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ClayTAWC is holding a free clay painting workshop, for people to explore their creative side.ClayTAWC is holding a free clay painting workshop on Monday 9 March, from 10am -12 noon. Contact 01726 828 130 or pop in to book your place. £5 deposit is required for materials. Read more...
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Are you interested in starting your own business? CN4C are running Enterprise 321, a 3-day course to help you get started. Redruth, 3 Tuesdays in March.Enterprise 321 is three sessions that will help you get your business ready. They are being offered at CN4C, The Elms, Redruth, on Tuesdays 10, 17 & 24 March, from 10am to 2.30pm. Day 1 covers ‘Releasing your Inner Hero’, looking at personal ambitions and barriers, time management, and options to register a business Day 2 covers ‘Understanding your market Read more...
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The DWP are offering another overview session around Universal Credit, to inform staff and volunteers who work with people who are/will be claiming it. Truro.There will be another Universal Credit overview session on Tuesday 10 March, at 10am, at Lemon Quay house, Truro, organised by the DWP. Any staff or volunteers who work with people who are or will be receiving UC are welcome to attend, to find out more about the benefit, and the mechanisms for implementing it. Please contact Kim Mabon of Read more...
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Get Set To Go programme, using exercise to improve mental health, starting at Carn Brea Leisure Centre, Pool, Camborne.The multi activity Get Set To Go programme is launching at Carn Brea Leisure Centre, Pool, Camborne, on Thursdays from 2-3pm, starting on March 5, for 24 weeks. The programme is to support people into better mental health. Click to download the poster: Carn Brea GSTG You can find out more on the Cornwall Mind website, including this short film Read more...
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Forthcoming meetings of Cornwall Poverty Forum, and the Churches Homeless Network, open for anyone who is interested in either area. Newquay next week for CPF.Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum Notes from CIPF meeting 7 January – CIPF Meeting Notes Jan 2020 Notes from Feb meeting to follow. Tuesday, 3 March at 2.00 pm Newquay Orchard, Yeoman Way, Tretherras, Newquay TR7 2SL. Tours of the Community Project available at 1.00 pm For more information – Contact Andrew Howell andrew.howell@newquayorchard.co.uk Tuesday, 7 April at 2.00 pm Samaritans, 19 Treyew Read more...
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Find out more about the support and help around getting into work or training, or learn how to be smart with your money. Treverbyn Hall, Stenalees.The Hall, in Stenalees, is hosting a Smart Money course from Monday 2 March, at 1-3pm. Contact info@thehall.org.uk or call 01726 858 657 to book your place. There is also a training course for those who are unemployed and looking for advice around training and work, every Monday from 1.30-3.30. For more information email the address above, or text Will Read more...
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Tree planting at Dor Kemmyn, celebrating spring, and community.Tree Planting at the Dor Kemmyn Peace Field – Saturday, 7 March at 2.00 pm Spring is the time for tree planting! As in previous years, the Cornwall Faith Forum will be planting a tree/s at the Dor Kemmyn Peace Field on Saturday, 7 March at 2.00 pm. This year one of the trees will be generously donated by the Read more...
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Kruthyl, a creative project in Redruth, is looking for people at risk of isolation to take part in arts and musical community activities. Do you know anyone who could benefit?An 8 week launch project starting 5 March to be continued through the year. Every Thursday 1.30-3.30pm Funded by The National Lottery. This project gives different generations opportunities to engage in creative activities together, sharing hopes and aspirations. Working with artists, writers and musicians, making art, artefacts and song for and about their communities. Engaging people vulnerable to isolation people Read more...
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Information session for people in the Bude area who are interested in self employment. Find out more, investigate whether this is for you.Outset Cornwall are running an information session in the Bude area, for people wanting to find out more about self-employment On Thursday 5 March, from 10 am to 12 noon, at the Neetside Community Centre. Got a business idea but not sure where to start? Attending one of our information sessions will help you find out more about what enterprise Read more...
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Discover your inner peace and resources for living, with Peace Education Cornwall's 10-week programme, running on Tuesdays in Penryn.Peace Education Program comes to Falmouth University at the Penryn Campus from Tuesday 3rd March 2020 – One hour course for 10 weeks – FREE! Discover personal peace and your inner resources for living, every Tuesday, starting 3 March, from 7.30-8.30, at the Daphne du Maurier Seminar Room, Penryn Tremough Campus. This is a FREE 10 week innovative, self-awareness Read more...
