Community Times Truro May 2019

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Carnon Downs

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Truro Memory Cafe

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21 What’s On 21 Sports & Leisure

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Gardens open for charity

Truro Community Times

Thank you to Mayor Of Truro Lindsay Southcombe for her fair-well article as mayor in this month’s edition. Lindsay has been heavily involved in many projects to improve both community and the environment around Truro.

Truro Symphony Chorus We would like to wish her well and thank her for all her hard work. You can read Lindsay’s article on page 14.

National Business Cornwall has many beautiful gardens some of Awards which will be open to the public in aid of charity over the coming months. Polgwynne, a stunning Wildlife friendly awards 4 acre garden at Feock (TR3 6SG) looking out over the sea, will be open to the public on Sunday 12th May from 2pm until 5pm. All Another award for proceeds will go to Cornwall Hospice Care.

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13 Truro Morlaix Twinning 26 Association 14 Mayor of Truro

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Open gardens for 16 Wildlife Trust

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There are also several open gardens in aid of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust. For a list of gardens see the centre pages. And The Merlin MS Centre now has several open gardens in their support, details on page 11.

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The karnon kidz present Disney the little mermaid jr!

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ver since February nearly 30 Karnon Kidz aged between 7 and 18, who are the youth section of the Carnon Downs Drama Group, have been getting used to flipping their fins and exercising their vocal chords especially Ariel! We have been so impressed with how they have embraced every element of this iconic Disney masterpiece. It is such a delightful show and is peppered with all the well-known songs like ‘Part of Your World’ and ‘Under The Sea’ The children are amazing and have grown in confidence from day one as many have never done a stage show before.

We did a little research into how Walt Disney came to make The Little Mermaid and it was very interesting to find out how it made it to the silver screen. In 1985 Disney became interested in a film adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale. They believed the story provided an "ideal basis" for an animated feature film and were keen on creating a film that took place underwater. However this was not the first time the idea had been suggested. It nearly came to fruition in the 1930’s but after doing some initial drawings and ideas for whatever reason it got shelved. By coincidence while The Little Mermaid was in production in the 1980s the staff quite by chance found the original story and visual development for Disney's proposed 1930’s production. Strangely many of the changes made by the Disney staff to Hans Christian Andersen's original story were the same as the changes made by the Disney writers in the 1980’s. When the film was released it won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for “Under the Sea”.

Our dream and idea of doing the show came from Samantha Rogers who has directed and choreographed the production. She has worked tirelessly with the children and they have responded to her every word and action. However we can’t forget the unsung heroes behind the

scenes who spend hours painting, set building and making the fabulous costumes all of which will astound you when you come to see it. Of course we should also mention the parents who ferry their children back and forth twice a week for rehearsals and have to hear all the songs on repeat at home while their offspring practice their songs at the tops of their voices! So in true Britain’s Got Talent style if there was a golden buzzer at the Perranwell centre where this production is being staged there would be a stampede to press it so do get your tickets soon and pop along to see a truly fabulous show.

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Truro memory cafe Nowadays there is a huge problem with isolation of elderly people in our community and particularly those with memory loss and their carers. Memory Cafés throughout Cornwall provide a fun place to go every two weeks, where various interesting activities take place, encouraging conversation and some respite for carers.

Truro Memory Café, which is run primarily by Lin, Liza and Jacky, and assisted by members of the Rotary Club of Truro, is a great place to meet people in similar situations, have a cup of tea and delicious home make cake, baked by Jacky, and enter into what is going on as much or as little as you want. Most importantly we always have a laugh!

For a flavour of what happens at our Cafe, we recently had a visit from the Greyhound Trust, who brought some lovely dogs along, we had a French Café themed session with tables decorated in red gingham, French flags and a French themed fun quiz, not forgetting Rose who entertained us with music by playing her wonderful piano accordion; Lin even dressed up as the Eifel Tower! Other activities have included a fairground themed session with hoopla etc., clay modelling, where we all made models of elephants (its amazing how different they can look!) and seated movement to

music which is excellent for wellbeing.

We had a visiting poetry reader recently, which some might not have expected to enjoy, but in fact even the most sceptical ended up having a really good time, reminiscing about their favourite poems, making up little ditties and often having us in stitches of laughter.

So you see, when a few people with memory loss and their carers get together in a caring environment, with tea and cake, it offers a couple of hours of light hearted banter, reminiscing and fun. We all come away having enjoyed ourselves feeling better for it.

If you would like to pop in to see if it’s something you’d like to come to, we hold our sessions on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month (not bank holidays) at All Saints Church Hall, Highertown Truro, from 1.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. You’d be very welcome.

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gardening

The May Garden Article by Liam Shoesmith, Deputy parks manager, Truro city council.

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can’t believe it’s May already, this year is really flying by. The beginning of May can be all over the place weather wise, so all gardeners should be prepared for those later frosts. The plants will have lots of soft new growth now and these late frosts can on occasion do a lot of damage. Be ready with your frost protection.

Horticultural fleece or even cut branches can be carefully put over delicate plants during those cold nights in your garden.

Celandine

I have been writing these little articles since 2011 and have never written about May without mentioning Bluebells and this year is going to be no exception.

type (Hyacinthoides hispanica) for their gardens.

This form of bluebell is a little more vigorous and is starting to take hold in the wild. It is also crossing with the indigenous type making a new hybrid. This over time could remove our true British plants altogether.

The first two weeks in May are without doubt the best time to visit the woods if you want to see some bluebells. I can’t really say I have a favourite flower, but the British Bluebell is very high in my list. Go out and enjoy all the areas filled with Bluebells, Tehidy Woods, Kennall Vale, near to Ponsanooth and of course Idless. Walking through these areas often gives me ideas for the bedding colour schemes. I spent a lot of time at college studying colour charts and looking to see what colours would go together, but a look in the woods at this time of year just shows you how mother nature always gets it right, just look at the blue of the Hyacinthoides, the pink of the Campion and the yellows of the Celandine, truly lovely.

