Cornish Christmas Giving ’s Alternative Christmas Catalogue 2016 (In association with the Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum)

Gifts that make a difference

Your gift will show that you care for someone you know but will also help to transform the lives of people in Cornwall Cornwall’s Alternative Christmas Catalogue We are delighted to be able to produce the Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogue for another year. Having borrowed the idea from other organisations, we have 20 Cornish Charitable Organisations taking part. Much like the national ones you will be able to donate to one or more of the organisations and by doing this on behalf of a family member or friend will receive a gift certificate to pass on.

Message from Bishop Tim I do encourage you to use this catalogue and not only give a wonderful gift to family and friends but also support marvellous local charities. I use this catalogue myself and am always both encouraged by the work the charities are doing and alarmed by the great need right here in our own part of the world. Please do encourage others to use this means to say thank you and support one another.

Message from The Dean Christmas can be a time when so much unhappiness and difficulty can be concealed because of the general air of goodwill that pervades the season. Yet, if anything, because of the real message of Christmas, it should be a time when we are more aware of the issues surrounding need and poverty, and not having them smoothed out of our thoughts and prayers. The Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogue is to be highly commended because it keeps these issues at the forefront of our thinking, and I would urge as many people as possible to support this.

Message from Andrew Yates, Chair, CIPF We are really excited about this project now in its 4th year and hope that our fellow Cornish residents, their families and their friends beyond will once again join us in this venture. The feedback from some of the people who benefit shows just how personal and important the impact of your gifts has been over the last 3 years and we know that we can help and improve lives in many small but effective ways. For example something as simple as a wind up torch can make life for a homeless person more tolerable and less depressing. Happy Christmas and New Year to you all.

(1) Cornwall Befriending Service

Help for those in need, offering free debt and financial advice and support combined with counselling. This holistic service is proving particularly effective for those where personal crises have been brought on, or exacerbated, by debt - over 55% of our clients are affected by mental incapacity. CBS works within local community centres with additional support via telephone or e mail, being "on hand" to those in need who are unable to organise appointments or travel arrangements.

At the moment we offer services in Penryn, and 2 centres in , but are looking to expand to and/or .

Our services are designed to enhance self esteem by counselling which with the debt advice and support, enables people to take responsibility for financial decisions.

 £15.00 Pays for CBS to attend a community centre for 4 weekly sessions  £20.00 Helps towards costs, dealing with client's creditors and other agencies

For more information, please visit our website: www.cbscic.co.uk (2) Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum - Backpack Beds Backpack Beds - A new backpack portable shelter is now helping to improve the lives for people who face a daunting night sleeping on the streets. The CIPF has accessed these backpack shelters which are distributed through organisations that provide support. They have been trialled in Cornwall by the Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum, in conjunction with key projects providing support for the homeless and rough sleepers in the county. They are fully waterproof, light and provide essential emergency relief to those living on the streets. They are more cost effective and last longer than sleeping bags and blankets.

Backpack shelters are not the permanent solution to preventing or relieving homeless and rough sleeping in Cornwall. They offer a simple short-term solution to help vulnerable people take the next step out of poverty.

 £70.00 Pays for an individual backpack bed

For more information, please visit our website: www.cornwallindependentpovertyforum.btck.co.uk (3) Cornwall Samaritans at Truro

In today’s increasingly stressful and hectic world, increasing numbers of people look to Samaritans as a means of helping them cope with day to day issues, crises and disasters. Run entirely by volunteers and funded from fundraising and donations, Samaritans of Cornwall at Truro is the only Branch of this organisation based solely in the Duchy. Last year, volunteers in the Branch responded to 52,000 calls for help which come in via phone email, text, SMS and face to face.

Our volunteers also work in the community, supporting visitors to A&E at Treliske, the Camborne Foodbank and PeAT in Penzance. Our callers have a wide range of issues including bereavement, financial worries, relationship problems and mental and physical health concerns. Whatever the caller wants to discuss Samaritans offers a confidential, non-judgemental space to explore what is going on. The Branch costs £50,000 a year to run and relies totally on fundraising and donations to maintain services.

