What is Inclusion in Cornwall?
For more information about different aspects of inclusion in Cornwall take a look at the links below.
Social Inclusion
A Cornwall where people live in dignity, are safe and tolerant of others
Economic Inclusion
A Cornwall where growth brings work, economic independence and opportunity for all
Environmental Inclusion
A Cornwall where everyone can benefit from our natural, built and historic assets
For details of the demographics of Cornwall, see our statistics page.
Inclusion Cornwall Hub
The Inclusion Cornwall Hub was first developed as part of the Cornwall Works project, handling the ‘doing’ part of the Cornwall Works Strategy, linking and coordinating welfare to work provision in Cornwall. Existing to aid individuals and the organisations that support them to access the right help at the right time to ‘find work, stay in work and progress in work’. The barriers that hold people back are many and varied, which is why siting it within Inclusion Cornwall makes sense; allowing us to utilise wider networks and partnerships.
The Inclusion Cornwall Hub team offers advice and on how and where to access support services, we feed key successes and issues to strategic groups, we capacity-build through multi agency training and we adapt our priorities to address gaps as the need arises. Funding streams come and go but Inclusion Cornwall Hub offers a consistent place to access up-to-date information. It is this consistency, combined with our wide range of partnerships and flexibility of approach, that ensures we continue to be relevant and successful.
Hub Conversations
The Hub conversation is a concept that was first developed and trialled through our Winter Wellness work. People in crisis would apply for emergency funding, and while this often alleviated the presenting crisis, it did not always aid longer term progression. A new style has been adopted which advocates deploying resources in a way that maximises long term outcomes.
In the first instance this is just a case of sense-checking what and why the person /family is presenting in crisis. Sometimes a small amount of funding is all a person needs to overcome a short term crisis and progress themselves. Other times a system of support needs to be put in place, and out of these instances the Hub Conversation was born; a conversation linked to a crisis application that seeks to address the wider needs of the individual of family, with the aim of moving them to self-sustaining financial stability.
The model was very successful and we have extended this to work in partnership with Cornwall Councils Discretionary Awards team, ensuring every applicant has just such a conversation.
Short plays about Inclusion
Badger’s Cross Otter
When Inclusion Cornwall was launched, in 2004, we commissioned a play depicting inclusion issues, written by Pauline Sheppard, Cornish Playwright.
The play stars David White as Sam Thomas, Stephen Hall as John Hosken, Stacey Guthrie as Mary Hosken and Mae Voogd as Rosita Trudgen. Music by Rick Williams.
The play was written by Pauline Sheppard, Directed by David Twomlow, Cameras by John ORegan and Brett Harvey, Camera Assistant Melissa Johnson, Edit by Brett Harvey. It was filmed at Falmouth Polytechnic Hall.
Badger’s Cross Three O-Clock Rock
We commissioned a second play, ten years later, also by Pauline.
The play stars Stacey Guthrie as Mary Hosken, Callum Mitchell as Pete Hosken, Simon Uren as Don and David White as Sam Thomas. Music by Rick Williams.
The play was written by Pauline Sheppard, Directed by David Twomlow, Cameras by John ORegan and Brett Harvey, Camera Assistant Melissa Johnson, Edit by Brett Harvey. It was filmed at Falmouth Polytechnic Hall.