About Us

The Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum is a registered charity, number 1183177.

Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum was set up to:

Help and support those suffering who are most disadvantaged.
Raise awareness of poverty issues, particularly issues of housing and homelessness, health and benefits, with the wider community, and with the voluntary and community sector organisations and statutory organisations, which provide services to those in most need.
Lobby statutory organisations and politicians, to make positive changes to policies and strategies, that impact on those suffering poverty.

Our Mission

Our Mission is to involve people with direct experience of poverty in the development of partnerships between local, county, and national organisations, working towards the reduction and eradication of poverty. We work to enable individuals suffering poverty to regain control of their lives and to take their rightful place in society, utilising their talents for the benefit of their communities and ending their social exclusion.

Our Objectives

Ensuring people experiencing poverty and social exclusion are involved in the Poverty Forum’s work.
Developing strategies to ensure that combating poverty remains high on political agendas.
Listening, to learn the problems of poverty, ill health, social exclusion and bureaucratic systems.
Befriending and offering constructive support to those individuals suffering poverty.
Working in partnership with organisations with similar objectives.
Provide project development support to relevant voluntary and community sector organisations.
Establishing projects that address the need of those suffering poverty and severe disadvantage.
Raising awareness of poverty issues, through Poverty Forum Meetings, Homeless Network Meetings, Food Issues Meetings and Poverty Forum Hearings and through meetings with M.P.’s and other key organisations.
Produce Reports to raise awareness of a range of poverty issues

When We Meet

We meet once a month on the first Tuesday of the month; usually via Zoom, but with in-person meetings three times a year.

For 2025, these are our upcoming dates:

Tuesday February 4^th at 10.30 The Old Cathedral School, Cathedral Close TRURO TR1 2FQ
Tuesday March 4^th at 10.30 Fair Winds Café, King Charles the Martyr Church, Church Street FALMOUTH TR11 3DX
Tuesday April 1^st at 10am on ZOOM Contact Rosey.Sanders@truro.anglican.org for link
Tuesday May 13^th at 2.30pm The Hub Methodist Centre, Plen Tennyson, Nansledan NEWQUAY TR18 4QL
Tuesday June 3^rd at 10.30 am Boundless Trust, The Haven, Unit 6 Upstairs, The Quay, LOOE PL13 1DX
Tuesday July 1^st at 10.30am Lanivet Parish Community Centre, Carters Parc, Rectory Road, Lanivet, BODMIN PL30 5HG
Tuesday August 5^th at 10am on ZOOM Contact Rosey.Sanders@truro.anglican.org for link
Tuesday September 2^nd at 10.30 am Light and Life Centre, Units 4 & 5, Brunel Business Park The Sidings ST AUSTELL PL25 4TJ
Tuesday October 7^th at 10.30am St Michaels Church in Bude, Church Path Bude Haven BUDE EX23 8SD
Tuesday November 4^th at 10am on ZOOM Contact Rosey.Sanders@truro.anglican.org for link
Tuesday December 2^nd at 10.30 am TBC Somewhere in Penwith West Cornwal