Inclusion Cornwall
Inclusion Cornwall is a voice for inclusion in Cornwall, and a partnership that supports the delivery of Cornwall Works
Find out more about Inclusion Cornwall by downloading the Inclusion Cornwall 'Our achievements and future focus' booklet.
See our 'Feeling the Pinch' leaflet for useful information and contacts to help with living in the current economic downturn.
Find out more information about Cornwall on the Cornwall Council 'Understanding Cornwall' page.
Contact Andrea Gilbert, the Inclusion Cornwall Manager: agilbert@cornwall.gov.uk, 01872 355060.
When services don’t work together people suffer. Inclusion Cornwall is here to tackle any problem.
Inclusion Cornwall has been established to provide a dedicated voice for inclusion in Cornwall, and the team is committed to working both on a strategic level and within the community to challenge and reduce the impact of social exclusion.
Inclusion Cornwall will challenge barriers and poor practices, increase understanding, participation and improve the quality of life within Cornwall. Inclusion Cornwall helps people by joining up organisations and what they deliver to enable individuals to benefit from more comprehensive support in moving forward with their lives.
It is also responsible for the Cornwall Works Hub, which is a centralised point of information for the Cornwall Works approach through advice and guidance, and to help people get back to work, stay in work and progress in work.
If you are affected by the current economic difficulties, our Feeling the Pinch leaflet offers a whole range of advice.
Our Inclusion Cornwall ‘Our achievements and future focus’ booklet can tell you more about us.
The aims of Inclusion Cornwall are:
- To provide a strategic voice for Cornwall addressing social, economic and environmental inclusion.
- To actively encourage and facilitate problem solving around inclusion issues.
- To raise and challenge inclusion issues across public, private, voluntary and community sectors throughout Cornwall.
- To raise understanding of and call for action on breaking the cycle of deprivation within Cornwall.
- To lobby inclusion issues across and on behalf of partners and partnerships.
- To work across sectors to raise understanding of linked issues and act as a catalyst for multi-agency approaches to delivery, linking partners and facilitating changes in culture, practice and processes.
- To break down cultural and institutional barriers that prevent equality of opportunity for all.
- To develop a communication strategy to ensure all organisations and partnerships benefit from inclusion updates.
Cornwall Council is the Accountable Body for Inclusion Cornwall.
Cornwall Pride 2011
Cornwall Pride, the event to celebrate equality and diversity in Cornwall, took place on Saturday 27th August. There was a fairytale theme, and the parade went through the streets of Truro before reaching Victoria Gardens where Inclusion Cornwall was part of a diverse range of stalls and displays.
Inclusion Cornwall Annual General Meeting
The Inclusion Cornwall Annual General Meeting took place at the Pool Innovation Centre on Tuesday 21st June 2011. Those attending heard from Carleen Keleman Director of the Convergence Partnership Office, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and Anthony Ball regarding Health Inequalities from the NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Inclusion Cornwall provided a clear update on the past twelve months.
Further information and presentations:
The Minutes of the Inclusion Cornwall AGM 2011.
A presentation by Anthony Ball, the Tackling Inequalities Coordinator for the NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, on the Strategy to Reduce Health Inequalities in Cornwall (click here to view.) You can also read the document 'Good Health and Well Being for Everyone - the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Strategy to Reduce Inequalities, 2011-2016,' here, or click here to find out more about the Strategy to Reduce Inequalities on the NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly website.
Andrea Gilbert presented the work of Inclusion Cornwall and the Cornwall Works approach, introducing the different members of the Cornwall Works Hub team, and highlighting the achievements of the year (click here to view.)
Carleen Kelemen speaks about Convergence and the Cornwall Works approach
The Director of the Partnership Office for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Carleen Kelemen, spoke to us at the Inclusion Cornwall AGM:
To find out more about the Convergence in Cornwall click here.
Click here to hear a few words from John Ede from the Citizens Advice Bureau Cornwall on Inclusion Cornwall.
Click here to hear Tarn Lamb from Cornwall Neightbourhoods for Change on why Inclusion Cornwall is important.
Jobcentre Plus Devon and Cornwall District: Flexible Support Fund Partnership Opportunities: Cornwall
The aim of the Flexible Support Fund is to support Jobcentre Plus customers to progress towards and into work or work related activity before they join the Work Programme.
The flexible support grant funding model is administered by Jobcentre Plus Districts. Grant awards will be made to local partnerships in support of Jobcentre Plus objectives and local partnership priorities and to facilitate working with partners to assist customers to overcome barriers to finding and progressing into sustainable employment.
The Application Process
Applications must be made on the appropriate form using the application guidance
Applications must be sent to caroline.topic@jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk by noon on Friday 24 February 2012. If you have any application queries, please email Caroline Topic.
For more details click here: http://bit.ly/zxxCPi
