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Huge take-up on foodbank family passes

Huge take-up on foodbank family passes

A pilot scheme over the summer months which saw the Royal Cornwall Museum collaborating with Truro Foodbank to add a free family pass to every food parcel being given out, has resulted in a 90% take-up rate. Eighty passes were provided and 72 were redeemed as...
Annie, art and defying religious extremism

Annie, art and defying religious extremism

Two hundred years ago in 1818, a group of men and women gathered at the County Library in Truro to establish a society of learning and culture that still exists and thrives today. The Royal Institution of Cornwall (RIC) runs the Royal Cornwall Museum and the Courtney...
A witty artistic look at human existence

A witty artistic look at human existence

By Sue Bradbury Lofts often contain the bits and pieces from our lives that we’ve moved on from but are nonetheless important enough not to be thrown away. They represent our past and our evolution as human beings – hidden from view, safely stored and proof of who we...