Cultivate Cornwall

Helping Communities Grow

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. 

32.9

tonnes of food surplus saved

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

168

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.

24.2

tonnes of textile surplus saved

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

3121

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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​POLY RHYTHM - A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT LIBRARY

Giving young people in our community free access to musical instruments. An idea highlighted by young people, led by young people and for young people. 

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

6 Months On

March 12th 2020 
This is the day for us that everything changed in our direction of travel and community support. It’s the day we closed our door, temporary, some 6 months ago. We chose to close a week...

YES Bodmin

YES Bodmin! August has brought some brilliant news from the National Lottery Community Fund when they said YES to Bodmin. Youth Essential Support funding will enable us at Cultivate Cornwall to continue to support youth services... ​

A Milestone Reached

This week and 4 months in to the Pandemic we hit a mile stone.
It really has not been easy over this time and we have faced massive hurdles during this time that have included no local funding, vehicle breakdowns...

Help make epic happen

We are only able to continue making change through the generous support of our community. You too can make epic happen, helping us to do what we do best and making change for the better across our communities.

Bags of hope

Just £10 can provide a bag that gives back hope and dignity. Filled with essential items to support the most vulnerable in our community.

Feed a family

£25 could feed a family for a week helping lift them from food poverty, reducing financial strain and ensuring that no child goes hungry.

Make a change

£50 will help us to respond to the changing needs of the community so we can work with the them to develop the support they need.

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 diverted 32.9 tonnes of food waste from landfill, distributing it to people in need. All together this is the equivalent of 79,900 meals which have been distributed between as many as 854 people each week. This service has saved our communities £43,828 they don't have giving them access to free food in times of need.

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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...

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Please get in touch and we will work out how we can best assist you.