Cornwall Historic Churches Trust
The Cornwall Historic Churches Trust was formed in 1955 to assist in the restoration and repair of Cornish churches that have architectural or historic merit. The Trust is a registered charity and churches and chapels of all denominations are eligible to apply for assistance.
Deaf Church
Deaf Church is a community of people from across Cornwall who worship using BSL (British Sign Language). We come together each week for a range of events: Bible study, prayer, worship and fellowship. We comprise a full range of ages and different denominations, and are united by our deafness or use of BSL. Anyone is welcome to join us deaf or hearing but we only provide an English spoken translation for our monthly services. At other times people need to be BSL users.
Dementia Action
Dementia Action seeks to help churches by providing information, promoting understanding, assisting churches to consider how they might become more memory-friendly in worship and pastoral care.
Fairtrade
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. Truro Diocese achieved Fairtrade Status in July 2010
Homelessness
Homelessness is sadly all too often experienced by people in Cornwall rough sleepers, sofa surfers and women and men fleeing from domestic violence.
Migrant Workers
Cornwall Council though its Social Inclusion team have produced an excellent booklet packed with useful local information for anyone new to Cornwall. It is available in four languages Polish, Portuguese, Russian and English. This booklet is available here. Hard copies of the booklet are available from SRO team at Church House
Mothers Union
Mothers’ Union is an international Christian organisation in over 80 countries. Through four million members we bring hope to hundreds of thousands of families every year by supporting marriage and family life, especially through times of adversity.We work with people of all faiths and none. We are firmly rooted in the voluntary ethos centred on mutual respect and collaboration.
Poverty and Debt
The Diocese of Truro is a Founder partner of the Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum CIPF. The Diocese helped to organise Cornwalls first Poverty Hearing in 1997.
Mission, Partner organisations, Resources, Social Responsibility
Rural Affairs
Cornwall is still largely an agricultural county. Around 75% of all the land in Cornwall is farmed in some way and most parishes include some farmland. In recent years, partly as a result of advances in technology and partly as a consequence of financial constraints, farms have employed many fewer people and farmers have become increasingly isolated. The Church, at parish, county and national level, has a vital ministry to this industry. Support is demonstrated in a variety of ways, usually in conjunction with the Methodist Church.
Transformation Cornwall
Transformation Cornwall is an ecumenical charity, set up by the Diocese of Truro, the Church Urban Fund, the Cornwall Methodist District and Churches Together in Cornwall, as part of the Church Urban Funds Joint Venture programme with dioceses around the country. The aim is to provide infrastructure and capacity building support to groups, churches, faith and non-faith based organisations to enable them to respond to issues of poverty, deprivation and marginalisation in their area.
Truro Diocesan Guild of Bell ringers
The Bells in You Care leaflet contains details on where to find information on tower management, maintenance, insurance, health and safety and safeguarding in a bell ringing environment. It also has a series of Frequently Asked Questions on church bell ringing.
Way2 Community
Way2 is a community in the former vicarage at Falmouth, providing an opportunity for up to two years for people to explore vocation to Christian ministry or religious community, whilst gaining experience in rural parish ministry. For further information contact Simon Bone on T. 01209822862 E. fathersimon@btinternet.com
World Church Committee
Much of the work of the Committee is to continue to raise awareness of the Church in other parts of the world, and especially within the Dioceses with which Truro has formally established links. Whilst there are strong links and a regular exchange of personnel between Cornwall and Sweden and South Africa, there are many other long established parochial links with other parts of the world church, including Peru, central Africa, India and South America.
