Charity
Canada splits from ShelterBox
The Canadian partner of ShelterBox has split from the Helston-based charity to form its own aid operation.
Businesses’ leap of faith
Twelve brave Cornwall-based business owners and employees will be skydiving for charity next month in aid of the Precious Lives Appeal.
Pendennis takes on 24 Peaks
A team of six staff from Pendennis Shipyard will be undertaking the gruelling 24 Peaks Challenge taking place in the Lake District later this month.
Raising deaf awareness in business
During Deaf Awareness Week (28 June – 4 July 2010), RNID is urging businesses, shops and services in Cornwall to seize the opportunity to expand their customer base by ensuring they are fully accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Jump for charity
Live Events SW (LESW) is to host a charity skydiving event this summer and is looking for volunteers from local businesses to take part.
Ethical business mark for CEP
Cornish charity Community Energy Plus, which delivers local solutions to fuel poverty and renewable energy, has become the first organisation working in the sustainable energy sector in the south west to gain the ethical Social Enterprise Mark.
Hotels pledge Air Ambulance support
With their sights set on raising more than £5k by the end of the year, Newquay’s The Bay Hotel and The Esplanade Hotel have announced their official support for the Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust (CAAT).
Big plans for BF project
A charity and outdoor adventure centre near Penryn is unveiling plans for a new development project which will help it continue its work with challenged young people in Cornwall.
Cornwall joins Paris, New York, Moscow…
This week, Cornwall will join cities around the world in a celebrating a Live Aid style series of charity events stretching from Moscow to Mumbai, Hong Kong to Houston. Global centres such as; London, Paris, New York and Milan will all celebrate in their own style with all local events taking place on the same evening, the 25th March, this Thursday.
In Cornwall, some of the Duchy’s top live music acts are set to play a night of live music at the Vertigo Bar in the centre of Truro, with renowned Cornish Indie band, The Hitchcock Rules, headlining. All proceeds from the events will go directly to the worldwide cause, Concern Worldwide, a humanitarian charity which helps transform the lives of the world’s poorest children through access to education.
TRAC boosts charities
Cornish regulatory affairs specialist TRAC has passed the £20k mark in its donations to local charities, clubs and community projects through a special volunteer project.
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