Grass Roots Community Development

Article by Damien Richards, Community development officer, Truro city council

Hello Truro! Through our Community Development work, I’m really pleased to introduce you to Hendra Community Group.

I’ve enjoyed working with Hendra over the last year, through surveys, consultations and events, and there is now a fully constituted group in Hendra with great ideas and ambition for where they live. The aims on their constitution are:

• To engage and improve the quality of life for the Hendra community. To include community and fundraising events. • To improve the area of Hendra. To include improvement of the facilities and physical and natural environment for everyone who lives in the locality. • To promote a friendly, healthy, brighter Hendra.

If you would like to 'bring the community together' where you live our Community Development Service is here to support you to do that. If you would like something like this to happen in your neighbourhood, get in touch on my details below. Starting by preparing the ground and planting seeds, we finish with a grand end of year show including prizes for the best veg and best kept allotments. The aim is to have loads of fun while learning and parents are very welcome to come along and help in our efforts. There is a meeting (see below) to gauge if there is enough interest in starting this exciting new group.’

Please feel free to get in touch with Adam Hawker for more information: 07817853609

Truro Repair Café Truro Repair Café went really well last month, it was held at Truro Community Library and was well attended by those that wanted to bring along

something that needed to be repaired by skilled volunteers or wanted to give a hand in helping others repair items. The Repair Café isn’t just about getting things fixed, it’s about meeting others too and that’s the driving force behind Truro Repair Café, a place where you can meet others and help or be helped at the same time…. a win win situation! For more information take a look at the flyer on the page next to this.

Hendra Community Group –first committee meeting

Grow for life! There is a new group being put together at Malabar Community Annexe very soon, Adam Hawker, the lead on the exciting project said: ‘Get involved with an exciting new project aiming to get our young people growing their very own vegetables. A new club is being formed, meeting once a week at the NBCA site next to Truro Learning Academy, all tools will be provided, and refreshments made available. Dates for your diary: Grow For Life (as above) Saturday 22 nd

February, 10am –12:30pm at Malabar Community Annexe Coosebean Woodland Group Community Walk, Sunday 23 rd

February, 10am –12pm, meet at the bottom of Comprigney Hill Trelander and St. Clements Community Association meeting, Thursday 27 th

February, 7pm - 8pm at Trelander and St. Clements Community Hall Hendra Community Group meeting, Sat 29 th Feb from 09:30am –10:45am at Hendra Hall Coosebean Woodland Volunteer Day, Saturday 14 th

March from 10am –12pm, get in touch for meeting location. Tregurra BBQ planning meeting, Monday 16 th March from 6:30pm –7:00pm at Café Chaos

24 If you would like any further information or register an interest in anything in this article or have a community project/idea you would like some advice or support with then please do get in touch, I’d love to hear from you! You can drop me an email on: damien@truro.gov.uk or give me a call on 07943111661