by Hannah Danson | 5 Feb 2019 | Environment and nature, Funding and grants |
Plastic bag levy At the end of last year, plans were announced by the Environment Secretary to double the fee charged by shops for plastic carrier bags, to 10p. This plan will extend to all shops, including the small retailers who are currently exempt, but supply an...
by Hannah Danson | 14 Jan 2019 | Environment and nature |
The Wildlife Trusts (including Cornwall Wildlife Trust) has published its report on marine wildlife and the environment for 2018. This is the first year that the Trusts have published a marine report, and there are some great stories being told, and extraordinary...
by Hannah Danson | 10 Dec 2018 | Environment and nature, Health care and wellbeing |
The Met Office has published a study that shows that one of the impact of climate change is going to be that heatwaves like the one we saw in 2018 occur more frequently. The odds of a heatwave in any given year are around 1/2 of 1 percent at present, but their...
by Hannah Danson | 8 Nov 2018 | Environment and nature |
Hedgehog safety and information packs Clean Cornwall are reminding people to be aware of hedgehogs at this time of year, with bonfires posing a major risk to their welfare. They have teamed up with Prickles and Paws to produce an information pack to be used with Key...
by Hannah Danson | 31 Oct 2018 | Environment and nature, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing, Housing and related services, Public sector |
Drawn from the BBC’s website. Personal taxation, wages and debt The personal allowance threshold, the rate at which people start paying income tax at 20%, to rise from £11,850 to £12,500 in April – a year earlier than planned, and then rise in line with...
by Hannah Danson | 18 Oct 2018 | Environment and nature |
Wildlife in decline Cornwall Wildlife Trust has published a report detailing the decline in wildlife numbers in Cornwall, with urgent action required to prevent the situation becoming worse. The study found: The 23 species of bees found in Cornwall have declined in...
by Hannah Danson | 10 Oct 2018 | Environment and nature |
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has produced a strongly worded report on the need for urgent action to tackle the threat that man-made climate change poses tot he planet. The report goes into detail about the expected outcomes with...
by Hannah Danson | 9 Oct 2018 | Environment and nature, Public sector |
Green GB Week is a government initiative to promote a week of events and activities that will bring together businesses, schools, colleges, universities, community groups, and charities to explore how clean growth will change our futures and others can contribute to...
by Hannah Danson | 5 Oct 2018 | Environment and nature, Public sector |
Thirty green spaces in seven towns are to get makeovers courtesy of Cornwall Council and ERDF funding. The spaces are in Camborne, Redruth, Hayle, Penzance, Pool, Bude and Saltash, and include previously unremarkable areas in towns and on housing estates. The three...
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 | 24 Sep 2018 | Environment and nature |
Big congratulations to Surfers Against Sewage, who were finalists in the Third Sector Excellence awards. These are organised each year by the Third Sector fundraising magazine and online magazine, and were presented in London on the 20th. Surfers Against Sewage were...
by Hannah Danson | 13 Sep 2018 | Environment and nature |
Cornwall Council has launched a campaign to make Cornwall Litter-free, calling on residents and visitors to take their rubbish home with them, rather than allowing it to mar the landscape. People are being asked to pledge to keep Cornwall beautiful, and leave only...
by Hannah Danson | 7 Sep 2018 | Culture and recreation, Employment and skills, Environment and nature, Funding and grants, Older people |
Various funding opportunities are open at present, including extended funding for the Tommies silhouettes to commemorate the end of the First World War, solve the problem of litter, develop an employer-led skills project, and care for older carers. World War...
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 | 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 | 16 Jul 2018 | Children and young people, Community support, Culture and recreation, Environment and nature, Equality and diversity, Funding and grants |
Funding for community schemes near landfill sites, for women’s rights and support, sports clubs, and youth social action Sita Cornwall Trust Deadline 27 July, for grants up to £35,000, for charitable organisations. Successful applicants will receive the full amount of...
by Hannah Danson | 5 Jul 2018 | Environment and nature |
A Sustainable Life blog is running a Single Use Plastics challenge, to encourage people to use less single use plastics. Plastic Free July is the headline, but the challenge takes small steps in that direction. Protecting For more information, visit the website...
by Hannah Danson | 3 Jul 2018 | Environment and nature, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing |
From CAHSC – Cornwall Adult Health and Social Care CAHSC has had confirmation from Skills for Care that the 2018-2019 Workforce Development Fund is now open. In Cornwall, CAHSC is the partnership which allocates the Workforce Development Fund, and this year has...
by Hannah Danson | 28 Jun 2018 | Environment and nature |
There has been a lot of positive news regarding the environment recently, with more and more local areas and businesses getting on board with the idea that single use plastics are a bad thing. Plastic straws McDonald’s recently agreed to ditch plastic straws, of...
by Hannah Danson | 20 Jun 2018 | Environment and nature |
The Government has launched a review into England’s National Parks, and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). The review “will look at how these iconic landscapes meet our needs in the 21st century – including whether there is scope for the current...
