Two CCF grants help The Old Bank, Camelford  complete essential maintenance and restore their community food larder

A volunteer-led charity, The Old Bank in Camelford has seen membership of its community larder increase by 50% and reports that it is now supporting on average 100-150 households a week.

Grant awarded and impact

The Old Bank, Camelford received £1,000 from the Cornwall Glass FundA sum of money made available for grant making, often with specific criteria/conditions. in June 2024, enabling the charity to replenish its community larder for 600 people. £18,000 from the Sedel Collings Foundation awarded in March 2024 is funding essential electrical rewiring of the space which is being refurbished for safety purposes.

Camelford has one of the highest rates of child poverty in Cornwall with 40% of children living in poverty with the cost-of-living crisis, ever present in many households in the town.

Thanks to a £1,000 grant from the Cornwall Glass Fund, The Old Bank community larder and hub has restocked its community larder with essential food items, hygiene products and pet food. It is estimated this funding will help 600 people in the Camelford area.

Though the Old Bank is currently closed for essential refurbishments, the team is providing emergency food to its community through its volunteering team. The charity is expected to reopen soon and will resume running a community larder for people who are unable to access food banks and are struggling to feed themselves and their families. 

The team behind the charity is passionate about reducing food waste and ‘feeding bellies not bins’ whilst ensuring the projectA piece of work that delivers an output. is sustainable for the community it serves in the long-term. 

£18,000 from the Sedel Collings Foundation is funding essential electrical rewiring of the space which is being refurbished for safety purposes.  

Once this work is done, The Old Bank we will be able to expand their current delivery and help more people. We look forward to revisiting the Old Bank when it reopens to see how the community space evolves.

About the fund

The Cornwall Glass Fund was started by Cornwall Group as an acorn fundFunds that grow over time with donor making regular contributions back in 2009 and through the generosity and commitment of Cornwall Group has awarded grants totalling £150K to groups across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

The Sedell-Collings Fund was set up through a legacy donation and has so far invested almost £500K to groups tackling a wide range of causes across the Duchy.

Funding location: The Cornish Lithium Community Fund has been established to support the work of community groups who seek to make a positive difference in the following geographical areas: Gwennap Parish Council, Chacewater Parish Council, St. Day Parish Council, Carharrack Parish Council, St Agnes Parish Council (Blackwater), Redruth North Parish Ward, Wheal Rose Parish Ward and Kea Baldhu Ward. China Clay Community Network area: Luxulyan, Roche, St Dennis, St Enoder, St Stephen in Brannel and Treverbyn. 

For more information about the Old Bank, Camelford, see https://oldbank.org.uk/

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