The British bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) is on the decline, woodlands are being reduced, removing their habitat. Gardeners are also to blame, as people have been buying the Spanish

The British bluebell, as you can see it leans to one side.

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gardening You can also carry on with your weeding and feeding of the lawn into May. Just make sure you follow the instructions thoroughly on your product.

May for me is the start of the summer. All the plants for the summer displays around Truro are growing away in our Nursery and during this month we will be preparing the beds. Ripping, digging and fertilizing all needs doing before the summer plants can go in. Once they are in the real work starts.

One of the biggest jobs will be watering. Plants like Begonias needs lots of water to establish and grow, so our teams will be out checking that they are not drying out. Hanging baskets will also be out soon. We’ve had them out at the end of May before, but we always need to keep an eye on the weather, it’s no good putting these delicate plants out into windy cold conditions. Don’t be tempted at home to start your summer planting too early.

Planting in June still gives you plenty of time to enjoy the summer colours.

Water is definitely something to think about in May. Every garden should have a water butt. Rain water is much better for the plants and it doesn’t make your meter turn. Things like carnivorous plants should only be watered with rain water, so if you have these, doubly make sure you are collecting water.

I’ve collected sheep poo in my dad’s field again and have made a sort of sheep poo tea bag, by putting what I have collected into an old sack. I’ve suspended this into my water container, the tea coloured water has done wonders for my Petunias.

If you make anything like this at home obviously be aware of the germs that might go with it. But for me it works as a great natural fertilizer, very high in nitrates and it doesn’t smell, honest!

The Spanish type is lighter in colour and doesn’t lean.

As with last month you can still do your soft wood cuttings. Geraniums, Fuchsias and shrubs like Buddleia can all be done now. So keep your secateurs clean, sharp and don’t let someone, let’s say like your spouse borrow them if they are likely to leave them on the corner of the herb garden in the rain for two nights! Cuttings are free plants and taking them gives me a few peaceful minutes in my prop house, lovely!

Most lawns have taken a hammering over the last twelve months. But don’t worry there is still time to work on it. The hard year has caused lots of dead debris among the grass and is in need of a scarify.

The cricket square at Boscawen Park however can’t really be scarified as it will damage the playing surface. So, I have been setting the scarifying machine higher to giving it what we call a verti-cut. This does not hit the soil level but still manages to take the worst of the dead material out of the square. We then go over with a mower to tidy up any debris left on top of the grass. It really has made quite a difference in very little time.

May has got loads going on in the garden, it tstarts off with possible winter weather and ends with summer. We’re hoping to be firing up our barbeque early this year and May might be the month, tshirts, shorts and burgers, fantastic! I’ll keep my coat close at hand though, just in case.

Enjoy your gardening.

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Professional and amateur golfers are invited to come together for a day of golf this spring Truro Golf Club will play host to a charity Golf Event in May which will not only provide a day of golf and the chance to meet and mingle with other golfers but also raise money for Merlin MS Centre.

Merlin MS Centre but we are already seeing teams booking up for both business and pleasure.”

The day tee’s off at 9am on May 24th with slots available right through till 2pm for 18 holes of golf and a rolling two course carvery. There will be lots of opportunities to win prizes including nearest the pin and longest yard games, the chance for your team to win up to £300 and a hole in one prize of a Hot Tub from Cornish Hot Tubs worth £6000.

There will also be a presentation event in the evening.

Teams of four are invited to book at www.crbo.co.uk/merlin. Costs are £120 for a team of four which includes 18 holes and a twocourse carvery.

Sponsorship opportunities are available, and donations of prizes are always welcome.

For further details of the event contact Tania Edwards, Event Co-ordinator on 01726 885530 or email tania@merlinmscentre.org.uk

Event Co-ordinator, Tania Edwards, said “We are really looking forward to this event, it’s a first for the

Delightful Cornish Gardens open their doors for local charity Throughout the spring and summer private and public gardens across Cornwall will be opening their gates so visitors can appreciate their beauty but also to raise funds for the Merlin MS Centre.

Now in it’s third year, the Merlin MS Centre Open Garden Scheme offers horticultural lovers the chance to enjoy the many tranquil and beautiful gardens Cornwall has to offer.

Among this year’s gardens is Pinetum Gardens in St Austell, a 30-acre garden with 6000 varieties of plants and 12 unique garden styles.

Lucy Chappell, Community Fundraiser for the charity, said: “We are delighted to have had such a wonderful selection of gardens for visitors to enjoy, We are really grateful to those green-fingered gardeners for letting others enjoy all their hard work, which I am sure will inspire others to make the most of their gardens – however big or small.

We would love to have some more gardens to participate so if anyone would like to join us please get in touch soon.”

Other Gardens taking part in this year’s scheme are: Sculpture Garden, Helston; May – May Tree Gardens, St Austell; Lanlivery Garden Trail, Lanlivery; Trenarth Gardens, Constantine and Pencarey Gardens, St Teath.

Full details included dates, times and entry prices can be found by contacting Lucy on 01726 885530 or emailing lucy@merlinmscentre.org.uk. They can also be found on the Merlin MS Centre Facebook page under events.

All funds raised by the gardens will go to support the Merlin MS Centre.

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Truro-Morlaix twinning celebrates 40 years of friendship What do we do?

We take a large group to France every year for a long weekend and then receive French members in Cornwall. Most of us stay in the homes of local people and then offer hospitality when the French group visits Truro. We also run a successful Immersion course which gives participants the chance to practise their language skills. Throughout the year we have social events, such as our recent Shrove Tuesday CrĂŞpe night and a games evening with a pasty supper.

How will we be celebrating the 40th anniversary?

