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Community Energy Plus are offering support for people with key meters for their electricity or gas this autumn. To refer a client, use the Frontline Worker referral form on the CEP website. For more help, including resources and factsheets, as well as practical help for people on low incomes, see the CEP website, including: Access to grants for heating repairs and Read more...

To support local businesses with the latest changes in legislation, Cornwall Council’s Business Regulatory Support Hub is running a webinar on Tuesday 29 September, 2-3pm to cover Rule of Six, Test and Trace, Self Isolation etc. You can book a place via Eventbrite. This will be suitable for voluntary sector organisations that have a trading arm, or are open to Read more...

COVID Cash Recovery (CCR) is a free course which up-skills churches, community leaders, and organisations to provide key information and resources to help their communities cope with money issues that have developed as we continue through the pandemic. Due to the financial chaos due to the Coronavirus, it can be difficult for individuals to know what they’re entitled to, all Read more...

Headstart Kernow and TISUK (Trauma Informed Schools UK)  are offering a variety of online training courses, to help schools, professionals and foster families (amongst others) in their approach to resilience and mental wellbeing for children and young people. Including whole-school learning, and courses specifically for foster carers, there is also a course coming up in October around an online resilience Read more...

Young People Cornwall, Headstart Cornwall and Your Way are offering a Zoom seminar with Community Development Workers to talk with those who are running (or trying to run) community groups. They will be answering questions around ‘covid secure’, safeguarding, funding and young people’s mental health. The session will be on Tuesday 29 September, 10am-12 noon. email terrie.perkins@ypc.org.uk to register your Read more...

Giving World helps charities access brand new life-essentials for free With the impact of the coronavirus measures on community organisations and their vulnerable beneficiaries, Giving World continues to operate, partnering with businesses and charities to get goods to where they are needed most. As we approach the end of the furlough scheme when we will all be supporting the newly Read more...

Who Dares Works is a tailored programme of support to enable people to overcome barriers to employment or education. It is a partnership project that utilities the expertise of Community Interest Companies in Cornwall. The project supports individuals to access employment, education or training by helping them to overcome any barriers they have.   Participants will be matched with a mentor Read more...

Rathbones has partnered with 5×15, one of London’s leading cultural events organisations, to bring you a series of online Zoom talks on climate change and to ask the questions that need to be answered. The talks will feature a panel of renowned journalists, professors, activists, economists and policy advisers and will be chaired by Baroness Rosie Boycott. The Earth Convention Read more...

Suicide prevention innovation award – Smartphone photography sessions 2020/2021 from a leaflet from MITBER, Make it Better CIC.  As part of the above initiative we are running 4 projects in St Austell, Falmouth, Redruth and St Ives, each project will be built on to a smartphone group already developed in that area, allowing participants to join in with our enthusiastic Read more...

Carbon Neutral Cornwall Hive Online event, Saturday 26 September Crowdfund Cornwall Climate Emergency funds are now available to help support low carbon and environmental initiatives. The funds are available through the Crowdfunder website: If you would like to find out more about the funds and how to apply, join you are invited to a Carbon Neutral Cornwall Hive online event Read more...

Dads and Kids Breakfast Club is a Saturday morning group for fathers, granddads or male carers with children of all ages, both boys and girls. Bacon butties provided! Due to limited numbers because of COVID, booking is essential. via email to the manager: manager@gwealantops.org Saturday 26 September, 10-30-12 noon, Gwel-an-tops, Redruth Future dates, 24 October, 21 November, 12 December. Read more...

In a few weeks’ time, the DWP Devon and Cornwall Partnership team will be putting together a business case for some tailored support for ex-offenders to help overcome housing and homelessness issues. If you are interested in delivery of this support please ensure that you have an appropriate and up-to-date offer on the DWP’s Dynamic Purchasing System. (We have not Read more...

The aim of this learning event is to kick-start dialogue and collaboration – between funders and the women and girls sector. Wednesday 7 October, 10am-12 noon – online. Click here to book. About this Event A collaborative learning event for funders, commissioners, policy makers and women and girls sector services in the South West. We are all facing increasing challenges Read more...

The Springboard Charity’s, Destination Hospitality is a series of tried and tested, high impact Hospitality, Leisure & Tourism programmes that will engage unemployed and economically inactive people living in and around the St Austell area of South East Cornwall.  This project is part funded by ESF through Community Led Local Development, South East Cornwall LAG and will support up to Read more...

Q&A CIC is running two digital skills courses in October, for learners over 19 (as of 31 August) and in receipt of benefits. Venue TBC, probably Redruth. For more information, and to book, call 01209 200 583, or email info@qacic.co.uk   Getting to Grips with your Tablet 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22 Oct – 9.00 – 4.00 ITQ Read more...

Silver Sunday, celebrating older people, is taking place on 4 October, National Day for Older People. Organisers appreciate how difficult it is to ‘bring people together’ at this time, and have offered some tips for how organisations can still celebrate older people. 1 – Go Online Host a party Download our decorations from our website and you could even drop off Read more...

The Treverbyn Hall AGM is taking place on Thursday 15 October, from 7.30pm. With Covid19 restrictions on Community Halls still in place, they will only be able to have a limited number of people including Trustees and staff actually in the building. Please book through the Treverbyn Hall secretary Judi (trustees@thehall.org.uk) if you wish to attend in person or via Read more...

Social Value UK are running a free impact management online workshop for VCSE sector organisations in the South West of England, in collaboration with their regional partner Clarity CIC.   Inspiring Impact South West: Topic 3 – Acting for impact – Working practices and organisational culture 15 September, 10-11.15am. This is the third session in a 3 part series of Read more...

VSF has been contacted by colleauges at RCHT with regard to a programme that our Members might find interesting: I hope you don’t mind me messaging you, but I wanted to contact you to let you know about an exciting opportunity we have launching soon for partner colleagues across health and care in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to Read more...

Everybody has a Story – Writing for fun and wellbeing course with the Writers’ Block. Writing gives us the means for sharing our stories. Participants come from all walks of life and all abilities are welcome. We’ve found that as well as enjoying creativity, writing has been known to help with mild depression, feelings of loneliness and social isolation. If Read more...