambassadors in EDEN PROJECT have also helped create the far the WI. Julia also mentioned We like to think of the Eden distant future of our corner of What an inspirational day it the 2007 Resolution Mandate Project as Cornwall’s village Cornwall, planting dozens of was. Over 180 WI members which called for more hall, and it was a privilege to giant redwood seedlings that from all over Cornwall were education about bees and their welcome our friends from the will tower over the Clay Country fortunate to hear Julia Roberts, environment, and how the WI WI for this year’s Inspiring in three hundred years’ time National Federation Honorary has campaigned successfully Women conference. Eden’s and help preserve the genetic Treasurer and Chairman of with local authorities for verges purpose is to connect people heritage of some of nature’s the Finance Committee; Ann to be cut later to allow plants to with each other and the living giants. Jones, National Federation pollinate. world, and we admire the Vice-Chair and Chairman work of the WI in building Eden is an educational of the Federations of Wales Gordon Seabright, Eden connections in communities up charity, and as well as hosting Committee; and Gordon Project Managing Director told and down the UK. schoolchildren we employ Seabright, Managing Director us about the many projects cohorts of apprentices and of the Eden Project. Eden is involved in all over the Eden does a similar job through are a campus for degree world, with their aim of having the annual Big Lunch; on the students in a partnership with Julia Roberts and Ann Jones a biome on every continent. first Sunday of each June we Cornwall College, called Eden talked to us about ‘Our Green He talked about education at help thousands of streets, Project Learning. We take our and Pleasant Land’, telling the Eden Project, from their villages and neighbourhoods responsibility to the Duchy’s us about their journeys degree students to their pre- break bread together. This young people seriously, as through the WI and the school outdoor school based year, well over seven million one of many ways we seek opportunities offered by the at Eden, and junior school Britons took part, starting new to serve our community, WI. They spoke about the outdoor projects. He also friendships and rekindling the including hosting events such WI Resolution Mandates mentioned Eden’s campaign sense of community that all of as the Macmillan Christmas through the years from Keep for government funding to use us treasure. Fair and our annual Sleep Britain Tidy, Breast Screening geothermal energy at Eden, Out night raising awareness and Banning Smoking in going down to a depth of 4.5 We aim to show the power of homelessness, and our Public Places to last year’s km into the extinct volcano of transformation. The Eden partnership with Eden Ward mandates, Preventing Food below. This new and exciting Project itself, a miracle of nature at Royal Cornwall Hospital. Waste and Caring for Carers, technology shows us once created in a post-industrial And now we’re working with to the six short-listed for this again that the Eden Project is wilderness, shows what can partners across Cornwall to year. Julia spoke of climate leading the way. be achieved when people work reduce the terrible problem of change and the huge march to together and in harmony with plastic waste in the sea and on Westminster before the Paris A special thank you to the the planet. Fifteen years on from our beaches. Climate Talks, at which WIs Eden Project for welcoming us the day we opened our doors to from all across the country so generously. the public, we welcome a million Also coming soon: geothermal visitors each year and hope energy, to provide heat and to inspire them to share our electricity from a clean and passion for nature and the spirit reliable source that could of enquiry. provide 20% of the UK’s needs. Our Invisible Worlds project Fifty thousand of those visitors - turning Eden into a living are schoolchildren, and we’re laboratory and using art and now bringing our belief in the science together, to tell the story importance of play and nature of the invisible forces that create SHOW THE LOVE: order to get people talking to life by opening an outdoor our living world. And fantastic GREEN HEARTS FOR about climate change and pre-school at Eden; we intend it new horticulture, starting with VALENTINE’S DAY to keep up pressure on the our first national collection – a Government to make real full acre of red hot pokers. In February 2016, members progress towards delivering of Zennor WI made green 100% clean energy within So while thanking you again hearts celebrating the a generation – a goal which for coming to Eden for your things we love that are is entirely possible. In their conference, I hope you feel threatened by climate Green Hearts Toolkit sufficiently inspired to return, change (see this month’s (you can find it on the many times, as valued friends cover photo). This February, NFWI website) the of the Project. the WI and the Climate Campaigns Team quote Coalition are continuing the Amber Rudd MP as saying - Gordon Seabright, Managing theme of green hearts in ‘Politicians can’t deliver on Director, the Eden Project the ambition without the public saying ‘We need you make cakes and biscuits, So download the Green to do this’. and have a tea party for Hearts Toolkit, have fun Valentine’s Day. One of our making green hearts, and let Last year at Zennor WI we members is a ceramicist the Government know that made green hearts from and has promised to they have our support in their fabric, and gave them to make us some green heart drive towards clean energy. Derek Thomas MP at our badges which we can wear climate event in October. permanently – perhaps on - Pippa Stilwell, CFWI This year we are going to our sleeve? Climate Ambassador

