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; in person and via Zoom.
For 2026, these are our upcoming dates:
Tuesday March 3rd at 10.30am, The Light and Life Centre, Units 4 & 5, Brunel Business Park, The Sidings, ST AUSTELL PL25 4TJ
Tuesday April 7th at 10.00am, via Zoom contact rosey.sanders@trurodiocese.org.uk for link
Tuesday May 5th at 11.00am, (note later starting time!), Torpoint Council Chambers, 1-3, Buller Road, TORPOINT PL11 2LD
Tuesday June 2nd at 10.30am, at the Boundless Trust, The Haven, Unit 6 Upstairs, The Quay, LOOE PL13 1DX
Tuesday July 7th at 10.30am, Fair Winds Cafe, King Charles the Martyr Church, Church Street, FALMOUTH TR11 3DX
Tuesday August 4th at 10.00am, via Zoom contact rosey.sanders@trurodiocese.org.uk for link
Tuesday September 1st at 10.30am, St Michael’s Church, Church Path, Bude Haven BUDE EX23 8SD
Tuesday October 6th at 10.30am, St Martin’s Church Hall, Church Street South, LISKEARD PL14 3AQ
Tuesday November 3rd at 10.00 am, via Zoom contact rosey.sanders@trurodiocese.org.uk for link
Tuesday December 2nd at 10.30 am, at the Mustard Seed, 14 Wendron Street, HELSTON TR13 8PS
To sign up for Zoom meetings contact rosey.sanders@trurodiocese.org.uk
Poverty Forum Chair, Andrew Yates Andrewy@cornwallindependentpovertyforum.com
Membership
Membership is free and everyone is welcome to join.
Local Partners
National Partners
