We held a successful community day in Pengegon, Camborne, and were joined by lots of other organisations and agencies to help spread the word about all the great things happening in the local area.
Our Community Investment Team members were delighted to see lots of families taking part and handed out over 60 gift packs to children in the area, as well as speaking to parents about any tenancy or repairs issues they wanted help with. A representative from our Income Team was also available to chat to customers who had concerns about Universal Credit issues.
There was also a Community Larder present on the day – we gave away four crates of free food that would otherwise have gone to landfill, win-win!
Healthy Cornwall brought some more fun with a variety of games to play on the green. A representative said: “Thanks so much for including us today, it was lovely to meet all of the providers and play games with the children. Looking forward to many more events this summer and beyond!”
Seetec Pluss spoke with people about employment and training options and Transformation CPR spoke to people about projects happening in their local area too.
Nick from Treverbyn Hall popped along and brought some phones so that young people could learn how to take them apart and put them back together again. Nick runs a repair café and loves to spread enthusiasm for finding out how things work and how they can be fixed when they go wrong.
Camborne Town Council and Volunteer Cornwall came along to talk to people about local opportunities and investments and the National Literacy Trust handed out free books on the day.
Jo Knucky from the National Literacy Trust said: “Thanks for inviting us to such a great event. It is such a privilege for the National Literacy Trust in Cornwall to work in the heart of our target communities. We gifted 40 books to residents who attended and we had a great conversation with two young mums of early years children. They didn't know about our work but have followed us on Facebook and now know how to access our ongoing support. My high spot was talking to an 8-year-old who told me that she didn't like reading. After I'd read her two chapters of BFG by Roald Dahl she said she loved the book and took a free copy home.”
Devon and Cornwall Police also came along to talk to participants and gave two young people information on how to join the Police Cadets.
All in all it was a really successful day and we are already looking forward to the next event. Keep an eye out on our social media pages for details of future community days.