 £5.00 Keeps the Branch open for 1 hour, responding to calls, emails and texts  £10.00 Helps us train a new volunteer  £25.00 Ensures we can stay open in the early hours of the morning when no other support is available  £50.00 Funds our attendance at Camborne Foodbank and PeAT project for a month

For more information, please visit our website: www.samaritans.org/branches/samaritans-cornwall-truro (4) Cornwall Nightstop

Cornwall NightStop provides emergency accommodation for 16 to 25 year olds who have found themselves homeless throughout Cornwall. They are given accommodation by a host family on a night by night basis but can stay up to 3 nights whilst their referral agency works with them to find a more permanent solution. The young person will be given an evening meal, a bed for the night, breakfast and assistance in getting back to the referral agency.

Cornwall Nightstop has been developed by the Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum in partnership with the St Petroc’s Society and DePaul Nightstop UK.

 £15.00 Provides an evening meal, a bed for the night and breakfast.

For more information, please visit our website: www.cornwallindependentpovertyforum.btck.co.uk (5) St Petroc’s Society

St Petroc’s mission is to provide accommodation, support

and advice to the single homeless in Cornwall who more often than not fall outside the responsibility of statutory authorities. Very often the single homeless are sleeping rough and may have a range of difficulties, including mental ill health, relationship breakdown, drug or alcohol dependency, or an offending lifestyle which contribute to their homelessness and social exclusion. St Petroc’s provide houses across Cornwall giving safe environments for 50 individuals to have a place they can call home. In Truro and Penzance St Petroc’s Resettlement Centres offer services including showers, toilets, food, clothing, bedding, laundry facilities and GP surgeries. In addition the St Petroc’s Assertive Street Outreach team aims to reduce rough sleeping and assist those with multiple issues in gaining the support they need. St Petroc’s aim is to help all clients progress towards living independently.

 £10.00 Provides a personal hygiene pack to include essential toiletries, etc  £25.00 Provides cutlery, crockery, small electricals for a resident to move on  £35.00 Provides all meals for one week for a supported resident

For more information, please visit our website: www.stpetrocs.org.uk (6) CPR (Camborne, Pool and areas) Foodbank

The CPR Foodbank distributes food to those in need in the Camborne, Pool and Redruth areas. The need for Foodbank has increased tremendously in the last 18 months and this figure is set to keep rising not only in Cornwall but nationally. Rising food and fuel prices, static incomes, under-employment and changes to benefits are some of the reasons why increasing numbers are being referred to foodbanks for emergency food.

The following are costs to provide a basic food box for a family of 4:

 £3.00 Breakfast  £7.00 Lunch  £15.00 Dinner  £25.00 Food for 1 week  £35.00 Christmas hamper

For more information, please visit our website: www.cprfoodbank.co.uk

(7) Cornwall Community Foundation

The Crisis Fund makes small awards, usually £30 or less to a

maximum of £90, to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals within Cornwall and Isles of Scilly who are suffering immediate hardship. We are able to reach those most deprived through our partnership agencies and charitable organisations working with these individual on a daily basis. We have a high priority to support those in danger of becoming homeless, individuals who are currently homeless, destitute and/or vulnerable and short term accommodation provision for homeless people. This fund has also supported accommodation for a young man after his wallet was stolen and payments to help with immediate need such as transport, clothing, food.

 £5.00 Enables a homeless person to travel to a winter night shelter  £15.00 Provides hot meals for 10 elderly people  £25.00 Will feed a family of four in hardship for a week

For more information, please visit our website: www.cornwallfoundation.com (8) Cornwall Dyslexia Association Established in 1991 and the only organisation in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly delivering specialist dyslexia-focused support, The CDA was founded by a small group of concerned parents and soon evolved into a successful registered charity. Our vision is of a dyslexia friendly society that enables dyslexic people of all ages to reach their full potential. Our aim is to support the needs of dyslexic children and young people in education and their families, as well as adults who are out of work, in education, training or in the workplace.

We raise awareness of dyslexia and campaign for appropriate awareness and provision for dyslexics in local schools, colleges and for appropriate support in the workplace. The CDA is a well-respected and trusted organisation that is known to provide an independent quality service.