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The Truro Group with their French hosts at Kerdalo Garden

In May we will be hosting a large group from Pays de Morlaix who will be accompanied by the Mayors of the four communities. They have been invited to join in the celebrations by the Mayor and City Council of Truro. Look out for the floral record of the anniversary which will be appearing on the Wellington side of Trafalgar Roundabout, courtesy of the City Gardens Department. We are looking forward to our return visit to Morlaix in September.

t was in 1979 that the Twinning charter was signed between the Mayors of Truro and our twin town of Morlaix, so this year marks the 40th anniversary of an enduring friendship between the people of our city and those of our partner town in Northern Brittany. Since the original signing, the link has been celebrated by the naming of Morlaix Avenue, which has its own twin in the Avenue de Truro in Morlaix, and in France the twinning has expanded to include three neighbouring communities so that we are now officially twinned with the Pays de Morlaix. Morlaix is about the size of Truro and is easily reached by taking the ferry from Plymouth to Roscoff.

Who can join the Twinning Association?

We welcome everyone who has a love for France and who would like the chance to socialise together and get to know our friends across the Channel.

Our trips are great for those with no experience of travelling as you will be in a supportive, friendly group. If you cannot offer to host you can contribute by supporting our fund-raising events throughout the year.

What is twinning all about?

We exist to foster friendship between out two communities on either side of the Channel. We have an active Twinning Association here in Truro and everyone is welcome to join in. Truro is also twinned with Boppard in Germany.

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Would you like to join us or find out a bit more?

Have a look at our website www.truromorlaixtwinning.weebly.com or telephone Margaret George on 01872 240253. The Morlaix Twinning Association also has a website you can visit at www.jumelagemorlaix.canalblog.com.

my last mayoral article Article by Mayor of Truro, Lindsay Southcombe

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t is with mixed feelings that I write my last article for this lovely magazine. I have been proud and delighted to serve as Mayor of Truro and I have met many lovely people and learned a lot about how they are making our community the best place it can be. I shall, however, welcome time to focus upon my pet projects, like Wild Truro and Truro Connecting Community (social prescribing) and working on a carbon reduction plan for Truro. All these projects need people so if anyone wants to join in please get in touch.

I was also lucky enough to be invited to the Spring Festival at All Saints Highertown. The range of crafts and cakes was vast. I judged the craft completion which was very difficult because of the breadth of imagination and artistic skill. All proceeds go to the Life House project - which will be a wonderful community asset for the whole of Truro asht.org.uk We are in the midst of Clean Truro - a 4 day litter picking event organised by the very energetic Sian Knights of Truro BID. Litter picks on the main estates are organised, plus river banks. Also, the display boards have had a wash and brush up courtesy of Kartha and volunteers from St Petrocs and local businesses. Now that we have done the spring cleaning we can get on with the important work of planting up the city for summer to help wildlife and enhance the lives of residents and the experience of visitors.

Last weekend was a busy one in Truro, with Children's Day on Lemon Quay on Saturday and Pydar Street Display on Sunday. Sadly it was a very cold weekend but still people managed to have a good time. We engaged people on our wild Truro stall to discuss hedgehogs and other urban wildlife, and the crazy golf and mini tennis, arranged by Truro BID, was very well used.

I am very much looking forward to the Beating of the Bounds walk on Sunday 28th April, organised by the Truro Lions Club.

The walk is arranged so that people can do a long stroll or a short walk and parts of it are wheelchair accessible. It is for all ages and abilities It is good to keep these old

On Sunday the Truro Placeshaping Project was obliged to shelter in a rather damp building at Carrick Car Park but lots of people engaged with this inspiring team, looking at the future of the Pydar Street site and how it can enhance our city.

There was even a bit of guerilla tree planting - with the restoration of Pydar orchard being started with the planting of three Cornish apple trees. A one time resident of Boscawen Row ( that was on the old site) helped to plant a tree, having fond memories of playing in the orchard as a child.

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traditions alive - they once cemented our communities together and could do so again. All donations go to charity. Thanks to the hardworking and very effective Lions Club for organizing this.

I am also eagerly awaiting the Easter Egg hunt on Easter Saturday in Victoria Gardens - a very popular event with children and adults alike. Just one of the many events organsised by the city council parks department during the summer. Look our for bug hunts, seed planting etc and if you would like to get involved in Green Truro Festival in July get in touch.

I would like to pay tribute to ALL the staff of the City Council. They are a hardworking, dedicated and talented bunch who take a great pride in Truro.

Also, thank you so much to the my fellow Councillors who put their faith in me and supported me. I would like to wish Cllr Bob Smith, the Mayor Elect and Marian the very best of luck as Mayor and Mayoress for the forthcoming council year. I know they will be amazing as will the legendary Cllr Bert Biscoe Deputy Mayor. We can look forward to a bright future for our Great Little City!

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A new year of open gardens for cornwall wildlife trust put together another full diary of gardens for people to explore this summer all over Cornwall.

These gardens welcome wildlife, and all funds raised ensure that Cornwall Wildlife Trust continues to protect Cornwall’s wildlife and wild places. We hope to see you there.”

2 Trenance Cottages, St. Newlyn East, TR8 5HU Sunday 12 May from 2pm-5pm More than 35 years of love and nurturing has created the garden at 2 Trenance Cottages.

Starting out as a simple family garden, Trenance has grown into landscaped lawns, woodland, and plentiful orchards. Part of the garden includes an extensive fruit and vegetable area which has a thriving 20 year old orchard of traditional Cornish apple varieties as well as Kea plum trees.

Pillar interest at Trenarth

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ornwall Wildlife Trust has announced this year’s gardens taking part in their ever popular annual Open Gardens scheme. There are some new additions, but lots of the old favourites are there.

Burncoose House and Garden, Gwennap, Redruth, TR16 6BJ Sunday 19 May from 11am-4pm A magnificent 30-acre woodland garden with rhododendrons, magnolias, azaleas and camellias.

The garden is tucked away behind the famous Burncoose Nurseries, winner of over 20 RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gold medals. The Cornwall Wildlife Trust was given special access to the whole of this hidden treasure last year, including the refurbished grand Burncoose House and its immediate garden. We return for a second visit.

