Community Building Project
The project will create an Activity Centre that will benefit all members of the local community, with an added emphasis on services for young people and those who are most disadvantaged. It aims to provide a permanent benefit, but one which is receptive to the changing needs of the village for whom, by whom and through whom the Centre will develop.
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The Centre will:
- Support the young people of Mevagissey and the surrounding villages through provision of a range of training opportunities and support programmes, a drop-in centre, counselling provision on drugs and sex-related concerns plus organised activities including sports and leisure – all designed to meet identified need.
- Provide wider opportunities for training and support to the local community, and encourage the progression of those who are economically inactive into training and work
- Provide start up business offices for new businesses in the area and work with partners to provide quality business support and advice
- Provide a range of economic and social activities and opportunities
for the local community and visitors, including
- Training (IT based, vocational, basic skills, tasters, etc)
- Business start up units and associated support/advice
- A range of Youth Service, including support and advice sessions
- Sports and recreation/social facilities, accessible to all
- Health and dental outreach
- Out of school activities
- Work in partnership with other facilities to ensure complementary working, avoid duplication and promote mutual support
- Work in partnership with a range of agencies, including: training providers, such as Cornwall College (St Austell); Job Centre Plus; The primary Care Trust and local surgery, Restomel Borough Council; The Chamber of Commerce, Business Link/Mid Cornwall Enterprise Trust, a range of Youth support organisations. To maintain on-going liaison with local agencies to ensure that the provision of services is appropriate and follows good practice and best value
- Undertake on-going monitoring and evaluation, and carry out consultation on an on-going basis with local people, including invite of requests for particular activities and so support the involvement of users in the continued development of the project
- Recruit and provide training throughout their career, for both staff and volunteers, working within clear Equal Opportunities principles
- Provide a building that is fully equipped to meet the range of identified needs, one of which adopts best environmental practice principles and which is accessible to all
- To promote and publicise the project widely to ensure maximum use and benefit
This project is a joint initiative of two local charities, Mevagissey Playing Field Foundation and Mevagissey on the Move, with the objective of providing a multi-purpose hob with facilities for a wide variety of community purposes. The project links to Market and Coastal Towns Initiative covering the five villages of Mevagissy, St Ewe, Pentewan, Gorran and Gorran Haven and their associated hamlets.
