by Hannah Danson | 14 Jun 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, VSF news |
In the run-up to Small charity Week, Claire of Cornwall VSF has been interviewing some of the people who are key figures in the voluntary sector in Cornwall. We begin with Mari Eggins and Judith Hann. Mari Eggins Chief Executive, Carefree Cornwall CIC....
by Hannah Danson | 13 Jun 2019 | Community support |
Her Majesty the Queen celebrated her official birthday last weekend and the honours to mark that occasion have been announced. There were several people from Cornish on the list, representing a huge amount of work and fundraising activity that has gone on in the...
by Hannah Danson | 5 Jun 2019 | Community support |
Are you interested in social care, a strategic thinker, able to analyse complex information, and able to contribute to rational decision making? Do you want to join the Board of a forward thinking charity with high standards and achievements? A small charity providing...
by Claire Watkins | 31 May 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Culture and recreation, Health care and wellbeing |
A selection of the awareness-raising and celebration events taking place during June. Other occasions are available… The whole of June SANDS (Stillbirth and neonatal death charity) Awareness Month To raise awareness of the facts and impacts relating to neonatal...
by Hannah Danson | 31 May 2019 | Advice advocacy and legal, Community support, Older people |
A quick roundup of news around benefits – looking at older people’s benefits vs younger people’s benefits, GPs and ESA ‘fit notes’, and the rising use of foodbanks. Older people’s benefits vs young people’s benefits House of...
by Hannah Danson | 16 May 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing |
Funding from national sources for various types of project. Mental Health Bupa UK Foundation – Mental Health Funding Programme 2019 Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK for practical projects that tackle critical challenges in health and...
by Hannah Danson | 3 May 2019 | Community support |
The Eden Project is once again encouraging communities to get together and host a Big Lunch in their road or village this June. Taking place on the weekend of the 1-2 June, the Big Lunch is about millions of people getting together to share food, have fun and get to...
by Hannah Danson | 1 May 2019 | Community support, Culture and recreation |
Great Western Railway has announced the results of its most recent Customer and Community Improvement Fund round, with £215,000 being awarded between seven projects in Cornwall. These are: Extending the platform at Bodmin General station, on the Bodmin and Wenford...
by Hannah Danson | 24 Apr 2019 | Community support, Culture and recreation, Funding and grants |
The Government has launched a new scheme which will see £3 million in grants to regenerate village halls. Village hall committees are now able to apply for grants of up to £75,000 towards refurbishment and alterations of their buildings, from improvement works on...
by Hannah Danson | 3 Apr 2019 | Community support, VSF news |
Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum is working in partnership with St Austell Bay Economic Forum (SABEF) to bring together organisations and individuals that are already doing excellent work in your local community. We know that by working together we stand a better...
by Hannah Danson | 19 Mar 2019 | Community support |
Giving World has contacted us to ask us to promote their new website. They provide the opportunity for those in struggling circumstances to access goods donated by businesses and public sector organisations free of charge. Giving World Launches New Website...
by Hannah Danson | 8 Mar 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Environment and nature, Funding and grants |
Another collection of local and national funding opportunities, covering children and young people’s mental health, people in need in the Rame peninsula, charities working in deprived countries, restoration of historical buildings and helping young people...
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)...