 £5.00 Pays for volunteer’s travel expenses who offer an outreach service  £10.00 Keeps our drop-in service open for 1 hour  £15.00 Funds learning resources to help adults to develop their literacy skills  £25.00 Provides mentoring support for adults and children with Dyslexia  £50.00 Funds activities to develop confidence of adults and children with Dyslexia

For more information, please visit our website: www.cornwalldyslexia.org.uk About the Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum (CIPF) The Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum is twenty years old and continues to develop its role of helping to address social exclusion. Our aim is to highlight the issues around poverty and to work at a local level to help individuals and local groups bring about change. The Forum has established a number of different initiatives over its lifetime and the Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogue has one of these initiatives, Backpack Beds, promoted in this years publication. The Forum is open to anyone and contact should be made through Revd Andrew Yates Social Responsibility Officer at Church House, Threemilestone.

Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogues During the first three years, 2013 - 2015, the Catalogues have together raised over £30,000. With 12 charities in the first year, expanding to 20 in the second and third. All have received donations and equally important have had their profile raised by the exposure gained through inclusion in the Catalogues.

The 2016 Catalogue has the support of the , Truro Cathedral, Cornwall Community Foundation, BBC Radio Cornwall and Mid Cornwall Printing. Members of the public have shown great enthusiasm and support and we are sure that will continue with this year’s Catalogue. We hope that you find a gift from this Catalogue, which shows a friend or relative that you care and helps those in need in Cornwall.

How it works 1. Choose your charity or charities from the catalogue from 1 - 20. 2. Decide how much you wish to donate. 3. Complete the payment form overleaf and e-mail it to: [email protected] or post to: Cornish Christmas Giving, Church House, Woodlands Court, Truro Business Park, Threemilestone, Truro, Cornwall TR4 9NH by Friday, 16th December 2016. 4. Please make the payment for your gift by either:  PayPal https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/send-money-online  Cheque - made payable to the ‘Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogue’ who are acting as the managing party, or  Cash - accepted at Church House, Truro - N.B. an appointment with the Catalogue’s administrator needs to be made first, Tel: 07842 391 654. 5. Your gift certificate will be posted, or e-mailed, to you as soon as possible.

(1) Please enter the organisation/s for whom would like to purchase a certificate for:

Catalogue No. Name of Charity Amount £ Description Eg (20) CPR Foodbank £20.00 Supplemented fresh food

Please continue on separate sheet if necessary (2) Please complete the following details:

Your Name ...... E-Mail ...... Address ...... Post Code ......

(3) To who and where would you like the certificate sent? (if different from above):

Your Name ...... E-Mail ...... Address ...... Post Code ......

(4) How would you prefer the recipient to receive their certificate?

Please tick appropriate box By Post: By e-mail: No Certificate Required:

(5) Payment: Please complete the above information for all payment methods: Online: Via PayPal—https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/send-money-online follow steps to ‘Send someone money’ and use the CIPF e-mail address [email protected] to pay to, please also complete this form and the gift aid form, e-mail these to [email protected]

Cheque: Please make cheques payable to Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogue and send together with payment form to Christmas Giving, Church House, Woodlands Court, Truro Business Park, Threemilestone, Truro, Cornwall TR4 9NH

Cash: This can be received and certificated issued at Church House - Please contact the CIPF administrator to make an appointment first on 07842 391 654

(6) The last date of issue for postal certificates is: Friday 16th December 2016. The last day for exchange at Church House is: Friday 23rd December 2016.

“Some of the projects can claim gift aid. If you are a UK taxpayer, the value of your donations increase by 25% - please see the next page” Some of the charities and organisations featured in the 2016 Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogue are able to claim Gift Aid on your donation. If you are a UK taxpayer, the value of your donation(s) increase by 25% under the Gift Aid scheme. If you have purchased a gift from one or more of the organisations and can fulfil the Gift Aid criteria statement, please complete the following form which will be forwarded to the organisation(s) you identified

St Petroc’s Society £...... Playzone Penzance £...... Samaritans £...... Cornwall Community Foundation £...... Launceston Food Bank £...... Launceston Money Advice £...... (please indicate your donation amounts in the space provided)

Gift Aid Declaration

Name of Charities or Organisations ......

