Some Cornish news

  There are many forms of neglect. From economic - where a person’s money is misused by another - all the way to human trafficking and slavery. Often when someone is concerned about the well-being of an individual, they may not know the best steps to take. Safeguarding is of course the task, but many outside the health and social care fields may not be sure how to report their concerns.   Cornwall Council has launched a new method to complete this task. The council has created a simple safeguarding form that you can complete on their website. Once filled out this will notify the social care team and the appropriate investigations and steps can be taken. When filling out this form, it is important to fill out as much information as possible. Members of the public are still able to call the Council to report their concerns in addition to this form. Safeguarding concerns can appear anywhere. It may be sighted by a carer or a family member. It might be caused by a carer or family member. E

  Planning permission has been granted to 18 “modular homes” near Penzance this week. The small cargo container looking homes have been designed for those who would otherwise be homeless, providing an escape from extremely overpriced nightly experience within hotels and B&Bs.  These homes follow up the previous SoloHaus program that started in 2021, with residents moving in 2022.   These homes help to highlight a commitment by Cornwall Council alongside other groups and authorities within the Duchy to combat homelessness and the housing crisis. This of course in an important commitment that will most likely have quite the effect on any upcoming elections. The current work being done by the Unitary authority is to acquire more homes for social hosing, build more council housing, support provisions for affordable homes as well as a selection of other programs. Unfortunately, none of their campaigns target the actual source of the housing crisis within the Duchy. These being the preva

  Last year, consideration for outsourcing the Fire and Rescue Critical Control centre to outside of the Duchy. After a large amount of review, as well as a large number of concerns raised by the citizens of Cornwall, the Cornwall Council cabinet took the vote on this item.   Listening to its population, and taking into mind the knowledge of professionals, Cornwall Council’s Cabinet chose to keep the Fire and Control Centre within the Duchy. This plan is not cheaper, however it does ensure that Fire and rescue are dispatched in an efficient manner which will save lives, rather than competing with calls of another fire service control centre. This decision was assisted by the work and choices made by members of the Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny committee. This slipped under our radar, but we thought it was important to make sure that the people knew that outcome of this controversial issue.  

  On Tuesday the 18 th , Cornwall Council will be having its Full Council meeting. Starting at 10:30 am at New County Hall in Truro. This meeting is open to the public, though the only way for members of the public to ask questions is to have sent in questions prior to the meeting.   There are two major motions that have been proposed. The first of these would be whether to support the Climate and Ecology bill, or whether not too. This bill is based upon the research and work of a number of groups, including Cornwall Council who has completed a number of projects and policies based around reducing climate risk as well as being an early adopter of Biodiversity net gain. The second motion to be put forward is a follow-up to the mess that was the Mayor/Level 3 devolution bid. Rather than the mess and failure that would have come with that deal, a proposed motion to look for actual devolution and not the hollowed out skin suit proposed by Westminster and the Cabinet of Cornwall Council.  

  Health and social care is an industry within the Duchy of Cornwall is often overlooked. Though the largest industries in Cornwall, such as agriculture and fishing, are also overlooked in favour of the bloated tourism industry, health and social care is one of the largest employers. This important industry is of course expected to grow when taking into account the ageing population of the UK, which consequentially leads to the ever increasing price of this care.   With this in mind, Cornwall council and the NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have worked together to build a new sustainability plan for care within the Duchy. This plan aims to solve a number of solutions in regards to development and updating of home-based care. A number of these item are fairly logical and simple in explanation, including “working with” experts and different organisations to both predict the needs and support care services both public and private. In addition to this, funding paid directly to care ser

  Not so long ago, Cornwall council received the responses to their consultation on the Devolution deal with a Mayor for Cornwall position. This deal, let us remind ourselves, spoke for more power for Cornwall, with more decisions being made here. However, it was quickly shot down as a waste on money that was more about despotism and centralisation. This deal would have provided a minuscule amount of funding, funding with limits on where it could be spent. This funding could also not be used to fill in the gaping deficit the unitary authority of Cornwall has found itself.   With over 5,000 responses, the Duchy of Cornwall declared “no”. This waste of money was not for us. And initially, this was overlooked. Linda Taylor, echoing politicians who decided that democracy was not important, declared that a silent majority agreed with her and the plan for a Mayor for Cornwall. This however was, and rightly so, shot down by a number of groups. By the end of this week, Cornwall council and Wes