by Hannah Danson | 17 Aug 2018 | Development, Public sector |
The new 2018-2020 part-EU funded Superfast Cornwall programme aims to upgrade more than 7,000 of the premises in Cornwall which have the slowest broadband speeds. These are amongst the 16,000 properties that have speeds of less than 15 Mbps. The first upgrades...
by Hannah Danson | 16 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Culture and recreation, Education and training, Funding and grants |
Funding for small local groups to become sustainable, for increasing participation in rowing for children and disabled people, for disabled, sick or life-limited children, and for small groups overcoming barriers to participation in physical activities. Heart of...
by Hannah Danson | 15 Aug 2018 | Housing and related services |
Cornwall Home Solutions has secured £12,000 Gas Safe Charity grant funding for the year ahead. The Gas Safe Charity is working with Cornwall Home Solutions to reduce the causes of gas poisoning, fires and explosions and to identify problems where they occur by...
by Hannah Danson | 14 Aug 2018 | Housing and related services |
South West Water has three WaterCare Advisors operating in Devon and Cornwall – Leeanne for Cornwall and Plymouth, Tim for Devon, and Chris with responsibility for the South West. Their role is to provide support to those who may be struggling with their water bills,...
by Hannah Danson | 13 Aug 2018 | Advice advocacy and legal |
PR Week magazine has published a very interesting article looking at how businesses (and by extension, charities) should prepare for crises. With the bad press there has been recently around certain charities, and their actions when problems have surfaced, it is not...
by Hannah Danson | 10 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Education and training, Employment and skills |
The following press release has been issued by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme, on behalf of CSW. Cornwall 15-24 year olds Not in Employment, Education or Training urged to take advantage of £1.1 million to develop skills and progress onto a range of...
by Hannah Danson | 9 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
The Government’s plan to tackle childhood obesity took another step forward at the end of June, with the publication of ‘Chapter 2’. The report opens: Childhood obesity is one of the biggest health problems this country faces. Nearly a quarter of...
by Hannah Danson | 8 Aug 2018 | Environment and nature, Health care and wellbeing |
Figures released by the RNLI show that men are ten times more likely to die on the UK coastline than women. 109 adults died on the coast in 2017, of which 99 were men. The reasons are likely to be connected to a higher number of men participating in watersports, and...
by Hannah Danson | 8 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Cornwall Council’s Strategy and Development team issues a policy briefing, weekly (usually), which contains a host of interesting links to government policy matters, consultations, news items and other points of interest. The most recent edition contain so much...
by Hannah Danson | 7 Aug 2018 | Featured news, VSF news |
Due to the continued difficult financial situation, and following on from recent consultations, at a Board meeting on Friday 3 August the Trustees resolved to change the VSF operating model. Our website and daily news service will continue, as will our strategic...
by Hannah Danson | 7 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
A report was released by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism last week into the delays experienced by people awaiting diagnosis for autism. Under NHS guidelines, children or adults in England who are thought to be autistic are meant to be assessed within three...
by Hannah Danson | 6 Aug 2018 | Health care and wellbeing, Public sector |
Cornwall Council is looking at how to improve the support offered to people with low-level support needs, and has drawn up a list of ‘commissioning intentions’ which will form the basis of the new programme, and new delivery contracts. The new offer will...
by Hannah Danson | 6 Aug 2018 | Culture and recreation, Health care and wellbeing |
Carrick Mind, Restormel Mind and Cornwall Sports Partnership are launching the Get Set to Go programme in various areas of Cornwall in the autumn. The Get Set to Go programme aims to improve the quality of life for anyone with a mental health problem through access to...
by Hannah Danson | 3 Aug 2018 | Health care and wellbeing |
The Government has announced that new groups of disabled people will become eligible for Blue Badges, disabled parking permits. The Department for Transport said people with non-physical disabilities would have an equal right to free parking from next year. Currently...
by Hannah Danson | 2 Aug 2018 | Community support, Environment and nature, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing |
Funding steams against poverty, for wellbeing, and community spaces, to develop local skills and employability, for children affected by domestic abuse, and HIV prevention and support. People’s Postcode Lottery The People’s Postcode Lottery has made more than £3m of...
by Hannah Danson | 1 Aug 2018 | Employment and skills |
Jobcentre Plus would like to work with partners to improve the employment prospects of individuals facing complex barriers. We are looking for imaginative and innovative proposals from organisations to support individuals with criminal convictions. This opportunity...
by Hannah Danson | 1 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
This week, 1-7 August, is World Breastfeeding Week, concerned with the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide. The four aims of World Breastfeeding Week’s campaign this year are: INFORM people about the links between good nutrition, food...
by Hannah Danson | 31 Jul 2018 | Advice advocacy and legal, Funding and grants, Public sector |
The Government is working to prepare UK regions for Brexit, and has announced a series of initiatives, including strengthening Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). A copy of the LEP Policy Paper in which this is set out can be read on the Gov.uk website. Local...
by Hannah Danson | 30 Jul 2018 | Health care and wellbeing |
The South West Academic Heath Science Network is launching a new project aimed at getting the public more involved in health improvement projects. The project is called QuIPPs – Quality Improvement Partner Panels. QuIPPs members will provide support and advice...
by Hannah Danson | 27 Jul 2018 | Funding and grants |
Cornwall Community Foundation is running drop-in sessions next week for anyone who is interested in finding out more about their grant funding programmes. The sessions are as follows: (Links go to posters on the CCF site with more information) Monday...