Please treat the above enclosed gift(s) of £...... as a Gift Aid donation.

I confirm that I have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for the current year (6th April to 5th April) that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all the Charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for the current tax year. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. I understand that the Charity will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I have given.

Donor’s Details:

Title ...... First Name or Initial(s) ...... Surname ......

Address ......

......

...... Post Code ......

Date ...... Signature ......

Please notify the charity or CASC if you: Want to cancel this declaration, change your name or home address, no longer pay sufficient tax on your income and /or capital gains.

If you pay Income Tax at the highest rate and want to receive the additional tax relief due to you, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self-Assessment tax return or ask HM Revenue and Customs to adjust your tax code.

Personal data supplied on this form will be kept only for CIPF record purposes and will not be shared with a third party other than for the purpose of Gift Aid claims

Feedback from last year’s projects:

Paul Green from Backpack Beds: “With the donations we have received each year, we have been able to purchase more than 100 backpack beds, which in turn have been distributed to several

organisations via the Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum, helping rough sleepers across Cornwall. This simply would not be possible without the support of the Christmas Giving Catalogue and the donations pledged because of it. Thank You.”

Karen from Camborne, Pool & Redruth Food Bank: CPR Foodbank continues to feed around 500 people a month and the need is not set to decrease any time soon. In 2014 and 2015 we managed to give Christmas hampers to over 400 of the most needy local families. A hamper contains a Christmas lunch and presents for any children. We are able to do this because of your donations and because of the tireless dedication of our team of 52 volunteers”

Judy from Hidden Help: “The majority of the costs associated with Hidden Help are transport related; delivering donated household goods to those who need them. The donations we received last year proved a great help in offsetting these costs and will be grateful for donations that will continue to help.”

If you would like more information about the Catalogue or further copies, please contact the Cornish Christmas Giving Project Co-ordinator Colin Robinson, by phone on: 07842 391 654 or e-mail: [email protected].

(9) Cosgarne Hall

Cosgarne Hall in St. Austell houses 60 of the most vulnerable and socially excluded homeless people and supports them to gain confidence, skills and experience to recover from homelessness, sustain their tenancies and work towards living independently. Our programme of support and activities is varied and includes counselling sessions, art classes, volunteering on our smallholding, excursions and educational courses, helping people to enjoy a value in their lives and themselves that homelessness may have dulled.

 £15.00 Will pay for a Podiatrist to offer an outreach appointment in our clinical room to treat a resident’s feet which are often in incredibly poor health due to homelessness.  £40.00 Will pay for a welcome pack for new residents containing essential items including bedding, a wash kit, cooking equipment, freeview box and food to help them feel at home in their new environment.

For more information, please visit our website: www.cosgarnehall.org (10) The Coastal ZONE

The Downderry Methodist Fellowship has adapted the church building so it has become an updated resource for community expression of talent, friendship and caring. The work has to be self-supporting financially and requires help for running costs. For instance the Bread and Babes parent and small children group needs a warm building, with cooking facilities.

A new garden with wonderful sea-views has been formed from a dangerous and neglected space. There is a lawn for children’s play and for games and parties. In addition there are bee, amphibian and insect friendly areas, and raised beds for the Memory Café members to enjoy and low beds for children’s sensory plants.

 £5.00 Pays the electricity bill for one Bread and Babes session in the winter  £15.00 Provides funds for a gardener to support volunteers for a fortnight as they mow, water, weed and replant the new garden

(11) Nature Workshop

Spending time in nature has been found to induce feelings of closeness to the world and each other, especially when you spend time playing and making friends, eating and drinking round a fire, relaxing while doing some whittling, or learning about birds, plants and other species. However, when you are from a poorer background, have mental health issues or have been dealt a bad deal by life, it can be hard to access these natural spaces. So even though it is free, people don't see the point or know what to do, when they go outside.

