Bude pier with the sea breaking onto the rocks

Village Works – has now closed but support is still available from Inclusion Cornwall

Village Works is an initiative that has been running for more than ten years in Cornwall, at a local level, to get the most economically excluded and unemployed better skilled, more confident and with more self-esteem and so make the most of what they have to get into, or back into, work.

It is funded by the European Social fund (ESF) through the Department for Work and Pensions and run largely by Inclusion Cornwall and disAbility Cornwall.

It was a new coming together of expertise in 2011, but much of the thinking behind it and evidence for it had already been trialled in rural and coastal communities around the county. It has been proven to work, to work sustainability, and to work anywhere where such problems and barriers exist.

At its heart is a desire to get stuck in locally, to meet up and engage with the people, to understand their often complex and individual issues and then work to sort their specific barriers by teaming them with the right local help so they can live and work independently and well.

  • “This already feels such a relief”

    We recently met and chatted with a family in Bude, and that is what they said after meeting us.

    That sums up what we hope to achieve

Find out about Village Works for You

Find out how Village Works can help Your Community

Find out what part Your Business can play in Village Works.

Where does Village Works Operate?

We cover Bude and Camelford Areas, Helston and the Lizard Peninsula, including the wider areas of Goldsithney, Leedstown, Carnkie, Gweek and The Helford River.

Find out more about what is going on in each area:

Village Works Helston & the Lizard

Village Works Bude and Camelford

Award-Winning Project!

In 2016, Village Works Helston and the Lizard won an award. You can read more about it in our news section:

Local Council outstanding project of the year – September 2016