CRCC’s Community Planning and Development Team offers support and advice to groups wishing to produce a community plan and/or deliver local projects.

Community Planning is the tool which communities can use to determine what its priorities are and to create a vision for the future, identifying issues and ways of addressing these, either by directly working up projects, or by liaising with statutory and other organisations to raise awareness, influence their own strategies and obtain their support.

Community Development support is offered to help Community Building management committees, community groups seeking funding, social enterprises and the provision of local services. Further detail on the specific support offered is found on the specific pages of this site.

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The Community Planning Team work throughout Cornwall, undertaking community consultation, research projects for councils/organisations and providing training, as well as offering support & a free advisory service. More Information

Advice and support is available from CRCC to assist the development of projects arising from the community planning process. This service includes project management and funding guidance. More Information

Management groups of Village Halls and other community buildings can obtain expert advice and support from CRCC to assist in the day-to-day running of these buildings. This service covers project development, funding advice, adopting and interpreting constitutions, effective management, legislative issues and the implications of obtaining and conforming to charitable status.

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The Community Enterprise Service offers support to existing and prospective community based social enterprises throughout Cornwall. Community enterprises can be broadly defined as a business established and owned with community involvement that trades in goods or services and whose surpluses are put back into the local community.

The service can support community-based organisations who wish to become less reliant on grants through developing trading activities as a step toward financial independence through social enterprise.