2012 Cornwall Sports Funding Fair

February 21st, 2012

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Discover how to unlock funding for sport & physical activity in Cornwall and find a funding stream to suit your projects at the 2012 Cornwall Sports Funding Fair.

To book your free place at the Cornwall Sports Funding Fair, please complete THIS FORM and send it to the address stated at the bottom by 10th April.

All enrolments will be confirmed by email – but, if you have not received confirmation before the event, please call 01872 323344 to ensure your application form has been received

 

 

 

Cornwall College – Offset Your Naughty’s

February 14th, 2012

*Note: If you haven’t already, please read this post explaining the origins of this project. Thank you.

New Year, new diet….

For some, it’s still early enough for New Year’s resolutions to still be intact, whether it’s stopping smoking, exercising regularly or starting a new diet. If the diet has taken a setback, Lent is just around the corner, and with this in mind Offset Your Naughty’s is here to help you and your office and/or family keep you on track!

The premise is similar to the classic idea of a ‘swear jar’; where every time you swear you have to pay a small penalty into the jar, except it’s slightly different in that every time you’re ‘naughty’ (i.e. don’t stick to your diet, have a cigarette, skip the gym) you have to pay a penalty into a ‘jar’, which is then collected at the end of the day/week/month and donated to Cornwall Community Foundation. The ‘jar’ is not important and we encourage re-using something left over from Christmas or general household recyclables, like a chocolate tin or a coffee jar.

You don’t have to be on a diet or stopping smoking to Offset Your Naughty’s, you and your colleagues or family can offset your general Naughty’s. For example parents could be fined for picking up the children in their slippers or getting up late on the weekend. In the office you could be fined for wearing trainers, being on facebook, bad parking or wearing a dodgy tie. Download either the Family or Office Pack for more ideas, and the step by step guide to start offsetting your Naughty’s HERE!

Offset your Naughty’s is a fun way to bring the family together, team build within the office and in turn possibly change the lives of people in need in Cornwall today.

 

 

 

*Note: All artwork and promotional material, except for CCF, C100, Cornwall Enterprising Women & Cornwall College logos  created by students of Cornwall College

Cornwall College – ‘Love Cornwall’ Map Survey

February 14th, 2012

*Note: If you haven’t already, please read this post explaining the origins of this project. Thank you.

 

We need your opinion!

Help Cornwall Community Foundation support your local area by providing your opinion using our online survey.

It is quick and easy. Just complete these 2 statements:

  • What I love most about Cornwall is…
  • My area could be improved by…

We only ask that you state your area of Cornwall and complete the above statements. Other details are optional if you wish to be associated with your comments.

 

To complete our quick survey click here:

Thanks for your support!

 

*Note: All artwork and promotional material, except for CCF, C100, Cornwall Enterprising Women & Cornwall College logos  created by students of Cornwall College

Cornwall College Students Raise Money for CCF

February 14th, 2012

Students studying an Fda in Business at Cornwall College are putting their entrepreneurial skills to the test to raise money for Cornwall Community Foundation.


Previous collaborations between Cornwall College students and the Foundation were solely for the benefit for the students to encourage practical business skills and get them thinking about charity. This time however the students were keen to put their ideas into action and raise money for Cornwall Community Foundation along the way.

After putting themselves into groups, the students were tasked to come up with projects, events, or campaigns that would raise awareness or funds for the CCF. Each group pitched their ideas to a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style panel of mentors from Cornwall Enterprising Women and Cornwall Community Foundation’s Cornwall 100 Club. Three groups were chosen to go ahead with their fundraising projects; Offset your Naughty’s, Zumbathon & a ‘Love Cornwall’ Map Survey. Unfortunately, due to other time constraints, the Zumbathon project has been put on hold.

Read more about the individual projects and how you can take part here:

Offset your Naughty’s

‘Love Cornwall’ Map Survey

 

*Note: All artwork and promotional material, except for CCF, C100, Cornwall Enterprising Women & Cornwall College logos  created by students of Cornwall College

Employ a ‘Geek’ – 24hr Geekathon

January 26th, 2012

 

Win 24 hours web support with Employ a Geek Your charity / community group has the chance to win 24 hours web-based support thanks to new business start-up, Employ a Geek.

Criteria for entry: Your organisation turn over’s less than £500,000 per year- You will be available during the 24 hour period from 6pm Friday 10th February to 6pm Saturday 11th February. This will include being at the start and finish, as well as being available on email / telephone to sign off work during the event- If selected in the draw on Friday 3rd February you will be able to provide Employ a Geek with marketing information, copy, logos / branding and imagery by Wednesday 8th February.

The brainchild of Redfuse’s Mark Griceand MPAD’s Mark Picken, Employ a Geek has a database of proven and experienced programmers and developers on hand to support your organisation’s web needs.

For more information on Employ a Geek please visit www.employageek.co.uk

 

‘Meet the Funders’ – Event to support groups/projects looking for funding

January 23rd, 2012

Meet The Funders

 

Transformation Cornwall and The Diocese of Truro are hosting two all day “Meet the Funders” events to support groups/projects looking for funding.

Attendance at the events is free but booking is essential and places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment! For more information contact debbie.croucher@truro.anglican.org


 

Michael Taylor, from BBC Radio Cornwall, investigates the need for the Winter Fuel Campaign in Cornwall

January 23rd, 2012

Winter Well-being fund – Available until 31 March 2012

January 23rd, 2012

Christmas 2011 Newsletter

January 18th, 2012

 

New Cornwall Community Foundation CEO; Carolyn Boyce

Please click here to view our Christmas 2011 Newsletter

Free IT equipment for Cornwall community groups

December 21st, 2011

Carolyn Boyce, Cornwall Community Foundation, with Amy Smith, Francis Clark, and some of the donated printers.

Accountancy firm Francis Clark has teamed up with the Cornwall Community Foundation to offer free IT equipment  to community groups across the county.

Following the recent merger between Francis Clark and Winter Rule, the Truro-based office of Francis Clark found itself with an excess of IT equipment, including 12 high quality printers. Keen to put the spare equipment to good use, Francis Clark got in touch with us here at the Cornwall Community Foundation.

Amy Smith, Marketing and Events Co-Coordinator at Francis Clark said: “As a result of the Winter Rule-Francis Clark merger earlier this year, we ended up with some surplus equipment, including these 112 printers. We didn’t want to just throw them away, as they’re all in perfect working order, so we contacted the Cornwall Community Foundation to see if they could help. They support a network of community groups across Cornwall, so we knew that they would be able to find people who could really put them to good use, and hopefully it will come as a nice Christmas boost to the groups which receive them.”

The Printers were handed over to our new CEO, Carolyn Boyce, who will now distribute them to local groups that will be able to benefit from them.

Carolyn added: “The printers will be going to volunteer-lead groups in Cornwall which are working towards making a positive impact to their local communities. When Francis Clark asked if we would be able to help them find new homes for the printers, we were happy to assist, as there are a lot of organisations that would never be able to afford such good quality equipment without our help.”

Anyone representing a Cornish community group or organisation interested in taking one of the printers can contact  the Cornwall Community foundation via email: cheryl.ingram@cornwallfoundation.com