Last year a record £21,000 was raised for the Trust’s conservation work, and for residents and visitors alike this is their yearly chance to explore some of Cornwall’s most stunning gardens and take home ideas for their own. And new this year, visitors can actually take away part of what they see, with plant stalls at all the gardens!

With a common theme of providing a home for Cornish wildlife the gardens are varied in content and size, but all provide inspirational ideas. It’s a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, browsing through some of the most beautiful gardens in Cornwall and at the same time know you are helping the county’s wildlife. Cream teas are courtesy of Rodda’s, Berryman’s and Cornish Coffee.

As always the Trust has a very personal approach to these events. A band of volunteers takes care of all the administrative work leaving the owners free on the day to chat to visitors. These are events that all the family can enjoy, even the dog, except where specially excluded due to wildlife.

Isabella Hawkes, Community Fundraising Officer, says “Our incredible volunteer team has

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Tranqulity at Little Park Farm

Little Park Farm, St. Clements, Malpas, Truro TR1 1SX. Sunday 2 June 2pm-5pm Add to a beautiful garden stunning views over the Malpas Passage near Truro and you have a lovely afternoon out in June. The house faithfully replicates a traditional 18th century Cornish farmhouse. Semi-formal gardens sweep around the house and a large conservatory opens onto a terrace from where the beautiful views can be enjoyed. There is a large natural pond well stocked with fish and native planting and paths lead into grassland and wildflower meadows with further views.

Magnificent colour at Millpool

Boswiddle, Boswiddle Farm, Ladock, TR2 4NU Sunday 9 June 2pm-5pm A plantsman’s garden, Boswiddle has created several garden “rooms” in a cottage style for visitors to explore, encouraging diversity for wildlife.

A sunny terrace allows for unbroken views of the garden, and paths draw the visitor on a tour of meadows. A kitchen garden and orchard is complete with resident ducks and there is also a circular walk from the garden taking in meadows, woodland and streamside.

Trenarth, High Cross, Constantine TR11 5JN Sunday 4 August 2pm-5pm The four acre gardens surround the 17th granite farmhouse with its central courtyard, and wonderful, far reaching pastoral views. There are many unusual and tender plants within the listed garden walls, vegetables, orchard, yew "rooms", woodland area and quirky features such as the toilet in a telephone box. The site is a maternity roost of lesser horseshoe bats and the planting encourages birds, butterflies and insects all the year round.

Lethytep, Penadlake, Lanreath PL13 2PG Sunday 23 June 11am-4.30pm This spectacular 52 acre garden is an established favourite and is literally a giant playground for Cornish wildlife with woodland, meadows, lakes and ponds. Lethytep is particularly renowned for butterflies, dragonflies and wild flowers. There is plenty to see and do which will amaze even the most established naturalist.

South Bosent, Dobwalls, nr. Liskeard PL14 4LX Sunday 1 September 2pm-5pm When the owners bought the old farmhouse and about 9-acres of land six years ago the object was to create a garden to attract wildlife. Already it is visited by a range of birds, insects, butterflies, moths and bats. Four ponds provide homes for newts, toads and frogs as well as mallards and the passing heron. Trees have been planted, including fruit trees, and there are perennial and annual plants, as well as areas of true wilderness.

Arundell, West Pentire, Crantock, TR8 5SE Sunday 14 July 2pm-5pm This is the garden where no garden should be, set on a headland between two fantastic beaches. But garden there is, with a rockery, shrubbery, cottage garden, herbaceous borders, a stumpery, gravel garden, small pinetum area and spectacular exotic garden. Add to this a pond and a stream. This garden has in the past featured on the Gardeners World television programme.

Entrance to all gardens is £5 per adult with under 16s free. For further details and directions please visit www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/opengardens or call 01872 273939.

Millpool, Millpool Grange, Cardinham, Bodmin, PL30 4HZ Sunday 28 July 2pm-5pm Drop into the valley of Cardinham and discover delightfully shaded woodland at Millpool. Follow the stream as it runs through the garden, cascading and forming small pools on its course. Blooms of shrubs seamlessly combine the terraced semi-formal garden and woodland.

Rich in wildlife, and a welcome habitat for many, Millpool should not be missed!

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The Heron at Lethytep

We have a small Cafe in the Centre and need people to join our team, experience is not required as full training will be provided.

If this is not for you, perhaps you could drive our minibus, answer the phones, fundraise in your community, or assist with a supermarket collection.

Contact caroline@merlinmscentre.org.uk or call 01726 885530.

Merlin MS Centre, Bradbury House, Hewas Water, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 7JF Charity Number: 1093691

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Veteran who gets first permanent home in years helps launch Addaction support group for other ex-forces

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dwin Wills is a 64-year-old veteran who did three tours of Northern Ireland, including during Bloody Sunday. But for years he’s had no long term home.

Recently Edwin moved into a flat in Redruth after getting support from Addaction and is now supporting the charity to launch a new Right Turn group for veterans across the county.

Andy Kent - Cornwall Veteran

been trying to find somewhere to live for ages but wasn’t getting anywhere. Andy helped me with this and now I’ve got a flat, a roof of my own over my head, a bed, TV and settee that’s mine. I’m over the moon, as are my daughters.

“I’m still drinking a little bit, but it’s far less than I was. I feel I’m getting there now.”

Recovery worker and Right Turn lead Andy Kent said: “Getting a home has helped greatly with Edwin’s motivation to change his alcohol use.

We’ve learnt a lot together and Edwin’s going to be a Recovery Champion for the new veteran’s group - Right Turn - which starts at the end of March.

With people like Edwin on board, we can help others in similar situations to address not just alcohol or drug problems, but the bigger picture issues like housing and mental health.”

“I joined up in 1971 aged 17 and was in the 1st Battalion Light Infantry. We did three tours, got blown up and shot at but I survived. During Bloody Sunday I was going over a humpback bridge in a land rover when we were attacked. My ears were bleeding because of the velocity of the bullets ricocheting everywhere. I was still a kid. I have dreams about that now and again and am getting treatment for PTSD,” said Edwin.

