We Are of This Place: A Month-Long Celebration of People, History, and Landscape

LISKEARD & LOOE – The East and West Looe Valleys are set to come alive this April with We Are of This Place, a unique month-long festival celebrating the deep connections between people, history, and the landscape of this remarkable region. Through an inspiring program of events, exhibitions, and activities, the festival will highlight the rich cultural heritage and natural beauty of the valleys, bringing communities together to share their stories and creativity.

A key highlight of the festival is’ Blossom Liskeard’ Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale, where talented local artists and makers will showcase their work on Saturday 12 April 12 – 4pm at the Liskeard Public Hall. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore a diverse range of handcrafted pieces, from paintings and textiles to ceramics and woodwork, all inspired by the spirit of Cornwall.

Be inspired at the FREE screening of the Nationally renowned Film “6 inches of Soil”, followed by an Expert Panel discussion, on Friday 11 April, from 7pm at St Keyne Village Hall. It tells the story of British Farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food – to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.

Get involved with the Beach Clean at Hannafore on 13 April at 12 – 1.30pm – all equipment provided.

Children will enjoy the FREE Piskey Path Puppet Show at Liskeard & District Museum on Monday 7 April at 11am brought to you by Mazed Tales.

In addition to these events, the festival will offer guided walks, storytelling sessions, live performances, and hands-on workshops, ensuring there is something for everyone to enjoy. Whether you’re a resident of the Looe Valleys or a visitor looking to discover the area’s cultural and natural treasures, We Are of This Place is an unmissable celebration of creativity, history, and community spirit.

For more information on the full festival program, visit We Are of This Place – Visit Liskeard or find them on Facebook at (15) Facebook

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For more information contact Yvette Hayward at Liskeard Town Council at office@liskeard.gov.uk

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What’s changing?

This year all household waste collections will change over Christmas and New Year and it’s important that everyone checks the new arrangements.

Why is it changing?

With the fortnightly collections and new bins, if we didn’t make these changes, some households could be waiting over two weeks for a collection. We want to avoid anyone having to wait more than a couple of extra days.

When will the collections happen?

To download a full collection calendar visit www.cornwall.gov.uk/myarea or call 0300 1234 141.

What about Clinical Waste?

We’ll contact our customers who have regular clinical waste collections to let them know when we’ll collect their waste.

How are we communicating the changes?

Households in areas that have the new collection services will receive an Annual Service Leaflet which includes the Christmas collections. These will start to arrive in the post from Monday 11 November.

Households in the Area 5 for the new collection service will receive their first “Get Set” leaflet before Christmas which includes the Christmas collections. These will start to arrive in the post from Monday 21 October.

We’ll also be using our usual communication channels from mid-November to draw attention to the changes.

Food waste

This is the first year that we’ll be collecting food waste for recycling from most households. We’ll provide extra messages about the things residents can recycle after Christmas, including turkey bones, potato and sprout peelings and any leftovers. We will also be reminding people only to buy what they need and to try to avoid too much food waste.

We will collect extra food waste. If households have more food waste than will fit in their outdoor caddy, they can put it out for collection in a compostable liner on top of their outdoor caddy.

Extra recycling

Cardboard boxes, Christmas cards, envelopes and wrapping paper are recycled in your orange cardboard bag. Please remove decorations like ribbon, foil, glitter, plastic film, tinsel and bubble wrap, as these cannot be recycled. If you have more cardboard than will fit in your bag, please flat pack it and secure it near the rest of your recycling. If you have extra plastics or glass that do not fit in your bags or boxes, you can put these out for collection in a suitable container.

Christmas trees

We’ll only collect Christmas trees from people who subscribe to our garden waste collection service. Households with a subscription should put their tree out beside their bin or bag on their garden waste collection day. If households don’t have a garden waste subscription, they shouldn’t put their tree out for collection because we will not collect it. Some local charities collect trees, please help promote any schemes you’re aware of in your local community or you can take it to a Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC).

Don’t put batteries out for collection.

Batteries in your rubbish or recycling can start fires if crushed or damaged in the back of rubbish lorries or at waste facilities. You can take batteries (including button batteries and battery packs) to a supermarket or HWRC for recycling.

Go to recyclenow.com to find out where you can recycle batteries locally.

 Commercial waste – reminder that businesses shouldn’t use the household waste services.

The law says holiday lets, hairdressers and any other businesses run from home must pay to dispose of their commercial recycling and rubbish, not use household waste services. We offer value-for-money commercial waste collections.

For a quote visit: www.cornwall.gov.uk/commercialwaste

Dear South East Cornwall CAP Members,

Cllr Linda Taylor, Leader of Cornwall Council, will be out and about across Cornwall again this autumn to hear from more residents at the remaining six ‘Listening to You’ events that we had to postpone as a result of the general election.

Linda is really looking forward to meeting people from your local area and hearing from them about what’s on their mind.  We are also hoping to hear from them about our Council priorities which are ‘how we can work with communities for a Carbon Neutral Cornwall, where everyone can start well, live well and age well’.

We will be promoting the events on our Let’s talk Cornwall engagement platform, on social media

We would be grateful if you would help to promote your local event

8 October: 7pm – 8.30pm

The Guildhall, Saltash Town Council, Lower Fore Street, Saltash, PL12 6JX

• Posters will be sent by post to the Town Council to display locally
• We will promote the event on both the Council’s Facebook site and Community Area Partnership (CAP) Facebook page, if possible, please share our posts on your own Facebook page
• If possible please add a link to the Let’s talk Cornwall page to your website: https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/listening-to-you

Please let Beverly Hill know if there is anything extra, we can do to help promote the event in your area.

We are holding one event in each CAP area. We are sorry if we aren’t holding an event in your town. However we will be holding other engagement activities at a later date, when we will look to visit towns that are not included in this initial schedule of meetings.

Please see the schedule of events below.

Please visit https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/listening-to-you for more information and updates.