Cultivate Cornwall

Helping Communities Grow

EPIC

(Essential provisions in cornwall)

From our EPIC Food Hub we support over 20 of Cornwall's charities and community projects, providing them with emergency food to distribute across their communities. Since the start of the pandemic we have given away over 100 tonnes of food equivalent to 300,000 meals.

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cultivate cornwall in numbers

Since 2016 we have been creating change in communities across Cornwall. 

747

Activities provided

for the local community from workshops to events, and everything in between, bringing together people from across the community.

24,480

people have participated in the activities we have provided
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Learning new skills, increasing employability, raising aspirations and most importantly enjoying themselves. 

274.8

tonnes of food surplus saved

preventing it from going to waste, redistributing it across the community to those in need through the Fare Exchange.

197

Community initiatives supported and collaborated with

Support provided through our COGS project and through collaborations formed at every opportunity to build successes across all projects.

36.2

tonnes of textile surplus saved

from landfill/incineration through the TeX project. Providing solution's to industrial textile waste and strengthening communities.

3812

volunteer hours given up to make all of this possible
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Without dedicated ongoing support from our expanding team of volunteers none of this would have been possible. 

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Tex Communities

Repurposing industry textile waste for community benefit.

TeX helps to create sustainable communities by working with industrial textile waste, embracing the Circular Economy, Our model is regenerative by design and works in a way that benefits communities, the environment and businesses. TeX works to create change across the six E's which form the key pillars of TeX

Education​

Communities often have the knowledge they need. TeX brings people together from across the community to share their skills, knowledge and experience across generations. Through 'Makerspace's', Textile Workshops and Training we equip the next generation of talent with the skills, knowledge and passion for the sustainable fashion and textiles industries.

Empowerment

We set out to empower people to take lead in their own communities, We have built a model that works although to address the climate emergency there is not time to scale it working on our own. We want to empower others to replicate our model in their communities, building momentum behind the TeX movement. TeX also empowers people in the communities we operate, positively impacting on their lives, and raising aspirations as they connect with the six pillars of TeX.

Enviroment​

To date TeX has diverted 24.2 tonnes of textiles from landfill. This has been achieved through ​​using circular design to repurpose industry surplus, producing new products from waste and creating opportunities for our community to learn skills that help them reduce their impact on the environment and live more sustainable lifestyles.

Ecopreneurship

We set out to empower people to take Natural Entrepreneurs we are working embrace entrepreneurial skills, applying them to our work to help solve environmental problems.  Through TeX we are building a sustainable business that helps to decouple growth from the consumption of finite resources. TeX aims to eliminate all textile waste by designing it out of the industry, everything should be used to its maximum efficiency. Using our expertise as entrepreneurs we are driving change across industries.

Employment

TeX aims to provide valuable employment opportunities for our local communities, working with groups that often struggle to find employment we aim to provide flexible employment opportunities that are accessible to all. Through business collaborations and the facilitation of community activities TeX creates valuable opportunities for employment.

enterprise

TeX supports businesses who produce surplus textiles to build their environmental and corporate responsibility. From helping them close the loop on their manufacturing to transition towards a circular economy and repurposing industry surplus textiles. TeX helps businesses profit from the transition to circular design while supporting other good causes  creating stories of surplus being used for community benefit, raising companies profiles and improving CSR.

Latest News

 FEEDING THE  THOUSANDS
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It has been a busy week, while demand rocketed, the scale of food poverty on Cornwall also hit home, since just the start of the first lockdown we have now distributed over 100 tonnes of emergency food across Cornish communities...

OUR COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING FOOD POVERTY IN CORNWALL

Our commitment to addressing food poverty in Cornwall is ever growing and reaches deep into many Cornish communities..
Each week we receive a lorry of mixed ambient and fresh goods that we...

A BIT OF A WOBBLE AND A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT
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We were reminded last week that no matter how many times you check, re check and check again, things can still go with a wobble. It's how you deal with those wobbles, how you react and how you recover that set you apart...

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The FAre Exchange

The Fare Exchange Bodmin was set up during the COVID-19 pandemic by a group of volunteers wanting to help make change and support the community around them. Sourcing surplus food from local and national businesses and charities, we distribute food surplus to those most in need helping reduce food poverty. 
Working closely with organisations like FareShare we have been able to quickly grow our supply chain however there is still much more to be done to meet demand and ensure no child in Cornwall goes hungry.
Since the start of the pandemic through the Fare Exchange Bodmin we have supported hundreds of families across the Bodmin Community. We deliver food parcels to up to 200 people in Bodmin each week and have a shop on the high street, open 5 days a week for the local community to collect food parcels.

More Cultivate Cornwall Projects

COGS

Equipping amazing organisations with what they need to thrive, COGS (Community Organisation Group Support) helps community initiatives to reach their full potential, by facilitating networking events, mentoring, training and other support...

Library of Things

Why buy when you can burrow, embracing a sharing economy and helping save our community money, we are working to bring libraries of things to communities across Cornwall, from our initial success in Bugle, the next Library's of Things are planned for Bodmin and Portreath...

YES

Saying YES to young people in Bodmin, Yes provides Youth Essential Services for young people Bodmin. Dignity and Craft Packs support those most vulnerable and deprived while Poly Rhythm provided free access to musical instruments...

HOW CAN WE HELP?

We have a team ready to help, whatever the nature of your request.
Please get in touch and we will work out how we can best assist you.

made possible by our funders

Thank you to our funders for allowing us to make epic happen in our communities