Edwin left the army in 1975, got married and had three children, but alcohol saw him lose his relationship of 21 years and his home. “Army life started me on the alcohol - it’s a bugger for drinking. I used it as a release, to forget Ireland and it helped with the bad dreams. But in the end, drinking too much lost me my marriage and in turn the house. So from the early 90s I’ve been sofa surfing. I’ve always had friends so been very fortunate.”

Right Turn is a veteran-specific support group, run by people with forces experience. People can find help for drug and alcohol problems, but also be linked up with other veteran support in the local area. Andy, who was in the RAF and has his own experience with drugs and alcohol, said: “Right Turn provides a service for veterans that’s separate from the civilian side of things and that’s important because we have lived different lives and relate to things differently. We work together to help each other with life after the forces.”

Last year, Edwin’s GP directed him to Addaction to get support for his alcohol use. “That’s when I met Andy. He’s ex-forces as well so understands. I’d

To find out more use web chat on www.addaction.org.uk or call Addaction Cornwall on 0333 200 0325

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Threemilestone & district YFC ‘fundraising for our future’ auction of promises Auctioneer Ed Harris from Lodge and Thomas

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phenomenal amount of funds was raised from Threemilestone and District Young Farmers Club Fundraising For Our Future Auction of Promises held at Griggs Restaurant on Friday 5th April by kind permission of Michael Grigg.

the start to finish of the evening that an enormous amount of time and hard work went into the preparation and organisation of this very professionally run event. “ Special thanks must go again to the following:

With over 200 bidders, friends, family and fellow young farmers present the evening was successfully attended and a fantastic social event whilst raising the vital funds.

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the team who organised the event and put in hard work over the last two months on top of their day jobs.

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Ed Harris from Lodge and Thomas for ensuring smooth proceedings and upselling of the lots. His eyes were peeled to make sure no bid was missed.

With many competitive bidding wars happening between friends to ensure they won the prize.

Over £8,000 was raised to support the ‘Fundraising for our Future’ Campaign exceeding the committee’s expectations. A truly tremendous evening. This could not have been achieved without the generosity of club members, local and national companies who donated a grand total of 110 quality lots for sale.

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The staff at Griggs restaurant for keeping us refreshed and hydrated in the busy auction room.

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And to all the supporters of the campaign

The encouragement and support from the general public, club member’s families and friends and businesses has been incredible and made the club members feel supported on their mission to secure the site.

One Bidder of the evening provided feedback on the event “Many congratulations for the amazing achievements of the members in working towards the money required to purchase the land on which the hall stands.

Keep your eyes peeled for up and coming events.

Head on over to our Facebook page Threemilestone & District Young Farmers Club Fundraising For Our Future to keep up to date with the campaign and events.

We are sure that the Auction on Friday must have exceeded your expectations. It was evident from

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what’s on

What’s On in the Truro area Information supplied by the Truro Tourist Information Centre Cornwall international male choral festival lunchtime concert Fri 3rd 1pm-2pm Australian Rugby Choir, Westerton MVC, South Notts Men’s Chorus, Barry MVC. Truro Cathedral. Free

Chacewater vintage rally Cornwall international male choral festival 40 voices and under choirs competition Sat 4th 9am-6pm Truro Cathedral and Old Cathedral School. Tickets from Visit Truro (CRBO)

Lions club of truro second hand book sale

Sat 11th-Sun 12th Killifreth Hill, Chacewater TR4 8NB

Cornwall’s ultimate wedding marquee show - wedding fair Sun 12th 11am-3pm Truro High School, Falmouth Road, Truro TR1 2HU

Band concert: pendeen silver band Sun 12th 2.30pm-4.30pm Victoria Gardens, St George’s Road, Truro TR1 3AD

Sat 4th 9am Lemon Quay, Truro

Autospeed-stock car & banger racing

Skydive perranporth 2019 fundraiser for children’s hospice south west

Sun 5th 1pm United Downs Raceway, St. Day

Sat 18th 8am-5pm £400 minimum sponsorship.

Perranporth Airfield, St Agnes.

St mawes classic car festival

Mon 6th-Fri 10th. Based in St Mawes but travelling all over Cornwall

Merlin ms centre: charity golf day Fri 24th 9am. £30 per person to include carvery.

Truro Golf Club, Tresawls Road TR1 3LG. Tickets from Visit Truro (CRBO)

Blackadder goes forth– a cornish premiere

Wed 8th-Sat 11th & Wed15th-Sat 18th. Four episodes Tunes in the dunes from the iconic BBC comedy series. 7.30pm + on Sat Fri 24th-Sun 26th 12noon-11pm. Perranporth Beach 2.30pm. The Truro Playhouse, Redannick Lane, Truro TR1 2JP. Tickets from Visit Truro (CRBO) Fal river festival Fri 24-Sun 2nd June Community Festival with over 150 events. www.falriver.co.uk

The mayor of truro’s charity golf day

Fri 10th 8am-10pm. Competing for the Boscawen Volvo Trophy. Truro Golf Club. Entry fee £120 per team of 4. Generous prizes, many competitions.

