Keeping Cornwall Updated

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Please send all coronavirus related enquiries or issues to Cornwall Council’s dedicated email address covid19@cornwall.gov.uk.

Don’t let your guard down

With the number of Covid cases rising once more in Cornwall, we are urging people to keep following the guidance:

🙌 Wash your hands regularly
😷 Wear a face covering when required
↔ Keep your distance from other people
🌲 Meet people outside in the fresh air or keeping rooms well ventilated
🧪 Keep home testing

💉 And if you're a mid-90s baby, it's now your turn to get the jab. If you or a loved one will be 25 or older on or before 1 July and haven’t yet been vaccinated, you can now book your Covid-19 jab. 💉

Book your jab

Free Covid testing for everyone

Anyone in Cornwall can now get free twice-weekly Covid-19 tests.

Here are three reasons why it’s important

Not everyone has been offered the vaccine yet
One in three people have no symptoms
Society can open up more safely so we can continue on the roadmap.

The tests are free and easy to collect from your local pharmacy or drive-through collection site. You can also order them online for delivery to your home.

Book my free test

G7 legacy funds for Cornwall

As the G7 Summit gets underway today, we're celebrating the Government's announcement of an £89 million cash windfall for Cornwall as a long-term legacy of the event.

Cornwall is to benefit from new investment to regenerate its town centres and natural landscapes, as well as funding to make the area the first net zero carbon region.

Learn more

Join Cornwall's One and All Race Equality Forum

The next meeting of Cornwall's One and All Race Equality Forum will take place virtually on 17 June at 6pm.

Watch and listen to Sarah Thompson, vice chair of the forum, explain what it's all about, and find out more about taking part by hitting the button below.

Join the forum

Do you feel lonely?

Next week is Loneliness Awareness Week and, after a year of lockdowns, social distancing and restrictions, we want to hear how loneliness and isolation is affecting people in Cornwall.

Please click the statement that describes you.

I feel lonely all the time.

I feel lonely often.

I feel lonely some of the time.

I feel lonely occasionally.

I never feel lonely.

Climate Change LIVE Crowdfunder Winner Announced

Congratulations to Love Land Community Field Project from Falmouth Food Coop Kitchen who won the top prize of £6,000 from Cornwall Council to help them reconnect their community with nature and each other through work, education and play.

Runner up Waterhaul didn’t go away empty handed and were awarded a prize of £4,000 for their project. Waterhaul are raising funds for an education program designed to inspire positive thinking and change through hands-on workshops.

Are you or a group you’re involved in tackling Cornwall’s climate emergency? We’re encouraging green initiatives to let us know what they’re doing in response to the climate emergency and how crowdfunding will play its part. Ten successful entries will win a share of £30,000 in match funding (up to £5,000 per project) from Cornwall Council towards a crowdfunding campaign.

Find out how you can enter here >> https://bit.ly/3cAKXc7

We cannot walk alone

Refugee Week takes place from 14 to 20 June and this year’s theme is ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’. It’s the perfect time for all of us to extend a hand to someone new. That could be:

Someone outside our current circle
Someone who’s had an experience we haven’t
Or someone who’s fighting for a cause we’re not yet involved in

See how you can join in at the Refugee Week website >> https://bit.ly/3cuAtLt

Business Support

Our Business Regulatory Support team will still be holding a number of business support webinars in the coming weeks Sign up on the below links:

17 June: Back to Business Special 'The way ahead' >> https://bit.ly/3aHBKOk
22 June: Back to Business: Guidance reality check >> https://bit.ly/2R0ihS1
1 July: Covid Trading Safely - Public Health update >> https://bit.ly/3t0Ev3q