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Disability Cornwall are organising another small informal event in partnership with Fish Insurance, for people using Direct Payments or Personal Budgets, or who intend to in the future.

Fish Insurance operates an advice line and takes over 700 enquires a month about employment and personnel related issues. They therefore have excellent frontline knowledge of the challenges facing people employing personal assistants and we have used this information to shape the programme.

To find out more click on this document (PDF)

Swamp Circus has programmed a Fantastic mix of local talent at The Flame Festival at Heartlands on Saturday, May 19.

From Cornish Folk music with Dalla and Whipple Tree Band to wild gypsy dance from Bierre de Luxe..... to hot S American dance tunes from Kabassa and African party music from The Mighty Pig Shed. Lots of other local bands and street dance from Capoiera to popping to celebrate Cornwall's Diaspora - the emigration of miners and their families to other countries and cultures across the world.

A circus theatre production will take place at 1pm, 3pm and 7pm featuring clowns, flamenco- dancers, stilt kangaroos and swinging trapeze acts!

In the evening Swamp Circus presents The Flame spectacular including, an abseil dance down the Robinson Mine's Headgear by 2 Bal Maidens, a giant fire show with 8 top fire jugglers and a tight wire walk over the lake lit by stunning choreographed, firework display from Celebration Fireworks.

Throughout the day there will be workshops from Maori Poi and Australian dot painting to Story telling in a tipi and have a go at Samba or Capoiera.

For more information call 01326 377008 or visit www.circokernow.co.uk.

Are you interested in creative dementia-friendly activities that you can use in all seasons, indoors or outside, in your own home or in a care home?

Sensory Trust is running a series of FREE creative workshops throughout the summer as part of an initiative to support more people with dementia and their carers.

The workshops will take place in areas around St. Austell, Falmouth and Camborne and will offer the opportunity to learn new creative ways of engaging people with dementia with their outdoor environments.

A member of the Cornwall Care team will also be available for more detailed advice and information about dementia.

For more information and to book places, please call Wendy Brewin at the Sensory Trust on 01726 222900 ,email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.sensorytrust.org.uk/projects/creative_spaces/community_workshops.html.

The Rotary Club of Camborne, Cornwall, is inviting teams to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee by climbing the distance of Mount Everest.

'The Jubilee Event' will take place on Monday 4 June at Carn Brea - a Cornish hilltop with spectacular surrounding views of the local countryside.

The event will be in aid of ShelterBox and will be a celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. It also marks the 59th year anniversary of the first ever ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, the same day of the Queen's Coronation. Norman Croucher OBE, the acclaimed double leg amputee mountain climber who has twice been chosen as 'Man of the Year', will also be attending the Carn Brea climb.