Two community projects in the Isles of Scilly are the latest to benefit from a cash injection from the Steamship Group’s popular Community Fund. Donations of £1,250 to St Agnes Island Hall and £300 to the Isles of Scilly U3A have already made a big difference to the people who use them. The community hall…
Local projects are being reminded to apply for a grant of up to £10,000 from the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group’s Community Fund before the deadline on March 21. The Community Fund, which has donated £25,000 in funding grants since its launch in 2016, is open to local community projects and charities based in Mid…
A scheme which has helped hundreds of disadvantaged people to rescue old bicycles and give them a new lease of life has kicked off 2018 with a cash boost from the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group’s popular Community Fund. The Build-A-Bike project, run by Cornwall Life Recycle, will use the £1,250 donation from the Community…
Five lucky local projects are kick-starting 2018 with a cash boost, thanks to the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group’s popular Community Fund. The company is starting the New Year by giving away more than £3,500 to five worthy good causes in West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The latest donations come as Sam Hicks,…
A vital piece of safety equipment which has been installed to watch over a popular West Cornwall cove will help save lives, according to volunteers at NCI Cape Cornwall. The £8,000 CCTV camera, which overlooks Priest Cove near St Just, was bought by NCI Cape Cornwall to look into a blind spot behind the watch…
The Isles of Scilly Judo Club has bought 20 professional judo mats thanks to a £1,600 donation. The club’s membership numbers have increased to the point it needed to make a bigger safety area around the so-called fight zone. The new mats, which cost almost £100 each, have already made a “really big difference” to…
Three training units bought with a £1,000 grant will help save thousands of lives across Cornwall, according to the Ronnie Richards Memorial Charity. The iPad training units will be used to teach lifesaving first aid routines, including how to use a defibrillator. They were bought by the charity with a £1,000 grant from the Isles…
Young footballers on the Isles of Scilly have celebrated the start of 2017 by wearing their new club kits for the first time. The players debuted the kits on Saturday (7th) and have been proudly wearing them around the islands. The Five Islands Football Club has never had a club kit until now, and it…
Three hundred energy-efficient bulbs will be lighting up the village of St Erth this Christmas thanks to a donation from the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company’s Community Fund. The committee which runs the Christmas lights applied for a grant from the £30,000 Community Fund to help pay for the replacement of hundreds of bulbs to…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company will be giving away more than £9,000 to local good causes as part of its commitment to giving something back to the communities it serves. Nine projects that will benefit local communities have been chosen to receive the money in the second round of awards from the company’s £30,000…
Three Cornish schools are taking part in this year’s Young Enterprise Company Programme for this first time, thanks to a grant from the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company. Pupils from Mounts Bay Academy, St Ives School and Redruth School are now battling against 14 other teams to become the best young business brains in Cornwall.…
Brownies and Guides on the Isles of Scilly have been camping together for the first time this week thanks to the arrival of a huge marquee paid for by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company. Thirty girls from the 1st Isles of Scilly Brownies and Guides have been camping at Sandybanks Farm on St Mary’s,…
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