County News • February 2017 • Cornwall Federation of WIs 5 ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS CUTTINGS FROM FLORAL ART AND GARDENING BLAIKLEY SALVER BAKER CUP 2017 FLOWER ARRANGING CHRISTMAS WREATHS AT COMPETITION 2017 ‘WARTIME WOMEN - WORKSHOP BODMIN NURSERY HER STORY’ The theme for this year’s Saturday 18th March Our last event of 2016 was very Blaikley Salver Competition is From the ancient Britons YOUNG oversubscribed but Bodmin ‘Women’s Role during Conflict’. to the war in Afghanistan, PEOPLE’S ACTIVITY Nursery were able to put on an extra WI members are invited to women have been over- CENTRE (WYPAC), session and avoid disappointing the submit a poem up to 32 lines in looked in wartime history. WADEBRIDGE otherwise unlucky. How better to length, hand-written or typed, This year’s competition 10:30am – 4pm report than with a quote from one of with double line spacing. Please gives you an opportunity these lucky members? send two copies, with your to let your imaginations Whether you’re a complete name, address and the name ‘run wild’ as you present a beginner or are more “Thank you for a great workshop of your WI on one copy only. written report of 4,000- experienced, this is the event last week which I really enjoyed. Entries should be submitted to 6,000 words, including for you! This is a full day The staff at the Nursery were Chy Noweth, along with a SAE illustrations as wished, workshop for Beginners and excellent - welcoming and and a cheque payable to CFWI. on this important and Intermediates focussing on encouraging, and the young man fascinating subject. The ‘How to Interpret a Title’. who demonstrated making the Cost: £4 entry submitted must be You will be inspired and take wreath was a gem. I don’t know Closing date: the work of at least four home lots of ideas and some how they managed to serve all of Wednesday, 31st May members. personal works of art! Start us with soup at the café - it was Contact: Pam Northover with refreshments at 10:30 delicious.“ 01736 757674 Entry Fee: £8 per entry and be sure of getting away Email: pcnorthover@ Closing date for entries: by 4pm at the latest. Bring Indeed the wreaths produced talktalk.net Tuesday 28th February a packed lunch if you want to from natural materials were work through, but there are gorgeous and there were many Submission date deadline: some charming little cafés beautifully decorated front doors Wednesday 31st May to close by if you fancy that around the county in December! Chy Noweth an Conteth instead. Many members have expressed delight at discovering this place, Contact: Helen Mills Cost: £18.50 which is a true nursery and not Jenkins 01209 717560 Closing date: just a gardeners’ shopping mall. Email: thesewingchick@ Wednesday 22nd February Our thanks to all concerned outlook.com. Contact: Abigail Kirby-Harris for such a great event. We will 01208 850651 definitely return!

6 County News • February 2017 • Cornwall Federation of WIs WI NEWS February Birthdays “It was an amazing diverse MAWNAN WI WILCOVE WI Cury, 60th contribution to the show CHRISTMAS TABLE EMBRACES “HYGGE” Sticker, 65th ranging from shrub foliage, DECORATION St Stephens by Launceston, 70th camellias, cacti, to an WORKSHOP Pick up any Sunday newspaper Connor Downs & Gwithian, 90th orchid, and cut flowers. She or glossy magazine this Mabe, 95th was particularly chuffed Mawnan WI President, Jenny autumn and in it will be an by this photograph which Ragg, inspired some beautiful article about the Danish FLOWER POWER shows her holding her first Christmas table decorations at concept of happiness called class certificate for a vase an afternoon workshop which “hygge”. In December 2016, The 2017 Falmouth of spring flowers while on she led in Mawnan Memorial members from WIs in Spring Flower Show looks the bench to her left is an Hall. Members and visitors southeast Cornwall braved forward to Val Bidgood entry in the same class were able to look closely at the cold weather to meet defending her first ever from the Britain In Bloom some “which had been done in Wilcove for a wonderful flower show cup, the award-winning Cormac earlier” and Jenny then “hygge” crafting afternoon Parry Silver Challenge, Falmouth gardening team demonstrated and revealed a which had a distinct which she won last year which her son worked few tricks of the trade while we Scandinavian flavour. Each for the most points for cut with.’ Val commented, “It all joined in making our own. member left having enjoyed plants. Val, a member of was fun and a challenge to mulled wine, mince pies, great both Penryn WI and Gylly find 40 different entries This Christmas-themed company and the opportunity Girls, entered the show from our small garden session has become a bit of to make seasonal decorations for just the second time, and conservatory which an annual event and we are and cards which drew their fielding a bumper crop of is so crammed with pots I always pleased that visitors inspiration from Nordic 40 exhibits. Gylly Girls WI have stopped buying new join us - particularly the young history, design and style. member Jean Carr says, plants.” The 2017 Falmouth mums! There certainly will Spring Flower Show be some lovely floral displays will be held at Princess around the village this year! Pavilion, Falmouth, on 18th and 19th March. The closing date for entries is 12th March. For schedules email rgsleeman1@talktalk. net. For updates follow Falmouth Spring Flower Show on Facebook.

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