To book 07733 112609

The great estate festival

Fri 31st-Sun 2nd June The most rambunctious garden fete! Scorrier House, Redruth TR16 5AU

Oaysis-the uk’s #1 oasis tribute band Fri 10th 7.30pm-11.55pm Old Bakery Studios, Blewetts Wharf, Malpas Road, Truro TR1 1QH. Tel: 01872 278804

Karnon kidz present: Disney’s ‘the little mermaid jr’

Fri 31st-Sun 2nd 7pm 1st June 2pm & 7pm. 2nd June 2pm only. The Perranwell Centre, School Hill, Perran-ar-Worthal TR3 7JU. Bos Office: 03454 50096

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Truro City Football Club Treyew Road, Truro Tel: 01872 225400

Truro cycling club www.trurocycling.org Tel: 01872 279789

Truro Rugby Football Club St Clements Hill, Truro Tel: 01872 274750

Truro lawn tennis club Newbridge Lane, Truro Ryan Fern 07814 533087 ryantennis75@gmail.com

Carrick Sports & Rec Centre Carew Road, Truro Tel: 01872 272326

Truro camera club www.trurocameraclub.btck.co.uk

Truro Squash Club St Georges Road, Truro Tel: 01872 273252

Truro city bowling club Kenwyn Hill, Truro 01872 274376 www.trurocitybc.co.uk

Truro Cricket Club The Pavillion, Boscawen Park, Truro Tel: 01872 277468

Truro fencing club Truro School New Gym Tel: 01872 261303

Truro Leisure Centre College Road, Truro Tel: 01872 261628

Cornwall Orienteering Club www.cornwallorienteering.org.uk Tel: 01872 277320

Truro Byrne black belt acad Truro Town Hall, Boscawen Street. www.edbyrne.co.uk Truro Golf Club Treliske, Truro Tel: 01872 278684 Cornwall ACU Motor cycle sport Tel: 01872 561457 Nordic Walking South West Truro www.activatehealth.co.uk Tel: 07882 753315 Truro badminton club Penair School, Truro Tel: 01872 561152

Truro & District Motor Club Ltd www.trurodmc.co.uk Tel: Hon Sec 01209 200752

Truro River Rowing Club Cornish Pilot Gig Rowing, Looe Beach, Feock Tel: Rob Grose 07545 121957 www.truroriverrowingclub.com Truro Hash House Harriers www.trurohhh.org.uk Tel: 01872 276051 Truro Junior Hockey Club Penair School, Truro Tel: 01872 240388 Truro Karate Academy Zen Shin Do Truro Boys Club, Truro Tel: Duncan 01872 277726 www.trurokarateacademy.com Truro School of Samba www.truroschoolofsamba.co.uk Tel: 01872 270790 Cornwall BMX Racing Club Blackwater, Truro. TR4 8HJ Tel: 07813 272593

Local Dance & Exercise classes Visit www.welcomingfitness.co.uk Or call Rhiannon 01872 865017

Truro Running Club www.trurorunningclub.org.uk

Truro hockey club sec@trurohc.co.uk Alex Rust 07712 736955

Truro wine tasting group www.cornwallwine.org.uk Tel: 01872 276314

Truro Walking Truro Canoe Racing Club Football Group Truro School, Trennick Lane E: trurocanoeclub@outlook.com W: trurocanoeclub.wordpress.com/ 07792097457

Truro Ladies’ Luncheon Idodance dance school Myoken dojo (Japanese sword Club www.idodance.co.uk Email: es20brown@gmail.com & stick martial arts) Tel: Hon. Treasurer 07710 219225 Gloweth Truro 01872 260545 www.myokendojo.com 07515 902389

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grass roots community development Article by Damien Richards, Community development officer, Truro city council Hello Truro!

On the second day, after a productive meeting with their North Bristol Community Development Manager I went out shadowing Alex in the communities; Knowle West and Filwood. Once again, I was taken to fantastic community centres and facilities, we also discussed Asset Based Community Development, or ABCD. At this stage in the article I would like to explain more about some of the great work that has happened with residents in Filwood and how they recovered their community through positive action but I just haven’t got enough words to tell you about it! However, if you type this link into your internet browser: https://bcc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/ index.html? appid=5fb05d8651a34870b17847b02f7c4034

I would like to write this article explaining about my recent trip to Bristol. I was invited by Bristol City Council to work alongside their renowned Community Development Team for 3 days, a way to share best practice and to learn from each other, I must say it was an eye opening visit and I am looking to work in Truro in a slightly different way.

I’ll continue to work alongside the community groups I do already but I will be developing a more ‘Asset Based Community Development’ approach, I’ll explain more about that later in the article and also let you know how you can be a part of it.

So, what did my Bristol trip entail? Well, I was up at 4:30am on a rainy Monday morning to get up to Bristol City Hall for 9:30 to deliver a presentation of our Community Development work here in Truro to the team at Bristol City Council (BCC). It was quite daunting but our work in Truro is having an impact in the neighbourhoods we work with and they were impressed by the work we are doing here. That meant a lot to me, the Community Development team at BCC are world renowned in their work and host community workers from all over the world to learn from them. They have recently hosted workers form Holland and Singapore; and this really stirred me, they were invited to the Cabinet Office in Westminster to meet with residents of Grenfell after the terrible fire there a couple of years ago with a view to supporting residents to rebuild their community.

It will explain the story of Don and the Boulevard at Filwood, a lovely story.

So what is ABCD? ‘Asset-based community development (ABCD) is a methodology for the sustainable development of communities based on their strengths and potentials. It involves assessing the resources, skills, and experience available in a community; organizing the community around issues that move its members into action; and then determining and taking appropriate action. This method uses the community's own assets and resources as the basis for development; it empowers the people of the community by encouraging them to utilize what they already possess.’

After I delivered my presentation, I stuck around for their team meeting, there are 18 Community Development workers for BCC, I found their team meeting a come together of ideas and one of the many rewarding experiences on my visit. In the afternoon of my first day I shadowed one of their workers in two inner-city communities, Easton and Barton Hill. I visited fantastic community facilities such as the Community Centre at Easton, Barton Hill Settlement (another community centre) and Wellspring Health Centre. The Wellspring Health Centre was a great facility which hosted the GP practices and wellbeing activities under one roof. If you visited your GP there you might well have been advised to exercise or improve your diet and the GP could refer you to a class or course being delivered under the same roof, makes perfect sense and a worthwhile use of the space.

ABCD isn’t too far from what we are doing now in Truro, so we are going to take aspects of how BCC delivered this method and add it to ours. What I am going to be doing is engaging more, knocking more doors and connecting residents throughout Truro.