At Nature Workshops we use the natural world for well being and learning. We provide people from vulnerable backgrounds time out from the stresses and demands of normal life. We give people a chance to capture a little bit more childhood, learning useful skills for life, gain confidence and self respect and help people feel optimistic about the future. We also provide training in how to make these opportunities possible.

 £5.00 Pays for 5 balls of string to learn knots, tie up tree shelters and make kazoos  £10.00 Pays for a healthy meal for 4 vulnerable people, cooked over the fire  £15.00 Pays for 3 hours workshop access for one adult with mental health issues  £15.00 Pays for 3 hours workshop access for one vulnerable young person

For more information, please visit our website: www.natureworkshops.co.uk

(12) Hidden Help Hidden Help is a Community Project supported by the Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum. The aim is to collect unwanted household goods which are then stored in a warehouse near Bissoe, Truro.

The project is then contacted by charities (e.g. women's refuge houses, and Glen Carn, St Agnes) asking for goods to be taken to those starting up homes, having left various institutions, or those in need. Recently five beds were delivered to a family who had none.

 £5.00 Pays for a delivery to Truro  £10.00 Pays for a delivery outside of Truro

For more information, please visit our website: www.hiddenhelp.org (13) Launceston Foodbank

Launceston Food bank (affiliated to the Trussell Trust) was set up in 2011 to help local people who find themselves in crisis. In 2015 we fed 589 adults and 349 children.

We try to help clients with clothing, bedding, and items of furniture when available. These items are, generously donated to us by members of the public. This enables us to assist when a referral agency notifies us of a crisis (e.g. fleeing domestic violence, first time accommodation renters, elderly people leaving hospital with inadequate furniture, bedding etc). However occasionally where there is a need and we do not have supplies then we purchase items such as duvets, pillows, baby milk and nappies

Donations of any amount can help ensure we can continue to run the food bank and support those in crisis. If you wish to become a regular donor and can afford to do so, please contact us to find out how to become a food bank friend.

 £5.00 Helps cater for any special dietary needs of clients in crisis  £10.00 Pays towards more expensive items such as formula and nappies  £20.00 Pays for half a days van hire to deliver furniture to clients in crisis

For more information, please visit our website: www.launceston.foodbank.org.uk (14) Launceston Money Advice Launceston Money Advice Centre (affiliated to Community Money Advice) was set up in 2013 to help local people, who have found themselves in financial crisis. Our advisors work towards our clients becoming debt free and we have helped over 150 clients with financial challenges, debts, benefit issues, bankruptcy and DROs.

Clients can be young families, people who have lost their jobs and risk losing their homes, the elderly, people struggling on benefits and people with mental health issues. (1 in every 2 people with financial issues, having some kind of mental health condition).

LMAC offers free, confidential advice and guidance to anyone who asks for help and assigns a personal volunteer advisor, to assess their financial need.

 £5.00 Buys supplies of stamps and stationery  £10.00 Helps with legal insurances needed to continue operating  £20.00 Pays for a part-time administrator to perform office duties and ensures FCA insurances and compliance standards are met

For more information, please visit our website: www.launcestonmoney.co.uk (15) Playzone@Penzance

This Penlee Pluster churches project is set in the midst of dense housing and within the most deprived part of Cornwall. It is a much valued and highly subsidised play zone facility and is now open for families seven days a week. Families gather here from across West Penwith to experience a safe and welcoming indoor play space.

Alongside open public play sessions there are regular special times for young people with disabilities, families going through tough times and a Saturday morning "Who Let the Dads Out"....a time for dads to spend with their children.

We now plan to create a Sensory Area especially aimed at children with needs – both physically and emotionally. We also aim to grow our School Holiday ‘Free Lunch and Play’ provision to support vulnerable children.

 £10.00 Pays towards a multi sensory area  £15.00 Provide 5 free lunch and play sessions during school holidays  £20.00 Pays for a closed session for the local Women's Refuge families  £30.00 Provide breakfasts for a "Who Let the Dads Out" session

For more information, please visit our website: www.penleecluster.org.uk/young-people-and-families/playzonepenzance.php (16) Roaming Penzance Roaming Penzance meets in St.Petroc's Breadline Centre on Thursdays, from 9.30 until 3.30. Some people find us by word of mouth, but most are referred by St.Petroc’s, we as partners create a space where the homeless people can, if they wish, relax, share in art activities and eat a healthy meal together.

