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Cornwall Community Foundation has helped over 1000 groups and 500 individuals in Cornwall and the Isles Of Scilly. Below are a some of the ways we have helped.
Children, Young People And Families
Combating Isolation
Improving Environments
Improving Health
Regenerating Communities
Providing learning opportunities opens up a world of possibilities for young people of all age groups, and gives them the tools to succeed in whatever goals they aim for.
A dynamic initiative by a group of Cornish mums and dads is set to make sure children have plenty of fun activities to do during the summer holidays. The inventive parents of youngsters at Gorran CP School have created an eye-catching booklet featuring 50 of the best things to do with children in Cornwall. Funded with £7,000 from The Local Network Fund of the DfES, which has been administered by the Cornwall Community Foundation, 6,000 copies of the booklet have been printed for distribution around the county.
Money raised from the booklet will help fund community projects in Gorran, such as providing play equipment and musical instruments.
Cornwalls patchwork of small, disadvantaged and isolated communities has suffered from low income and the effects of the exit of the mining and mineral extraction industries. We have helped to address this legacy through a wide programme of enviromental improvements at a community level, including developing community gardens, children's play areas, allotments, village greens, cleaning up graffiti, providing enhanced local facilities and improving access to wildlife areas.
Communities across Cornwall are benefiting from tidier beaches, housing estates and recreation grounds thanks to a range of schemes set up by a project to co-ordinate volunteers with the needs of local projects and individuals.
The Community Assisted Projects Scheme links members of communities that want to put something back into their local area with individuals and projects in need of help.
CCF have supported the project with a grant of £7,000 from the Local Network Fund to buy equipment for volunteer groups to improve the appearance of public playing parks and housing estates and a grant of £1,000 towards office accommodation for the project. The scheme has also set up a Junior Park Wardens initiative to encourage young people to take good care of their recreation grounds and become active and constructive members of their community.
Whether people are isolated by a disability, from their ethnicity, because they are elderly or live in a disadvantaged rural area, the effects on their lives and those of their families can be devastating. We have literally funded hundreds of people and projects, from support schemes, rural community and residents associations, village halls and community centres to elderly support groups.
“Every day, a smile and a question about how I am”. Marjorie, from Illogan, gets Meals on Wheels every day. She puts her good health down to the good quality food that is made just up the road in the local pub. “Thirty meals a day for the Hayle and Redruth area, and it is all freshly cooked.” Diane does a lot of the cooking for the WRVS Meals on Wheels, but people sometimes live in remote locations and the food needs to get there piping hot. The BBC Radio Cornwall Appeal has allowed the group to buy new thermal boxes to keep it that way, with the help of traditional hot water bottles.
“I joined the group when my wife died in July” said Jim, one of the members of the Golden Friendship Group who enjoys the social side of the meetings. “I’ve been and done a few odd things, in that we went to clean the beach and we’ve been around to see a lot of the features.” The Golden Friendship Club has been given a grant from the BBC Radio Cornwall Appeal to help support its Christmas event.
Whether promoting a healthy lifestyle, combating teenage pregnancy, or encouraging young people to become involved in sport throughout their lives, working to combat the high levels of illness and disability in our communities is another popular choice for our fund holders. We have bought hundreds of football strips, goal posts and other sporting regalia (for boys and girls), supported cricket and tennis coaching as well as helping talented young ballet, swimming, boccia, Paralympics and rugby stars of the future. Whether giving grants to individuals with cerebral palsy, funding respite care breaks for carers, exercise classes or offering arts and crafts sessions as part of rehabilitation or recuperative sessions, people are being given opportunities to increase confidence, mental well being and physical strength.
A £7,000 grant from the Local Network Fund is helping young gymnasts from Camborne and Redruth to train to a high standard using modern equipment. The club has a strong local membership which will all benefit from training with new gymnastic equipment. The improvements to the club’s facilities will also enable the Gazelles to host gymnastic events and local competitions at their hall in Pool, near Redruth.
A £4,597 Local Network Fund Grant is helping young rowers in Charlestown to enjoy the sport of gig rowing thanks to the purchase of a new 15 ft skiff which is perfectly suited to teaching technique to newcomers of the sport. The new training boat will also be used by the club to participate in a young people's community warden scheme to teach disadvantaged young people how to row in a crew.
True regeneration comes from people developing a pride in their community and a commitment to improving their local surroundings and quality of life. We have helped to build and equip new community centres, providing funding to people to help develop Residents Association to join together to tackle the disadvantaged at a local level, provide training and re-training for the unemployed and low-paid, helped people access affordable child care and transport whilst improving meeting points and amenities such as community shops and cafes. Most importantly, we have supported the people themselves, the social entrepreneurs who get things moving often before other people would give them a chance and encourage them in their ideas through offering mentoring, training, support and the opportunity to visit other similar projects and groups in the rest of the country.