Thanks for taking the time to read this slightly different article this month, but it was such a rewarding experience I wanted to share it with you.

I am in the middle of writing up a full report of the visit which will be available so if you would like to discuss that or ways in which we could work together in your community then please get in touch. As I didn’t have the space to include my 3rd day with a visit to the St. Pauls area, I’ll be back next month to let you know about that and great community work in Truro.

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Community centre and community association activity The Community Centres and community associations at Malpas Road, Trelander and St. Clements and Malabar continue to provide theirs and the wider community of Truro some great activities to take place in the centres or out in the wider community. I’ll give a run down with up to date activity:

Trelander and St. Clements Community Hall / Trelander and St. Clements Community Association Trelander and St. Clements Community Hall is a great community building that offers lots of community activity such as; a very popular coffee morning with bacon sandwiches, cakes and good company which runs third and fourth Saturday of the month. Take a look at the following which lists what else is available at Trelander and St. Clements Community Hall: Monday Morning - Be Kind To Yourself – gentle exercise for older people from 9:30am – 11:30am Monday Evening - Yoga - 6:30pm - 8:30pm Monday Evening – Bingo 7:30pm – 9:00pm Tuesday Evenings– Martial Arts - 7:pm – 9:00pm Wednesday Morning - Gentle Yoga for older people - 10:00am – 12:00pm Wednesday Evening – Youth Club – 6pm – 8pm Thursday Morning - pottery and crafts for under 5 year olds 9:00am – 11:30am Thursday Evening - Karate 5:00pm – 8:00pm Saturday Morning – Circus Skills – 9am – 1:00pm Sunday Morning - Vineyard Church family’s sessions – 9:00am – 1:30pm Saturday and Sunday afternoons available for parties, get in touch with me on the details below for further information.

Malpas Road Community Centre / Malpas Road Community Association Monday Yoga - 6pm – 7pm Tuesday – Body Workout exercise class – 10:30 – 11:30, suitable for all abilities, encourages balance, posture, stamina and muscle strength followed by Tea and Coffee.

Tuesday Afternoon – Children’s Centre services – 1:00pm – 4:00pm Wednesday – Free slot Thursday – Children’s Centre services - 12:00 – 2:30 – Craft club in the evenings from 7pm Friday – Free slot Saturday morning – Malpas Café – 1st Saturday of the month – 10:30 – 12:30, homemade cakes and barista service.

To keep up to date with what’s happening at Malpas Road Community Centre and what the association are organising then check out the Facebook page ‘Malpas Road Community Centre’

Dates for your diary: Monday the 29th April 2pm -4pm, Creative Connections, Free creative workshops at Truro Community Library.

Tuesday 7th May 10:30am -12pm, Talking Café at Carrick Sports and Recreation centre.

Saturday 11th May 10am – 11am, Hendra community meeting at Carrick sports and Recreation Centre (Hendra Hall).

Monday 13th May 7:30pm, Penn an Dre Residents Association (PADRA) meeting at All Saints Church.

Wednesday 15th May 7:30pm, Beechwood Parc Community Association meeting at Café Chaos.

Saturday 25th May 10am, Rosedale Community Association meeting at Kenwyn Parish Church.

Malabar Community Annexe / New Beginning Community Association (Malabar) Monday – Free morning and evening space, home schooling in the afternoon at the centre Tuesday – Free morning and evening space but from 12pm – 3pm 50+ afternoon Wednesday – Free morning and afternoon but there is community Bingo in the evening from 7pm – 9pm, all welcome.

Thursday – 11am – 1pm – Mr White Bingo, Community Café on the first Thursday of the month from 1:30pm – 3pm - £1 donation for endless tea, coffee and cake!

Friday – Free evening space *Please get in touch with me for availability/ bookings for parties and meetings etc

Thanks for reading and If you would like more information or would like to get something off the ground in your community then please get in touch by email at damien@truro.gov.uk or find me on Facebook.

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Sme national business awards Following on from another successful year of entries, the SME National Business Awards are back for their third year. These Awards are a celebration of the best SMEs (Small Medium SME National Business Awards 2018 Enterprises) from throughout the UK and are now open for entry. The awards final will take place at the iconic Wembley Stadium on Friday 6th December with over 850 people expected to attend.

There is an extensive list of 21 categories to choose from and businesses can enter up to three.

Categories including Business Innovation, Entrepreneur of the Year and Website of the Year.

businesses across the UK, this year we are looking forward to seeing many more of the UKs top companies enter and make it through to the grand final at Wembley Stadium.

SMEs represent 99% of the business population in the UK. What better way to gain the recognition that your business deserves than by showcasing its achievements and promoting what you do at a national level.

Business of the Year winner in 2018, Purity Brewery Company Managing Director, Paul Halsey commended "What a way to end 2018! We're absolutely delighted and extremely proud of this achievement to be recognised not just on a local stage but nationally as well."

In addition to the judged categories, this year we are including a public vote for your local favourites Pub of the Year, Restaurant of the Year, Best Customer Service and Coffee Shop of the Year.

Nominations close on Thursday 16th May at 5pm.

For more information go to www.smenationalbusinessawards.co.uk or call 01908 542720

Awards Director, Damian Cummins said: "Last year we saw over 650 in attendance from the best

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Wildlife friendly Business award is open for entries Wildlife Friendly Business Gold winners 2018 Newquay Sea Safaris, photo by Nick Williams

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ornwall Wildlife Trust is delighted that its ever-popular ‘Wildlife Friendly Business Award’ category is now open for entries for 2019.

“We would urge all tourism businesses that encourage space for nature and promote wildlife to their customers and guests to enter the awards.

Taking part is a great way for us to help you to improve your existing business and focus on best practice for the future. Whether you have entered before or decide to do so now, this is your opportunity to shine. We are thrilled to be supported by Tevi for this year’s category.”

This exciting category will be part of the annual Cornwall Tourism Awards for the 8th year running, which this year has a new website, a shorter application form and a new online entry process. The deadline for entries is Tuesday 30th April.

