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Cornwall Care excellence celebrated
Joy Miles, from Falmouth, has just won Cornwall Care’s ‘Outstanding Employee’ award. That in itself is a huge accolade for someone who has worked full-time at Redannick residential care home in Truro for the last 17 years. What makes her achievement even more...
Cornwall Care staff raise £390 for Heli Appeal
Cornwall Care staff have shown their appreciation for the vital work of Cornwall Air Ambulance by raising £390 for their Heli Appeal. Motivated by Pirate FM’s ‘Bring A Pound To Work Day’, employees donated generously. At Cedar Grange care home in Launceston, they went...
Good Food Award for Callestick Farm
Callestick Farm’s ice cream and cafe have won a prestigious Good Food Award for the second consecutive year. Based on customer feedback over the last twelve months and food hygiene scores, the 2020 Good Food Award has been presented to the family-run business on the...
Chair donation worth its weight in gold
A chair that made the difference between an elderly lady with dementia being bed-bound and her leading a much fuller life in a Newquay residential home has been donated to Cornwall Care. Caroline Armstrong, from Newquay, bought the Careflex chair for her mother,...
Special gin delivery for Old Quay Inn
The Old Quay Inn at Devoran has proved a source of inspiration for local residents Mike and Sue Bearcroft. It was there that their plan for an organic gin to help save the planet was hatched so, when their very first bottle from their very first batch of Land of...
Gina joins Bloccs’ team on marketing internship
Gina McCombe, from Trowbridge, has joined the Bloccs’ team at Precision Dippings Manuafacturing (PDM) in Yate on a marketing internship. Gina graduated from the University of the West of England with a degree in English Literature this July. Interested in marketing as...
Pedal for Pudsey
Teams of between 3 and 5 people are being invited to compete in a fun Pedal for Pudsey breakfast challenge taking place in Cornish leisure centres from 6.30am to 8am on Friday 15 November to raise money for BBC Children in Need. BBC Radio Cornwall’s breakfast...
Bestselling author to speak at TEDxTruro
Raynor Winn, bestselling author of ‘The Salt Path’, has been announced as one of the speakers at this year’s TEDxTruro event on Friday 25 October. Her book has been described by The Sunday Times as ‘a tale of triumph: of hope over despair; of love over...
Natallie goes through to national finals
Natallie Carter, from Bodmin, has been chosen as one of just seven national finalists for the Better Swim Teacher of the Year 2019 award. Based at St Austell Leisure Centre, Natallie has beaten off competition from more than 700 other nominated contenders. She was...
Camborne celebrates Fairtrade
Picture by Colin Higgs More than 160 pupils at St John’s Catholic Primary School in Camborne have dressed up to form the shape and colour of the Fairtrade logo in celebration of the foundation’s 25th anniversary. Camborne achieved Fairtrade status ten years...
Bestselling author to speak at TEDxTruro
Raynor Winn, bestselling author of ‘The Salt Path’, has been announced as one of the speakers at this year’s TEDxTruro event on Friday 25 October. Her book has been described by The Sunday Times as ‘a tale of triumph: of hope over despair; of love over...
Crowdfunder campaign for Land of Saints Organic Gin
Mike and Sue Bearcroft have spent the last ten months developing a premium Cornish organic gin on a not-for-profit basis to support the work of Fauna & Flora International (FFI), the world’s oldest conservation charity. Now, with orders pouring in for the product,...
Bloccs win a second Queen’s Award
The Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire has congratulated staff at Yate-based Precision Dippings Manufacturing (PDM) on achieving their second Queen’s Award for Enterprise in three years – this time for international trade. The family-run company, which employs nearly...
New Zealander super heroes visit Redruth factory
River Rocket and Zach Attack – otherwise known as Zach and River Dove London – have travelled all the way from New Zealand to collect their super hero suits from D M Orthotics (DMO) in Redruth. Born prematurely, the four-year-old twins have different types of cerebral...
Smokey and Bandit prove a huge hit
In their own small way, miniature ponies Smokey and Bandit have achieved celebrity status in two Truro care homes. With the style and aplomb normally associated with the red carpet, the two horses nuzzled their way into the affection of both staff and residents at...
“Staggeringly good” lithium exploration results
MétAmpère, the first company to drill lithium exploration holes in the UK, is carrying out further excavation work in Cornwall as part of a project to build a quarry and processing plant capable of producing 20,000 tonnes of the highly sought-after metal each year –...
Celebrate all things tea at the Princess Pavilion
This September, the Princess Pavilion will be celebrating all things tea with the Gyllyngdune Tea Festival. Visitors can expect tea tastings, tea dances, tea leaf reading and cream teas, as well as the opportunity to visit the Creativi-Tea Tent. To top it off there...
Cornwall leisure centres offer Swim School Open Days
Eleven of Cornwall’s leisure centres will be holding free Swim School Open Days this month with the aim of encouraging more people to learn to swim. From free beginner taster sessions to synchronised swimming lessons, activities for each open day will vary depending...