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The Wave Project has up to 100 places for young people aged 8-13 to learn surfing, as a social prescription for social and emotional challenges.The Wave Project has recently been granted BBC Children In Need funding to offer surfing sessions to 8-13 year-olds experiencing social or emotional challenges (who are referred by their GP or link worker). Attached is a flyer for the 8-13 funded social prescribing project ‘Prescription Surf!’ which they are rolling out across Devon and Cornwall. There are 100 fully funded spaces Read more...
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Trustees and CEOs are invited to a workshop around reporting Serious Incidents, with Laurie Trounce, partner at Stephens Scown.Are you a Charity Trustee or CEO – would you know when to report a serious incident to the Charity Commission? The Charity Knowledge Hub is proud to be working with Stephens Scown LLP to deliver a half day workshop for trustees and senior charity leaders in Cornwall focusing on serious incident reporting. Laurie Trounce, Partner and Head of Stephens Read more...
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The dates for the Jobcentre Plus Vulnerable Customer network meetings have been arranged for 2020. St AustellThe dates for the Jobcentre Plus Vulnerable Customer network meetings have been arranged for 2020. They are all booked for the One Stop Shop in St Austell. They will all start at 10.00am and tea and coffee will be available. Tuesday 3 March Thursday 11 June Thursday 24 September Friday 10 December Contact KIM.MABON@dwp.gov.uk to find out more. Read more...
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Youth Advice Centres are available to young people aged 11-25 and they can drop in to get support around a variety of life-issues including money, housing, relationships and education.Youth Advice Centres are available to young people aged 11-25 and they can drop-in to get support around a variety of issues such as their mental health and wellbeing help with education, work and training housing and homelessness money and budgeting sexual health and relationships. As this service is developing, some opening days and times may change. Please refer to Read more...
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Free Dyslexia roadshow- advice and guidance for those who have it, parents, employers and anyone else affected.Dyslexia Cornwall will be Out and About, at ClayTAWC, St Dennis, St Austell, on Saturday 29 February, from 9.30-12.30, for free advice and guidance on dyslexia. You are welcome if you have dyslexia have children with dyslexia are a student are an employee with dyslexia employ people with dyslexia Find out more on 01872 274 827 Read more...
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Project Nova offers support for former armed forces personnel who have been arrested or are at risk of arrest, to help them back into mainstream society.Project Nova for Devon and Cornwall supports those veterans who have been arrested or are at risk of arrest, to prevent further downward spiral and continued offending by supporting them back into mainstream society. They also support those other veterans who are vulnerable and in need of additional support, including Merchant Navy personnel who served in operational theatres alongside HM Forces. Read more...
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Help create a community garden at Wheal Martyn (near St Austell). People with disabilities especially welcome, 6 week course.Community garden project at Wheal Martyn, near St Austell. A new garden is being created at Wheal Martyn, and participants are invited to help create it. 6-week programme, accessible to all, especially those who normally struggle with gardening due to health conditions, and mental or physical difficulties. Weekly from Wednesday 26 February, 2-4pm. For more information, contact Nikita Brown, 01726 Read more...
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Remember loved ones who have died, and raise money for Children's Hospice South West at a Moonlight Memory Walk in Falmouth in March - plenty of time to get sponsorship money!Children’s Hospice South West is organising its annual Moonlight Memory Walk, in memory of loved ones who have died, on Saturday 21 March, from 8pm to midnight, walk starts at 9.30. Covering five miles around Falmouth, the Moonlight Memory Walk is an uplifting night out where walkers remember our loved ones and join together for a special candle lit ceremony. Read more...
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Social Prescribing drop-ins in Falmouth, for those who want to find out more for themselves or people they work with.PLUSS have the following Community Drop in opportunities available to see a Social Prescribers within the Falmouth Community Wednesday 26 February – Dracaena Centre 09:30 am until 12:30pm Thursday 19 March – Falmouth Library 09:30am until 12:00pm Wednesday 25 March- Dracaena Centre 09:30 am until 12:30pm Email Natalie.Brown@pluss.org.uk for more info or for posters. Please feel free to encourage individuals to attend Read more...
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Do you feel like you need to know more about Making Tax Digital? Civil Society Media is holding a free webinar by an expert from HMRC. Questions welcomed in advance.On 19 February, Civil Society Media will be hosting a webinar with HMRC’s Verna Gellvear on the subject of Making Tax Digital. The Webinar will be from 12.30-1.30, and is free to view. In addition to giving a presentation on the current state of play, Verna will be taking questions from charities, so they are hoping to hear from potential Read more...