Dee Reeves, Chair of the Trust’s Marketing and Fundraising Committee says,

The Wildlife Friendly Business Awards category is once again being sponsored by Tevi (Cornish for ‘grow’), which is an ERDF-funded partnership project supporting economic and environmental growth in Cornwall.

“Our Wildlife Friendly Business Award highlights the importance of businesses that make a serious effort to protect our environment and its wildlife. After all, this is the very reason that many people want to be in Cornwall in the first place and, for many of us, making a difference for nature is becoming one of the most important aspects of our lives.”

Tevi is the only project of its kind that brings together an economic growth agenda with an environmental one, hand in hand. The initiative, now entering its 2nd year of 3, provides small and medium-sized enterprises across the county with expert consultation, opportunities for recognition and certification, as well as access to grant funding, in order to help realise Cornwall’s unique strategic commitment to environmental growth. Tevi also supports enterprises to become more efficient with their natural resource use, to minimise their waste and increase recycling initiatives as part of the global transition towards a circular economy.

The venture is led by the University of Exeter, and is delivered through a partnership with the Trust, Cornwall Council and the Cornwall Development Company.

If you believe that your tourism business is excellent and do all you can to help Cornwall’s wildlife, we would love for you to enter, so that your business will be recognised as one of the county's best! To enter, please visit www.cornwalltourismawards.org.uk all entries to be received by Tuesday 30th April.

The Cornwall Tourism Awards will culminate with a Grand Awards Dinner in November where the gold, silver and bronze winners will be announced.

For more information about how your business can work for wildlife with Cornwall Wildlife Trust, please visit www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/business.

Tom Shelley, Conservation Manager for the Trust says,

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Another award for CHBN National hospital radio awards 2019

Mike Brown, winner of the silver award for Best Specialist Music Programme

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t the end of March, volunteers from Truro's Community and Hospital Broadcasting Network attended the annual award ceremony of the Hospital Broadcasting Association. Once again, CHBN was a winner.

guaranteed hour of smooth relaxation, while for those at home it gives a quiet oasis between the end of the week and the start of the weekend.

From 3-4 pm Mike has a 'Friday Live' session where he plays listeners' requests and sometimes invites guests into the studio to chat or play live in session. Finally from 4 pm it is the 'Home Run' CHBN's Drivetime sequence with the news, weather and travel news, the weekend what's on and more music. This finishes at 6 pm when presumably Mike goes home to lie down in a dark room.

The HBA represents over 200 individual radio stations throughout the UK. The nine categories open for nominations were: Best Station Promotion; Best Specialist Music Programme; Best Speech Package; Best Special Event; Best Newcomer; Best Programme with Multiple Presenters; Best Male Presenter; Best Female Presenter; Station of the Year.

For the silver award, the winning entry came from a programme which Mike recorded at Poldark Mine last year. It was the venue for the Devon and Cornwall Festival of Fairground Organs. The judges said they enjoyed this entry, with the citation "it was a pleasantly original show with great use of location recording and some wonderful local accents. Well worth a listen".

From hundreds of entries, the judges have the formidable task of choosing a short list of ten for each of the categories. The standards are high and competition is fierce. This year four presenters from CHBN were placed in the short lists for three of the awards: Mike Brown in the Best Specialist Music Programme; Claire Bear and Zara Shoesmith for Best Newcomer and Mark Webster for Best Male Presenter.

Although the other short-listed presenters did not gain an award, to be placed in the top ten is an important achievement. CHBN continues to go from strength to strength. In particular, we are working to extend the reach of the Station to other hospitals in Cornwall. Watch this space.

It was Mike Brown, with his 'Friday Alternative', who carried the day for CHBN. He received the silver award for Best Specialist Music Programme. Mike runs a radio marathon on Friday afternoons from 1 pm. The first hour has a particular theme which could be 'The One O'clock Jump' (big band and swing). Or perhaps the 'Acoustic Hour' (folk and roots). Or else 'The Time Machine' (a fast moving sequence of oldies from the fifties to the noughties). From 2 pm he has 'More Me Time', a choice of gentle relaxing music including ballads, new-age and instrumentals. The aim of this part is to provide hospital patients with a

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Chris mcconnell get to know Truro’s leading Pain free dentist

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ental Logic Truro is the brain child of Chris McConnell, a well-established UK Cosmetic and Implant dentist who has chosen Truro to set up the first painfree, digital dental centre in the South West.

treatments. Even better is that for those looking at improving their smile with implants or veneers, we can now show them the results before treatment start. I suppose this is the ultimate dental “try before you buy!”. This doesn’t exist anywhere else in the South West.

We caught up with Chris at the practice on Little Castle Street…

SO IS IT AFFORDABLE? Absolutely. This was one of the main things we focused on. Ethical pricing is important to me, and I believe that everyone should be able to have the smile they want. We have in-house affordable finance plans from as little as £50 a month.

WHY TRURO? We were looking to set up a state of the art dental centre which focuses on PAIN-FREE dentistry. We looked far and wide, however having lived in Cornwall for the last 15 years, Truro stood out as the perfect choice for us. It is a great place to live and work but also has great transport links and a fantastic sense of community which is really important to us.

To find out more about how we can help there is the option of a free consultation with the treatment advisor, Helen in our bespoke consultation room.

Just call 01872 306622 or email info@DentalLogicTruro.co.uk

NO PAIN DENTISTRY! – IS THIS POSSIBLE? YES, absolutely. I have had extensive training, which allows me to provide pain-free dentistry by using certain techniques. The equipment we have invested in really helps as it means a lot of the normal painful dental treatments have been replaced with modern ways of doing things. I regularly audit all patients on this and for the last 6 months we have had 97% say their treatment was pain free and 100% would recommend us. Patient feedback is very important to us.

WHY DOES THE NEW EQUIPMENT MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR YOUR PATIENTS? By investing in the latest technology means no more messy impressions or pain with

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