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Cornwall Community Foundation spend report

At the start of June, we heard the wonderful news that our application for £4,000 of Crisis Funding from the Cornwall Community Foundation had been ...
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Day for Life grant has been spent

We are delighted to report that we have now spent all £10,000 of the ‘Day for Life’ funding we received last October. We were able ...
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A very thoughtful gesture

We have just received a wonderful donation of £275.75 from the Plymouth Catholic Choir following the difficult decision to fold after 76 years. Formally known ...
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Our 2025 Annual Mass

Back in May, we held our Annual CCSP Mass at St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Camborne and it was so lovely to ...
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A wonderful Ascension Day fundraiser

Thank you to everyone who joined us back in May for this year’s ‘Rise To Our Cause’ event at St Cuthbert Mayne in Launceston. It ...
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We have our 2025 Great Big Diocesan winners !!

Congratulations to ‘Not So Deadly’ from St Mary’s in Poole who were crowned this year’s Overall Great Big Diocesan Quiz winners back on Friday, 9 ...
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We are hiring !

We are looking to recruit an Assistant Grants Officer to work alongside our Administrator and support the work already taking place, facilitating the provision of ...
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£2,500 AWARDED FROM PLYMOUTH LADIES AID SOCIETY

The Ladies Aid Society has very generously awarded CCSP a grant of £2,500 to help with our Essential Grants programme by providing financial support to ...
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COULD YOUR PARISH HAVE THE 2025 OVERALL GREAT BIG DIOCESAN QUIZ WINNERS ?

The questions for this year’s Great Big Diocesan Quiz have now been finalised and we’re delighted that four parishes have already signed up to take ...
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DO YOU SHOP IN TESCO EXPRESS STORES IN PLYMOUTH ?

We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted as one of the three charities/community groups to be included in the next round of ...
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BUCKFAST ABBEY COLLECTION TIN RAISES ALMOST £50

Thanks to the staff and customers at the gift shop at Buckfast Abbey, their collection tin was emptied at the start of the year and ...
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MORE BEREAVEMENT & LOSS TRAINING

Thank you to Fr Jacek, Fr Peter and Fr Kristian and their parishes of Axminster, Barnstaple and Tiverton for fully funding their schools to be ...
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TWO MORE RECORDS HAVE BEEN SET IN 2024 !!

Firstly, our Orange Box recycling scheme has raised an amazing £5,970.51 compared to last year’s record breaking total of £5,534.23. Thank you to every parish ...
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ADVENT DECORATIONS MADE AND SOLD IN MEMORY OF LOVED ONES

During advent, one of the younger parishioners at Our Lady Star of the Sea in Weymouth made decorations out of paracord and decided to sell ...
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WHAT A WONDERFUL START TO THE NEW YEAR !!

Thanks to the parish of Holy Cross in Exeter, £500 has been raised and donated to CCSP through the production of their very own cook ...
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CHRISTMAS FAYRES AND JUMPER DAYS RAISE OVER £550

Huge thanks to both Notre Dame School and St Boniface College in Plymouth who came together as one on Tuesday, 17 December 2024 to prepare ...
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Wills Week update

Back in the summer, we held our first Wills Week in conjunction with Tozers solicitors and three appointments were made. Thanks to these supporters and ...
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FANTASTIC PRO-ACTIVE PARENTING COURSE

A fantastic second session at Our Lady of the Angels in Torquay with these three ladies today who completed their Pro-active Parenting sessions. It was ...
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LARGE LOT OF NORWEGIAN SILVER

we have just heard that our latest orange box collection has raised almost £700 and included this delightful Norwegian silver, which raised almost £150 on ...
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NEW HELPING HANDS APPLICATION FORM

We are looking for new members to join our 50:50 club – Helping Hands. Half of the money raised by subscriptions each month is retained ...
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Day for Life funding received

We have just heard the wonderful news that we have been successful in our application for a £10,000 grant from the ‘Day for Life’ Fund. ...
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We are looking for trustees

We are looking for trustees to join our Board, which is made up of enthusiastic volunteers, who meet four times a year at our offices ...
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2024 Annual Appeal update

Thank you to everyone for supporting our 2024 Annual Appeal just over a week ago. Our parishes have already begun to send in their collection ...
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£14,000 of National Lottery money spent

Back in March, we received £14,000 of funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. We are delighted to confirm that in just six months, this ...
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Our 2024 annual mass

Our 2024 annual mass this year was held on Thursday, 20 June 2024 at St Joseph’s in Weymouth thanks to Fr Anthony and the children ...
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Another Foster Fund grant

A huge thank you to Kevin Foster and his team for awarding CCSP another grant of £500 in their final round of donations from the ...
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Make a will, make a difference – it’s a good idea! CCSP Wills Week – w/c 17 June 2024

Provide security for you, your loved ones and the children of the future The Catholic Children’s Society (Plymouth) has teamed up with Tozers Solicitors who ...
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‘Rise to Our Cause’ 2024

A big thank you to everyone who came along and joined us at our second Ascension Day fundraiser at St Mary’s in Poole on Thursday, ...
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And the winners of the 2024 Great Big Diocesan Quiz are …………..

‘The Only Ones’ from St Peter & St Thomas More in Plymouth who scored 104 out of a possible 130 marks. What a fantastic score ...
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Rainbows training

We have some availability for Rainbows Bereavement and Loss Continual Professional Development training, to support staff in their knowledge and understanding of the effects of ...
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2023 Annual Appeal – ‘Creating Hope for Families – Changing Lives’

This year’s Annual Appeal falls on the weekend of 26th and 27th August 2023 and packs will soon be sent to every parish in the Diocese, which ...
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Annual Mass – Thursday, 8 June 2023

Our CCSP Annual Mass this year was held at St John’s Catholic Primary School in Tiverton on Thursday, 8 June 2023. A big thank you ...
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Ascension Thursday event – Rise to Our Cause

Our ‘Rise to Our Cause’ event at Buckfast Abbey on Ascension Thursday, 18 May 2023 was a great success. It was a wonderful opportunity for ...
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