We emphasise respect for one another's differences. Conversation is often lively and instructive, ranging from art and ethics to survival. Sharing thoughts, food, and creative activities, we are also exploring the meaning of art and culture in terms of value. Our time together often results in an improved sense of personal well being, which in turn has an impact on the wider community.

 £2.00 Pays for a paintbrush  £5.00 Pays for a tube of paint  £10.00 Pays for a blank canvas  £40.00 Pays for our weekly shared meal

For more information, please visit our website: www.roamingcic.com/index.html (17) Norda House Project

One in 6 men experience some form of domestic abuse in their lifetime, and yet male victims are nearly twice as likely not to tell anyone, only 10% will tell the police. The Norda Project is a confidential service for men who are in or have recently left an abusive relationship. We offer practical and emotional support both over the telephone and face to face through our outreach service. We also provide safe accommodation for men and their children in our male refuge.

The Norda Project also offers a community Support Group and a Male only 12 week Recovery Toolkit Programme to help restore self belief, self confidence and develop healthy relationships in the future. Domestic abuse is not a gender issue, it affects everyone. Domestic abuse is not measured by the scale and nature of the abuse but by the impact it has on the individual.

 £10.00 Pays for basic toiletries for men coming to refuge  £20.00 Pays for replacing sim cards when people arrive  £30.00 Pays for basic clothing and personal items for emergency arrival

For more information, please visit our website: www.nordahouse.org (18) Sea Sanctuary Sea Sanctuary is a unique mental health Charity, based in Penryn. We provide health education to some of the most vulnerable young people and adults in society, many of whom have no other means of support.

Unusually, the main platform for our service is a 70 foot wooden yacht, ‘Grace’, from which we deliver our award- winning health education programmes. We also have a land based facility, where we run activities, such as Mindfulness, relaxation techniques, art workshops and creative writing workshops. In addition, we arrange day trips for some of our clients.

 £5.00 Pays for an individual to attend a supportive workshop  £5.00 Pays for a nutritionally balanced evening meal for one on-board client  £10.00 Pays for craft materials for client workshops  £70.00 Helps fund a placement on the 4 day, residential, ‘Sail Into Life’ programme

For more information, please visit our website: www.seasanctuary.org.uk (19) Truro Community Football

Truro Community Football was started 2 years ago. It was initially set up to create inclusion and cultural understanding firstly in Truro and then within the County. As it progressed, it created more than this. Firstly our initial age group was 16 to 24 but we now range from 11 up to 51. We believe in achieving our aims by the participation and inclusion, in the world of football, of anybody within our community who is interested.

This is an ambitious project, we welcome people from far and wide to help us to use football as a way of helping people to feel included, valued and to enable them to develop socially and physically.

 £10.00 Pays for balls and equipment  £20.00 Helps with pitch fees

(20) Wired Cornwall Wired Cornwall is a CIC based at Trevissome Farmhouse, Nr. Chiverton Cross, Truro. Wired is a non-residential rehabilitation centre for people who have had strokes or an acquired brain injury. The Centre is open from Wednesday to Friday for group activities, such as craft work, woodwork, music and yoga. There are also therapists based at Wired offering 1:1 psychotherapy, speech recovery, acupuncture, specialist massage and homeopathy.

Wired has been running now for 7 years. It is staffed by volunteers and relies totally on fundraising, donations and a small charge to the patients. The therapies and activities at Wired help strokes victims and their families deal with some of the repercussions of a stroke or a brain injury including depression, frustration and loneliness. Meeting with others ‘in the same boat’ is often supportive in itself. Everyone seems to enjoy coming and we have loads of laughs!

 £5.00 Pays for a weeks worth of refreshments  £10.00 Pays for one patient attending for a day  £25.00 Pays for craft or woodwork materials for patient’s activities  £40.00 Pays for a group music session

For more information, please visit our website: www.wiredcornwall.org