by Hannah Danson | 18 Feb 2019 | Advice advocacy and legal, Community support |
Several years ago Cornwall Council signed up to the armed forces covenant, and hosts a partnership board to provide support for armed forces personnel, veterans and their families, who are stationed or living in Cornwall. You can read the full information about it on...
by Hannah Danson | 1 Feb 2019 | Advice advocacy and legal, Community support |
We have been inundated with groups offering weekly or monthly drop-in advice sessions or other regular events for specific requirements. Unfortunately, we have run out of space to list them all individually. Wellbeing drop-in groups At All Saints Community Centre...
by Hannah Danson | 30 Jan 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Events, Health care and wellbeing |
A quick run-down of the Days, Weeks and a Fortnight coming up in February. The whole of February LGBT History month The theme this year is Peace, Activism and Reconciliation. The aim of the event is to promote LGBT equality, and there are resources and other...
by Hannah Danson | 28 Jan 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Development, Funding and grants, Older people |
Grants for small charities providing care for older people, rural community projects, delivering services to deprived families, and refurbishing veterans’ community centres. W.G. Edwards Charitable Foundation Grants up to £3,000 for registered charities...
by Hannah Danson | 25 Jan 2019 | Community support, VSF news |
Cornwall VSF are delighted to announce another in our series of Shaping My Community events, this time in Bude. We are working in partnership with Neetside Community Centre and Bude Coastal Community Team to bring together organisations and individuals that are...
by Hannah Danson | 21 Jan 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing |
A selection of national and local grants for amounts large and small. Reducing parental conflict challenge fund Grants to support innovative projects that gather learning on what works to reduce parental conflict in England. A DWP scheme encouraging innovation to...
by Hannah Danson | 18 Jan 2019 | Advice advocacy and legal, Community support, Health care and wellbeing |
As the weather forecast promises colder weather than we’ve seen yet this winter, here are a few news stories around that. Winter Wellbeing campaign Cornwall Council’s annual Winter Wellbeing campaign, run in conjunction with local charities, energy...
by Hannah Danson | 15 Jan 2019 | Community support |
There were a good selection of people from Cornwall represented in the New Year honours list, including: (with thanks to Pirate FM for the list – you can visit their website for short articles on some of the recipients) Queen’s Police Medal (QPM)...
by Hannah Danson | 10 Jan 2019 | Community support, Employment and skills, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing |
These funding opportunities are closing soon CRCC’s Health and Wellbeing Grants A range of grants for groups and organisations who would like to help improve the health and wellbeing of people with care and support needs and their carers. Each grant listed...
by Hannah Danson | 14 Dec 2018 | Community support |
Today (14 December) is Local Charities Day, celebrating the work that local charities do to build thriving communities across the country. The day builds on the work of the government’s recently published Civil Society Strategy, in which the government has committed...
by Hannah Danson | 5 Dec 2018 | Community support, Funding and grants |
Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum has published the 2018 Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogue for 2018, listing gifts that can be given for Christmas that benefit others. Examples include Backpack beds for homeless people in Cornwall, £10 to train a new volunteer at...
by Hannah Danson | 30 Nov 2018 | Community support |
The Chaos Group CIC has been featured by Unlocking Potential as one of their success stories. Find out more on the Unlocking Potential website and Chaos Group’s own site. Launching from an idea, 5 years ago, Founder Babs Rounsell is now head of four companies...
by Hannah Danson | 23 Nov 2018 | Community support, Public sector |
The Local Government Information Unit has published a long article looking at “A Connected Society: A Strategy for Tackling Loneliness”, the first Government loneliness strategy which was published in October. The article itself is for subscribers only,...
by Hannah Danson | 15 Nov 2018 | Community support, Public sector |
Cornwall Council and the Community Safety Partnership have launched a new programme which allows vulnerable adults ‘paid’ in time credits for volunteering in their local communities. Run by Tempo, the scheme is aimed at people with complex needs,...
by Hannah Danson | 6 Nov 2018 | Children and young people, Community support |
Yesterday saw the launch of the Cornwall Christmas Box scheme for 2018, inviting members of the public to collect ‘Christmas dinner in a box’ for a family of 4-6. The boxes can be dropped off at Collection Points across Cornwall (there were 30 at time of...
by Hannah Danson | 24 Oct 2018 | Community support, Education and training |
Bodmin-based social enterprise business RE:SOURCE has moved to new premises and is now raising funds for Cornwall Hospice Care. The Cornish charity has taken custodianship from national charity Addaction and has relocated the business to Normandy Way in Bodmin....
by Hannah Danson | 28 Sep 2018 | Children and young people, Community support, Environment and nature, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing, Public sector |
Funding opportunities that are closing soon – health and wellbeing, financial literacy skills or the environment, working with disadvantaged communities, long-term stability in offender rehabilitation, projects connected with the railways, and hard-to-reach...
by Hannah Danson | 7 Sep 2018 | Community support, Culture and recreation |
There have been two good-news items recently regarding Penzance – the woman behind Plastic Free Penzance has won a national award, and the Jubilee Pool is fundraising to install geothermal heating for its water. Plastic Free Penzance Rachel Yates, the driving...
by Hannah Danson | 24 Aug 2018 | Community support, Criminal justice / community safety |
Various organisations have contacted us in the last couple of weeks asking for our help recruiting a treasurer, befrienders, bicycle repairers, cooks and other volunteers. Please share widely, to help meet their needs! Truro Community Land Trust –...
by Hannah Danson | 23 Aug 2018 | Community support, VSF news |
Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum is the voice of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our aim is to work with others to create a thriving and effective voluntary sector. Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum is...
