Council investment will help thousands in the community

We are thrilled to announce that the Lifehouse Project www.trurolifehouse.uk is set to receive £612k as part of Cornwall Council’s strategy to invest in existing community provision along the A390 in Truro. This is to help better serve the existing communities on the west side of Truro, and provide early community provision for the new residents of the proposed Langarth Development. 
The Lifehouse Project is a radical plan to redevelop the community facilities in Highertown to better serve the local community. 
Revd Jeremy Putnam, Priest in Charge at All Saints Highertown and Baldhu, said: “I really am over the moon that the councillors have voted to invest in the community in this way. In human terms this will make a tangible difference to the lives of many thousands of people over the coming years. 
“The community centre is already used by between 600 and 800 people a week, and the new community hub will see that more than double.”
The reach of All Saints Highertown extends far beyond those who attend the church itself. It supports groups helping those who struggle with food poverty, financial insecurity, social justice, addiction, dementia, mental health and other isolating circumstances. 
“This endorsement and the investment will go a long way towards helping this project become a reality, and that means we will be able to serve the community far better. There is no doubt that this will enhance the lives of many people,” said Jeremy.
The Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, said: “This is a fantastic example of the church and the community working together for the common good. Some will see this as an investment in some of that community’s most vulnerable individuals, while for those within the church community there will be the extra dimension of living their lives in the footsteps of Jesus. The net result will be a community that is strengthened and able to attend to the needs of some of its most vulnerable members, and for that we can surely all be thankful.”
The Cabinet of Cornwall Council today (Weds, November 13, 2019) voted to approve a £612,000 towards the £1.9 million project. The council’s funding will match funds from Europe, the Diocese of Truro, the parish itself, private funding secured by the parish, and some Section 106 monies from developers. 
In addition, the Church Commissioners have committed £827,000 over six years, much of which will go towards the funding of posts to staff the community hub.
Some of the regular hirers that use the current facilities are:
Trefoil Guiding Guild
Parent and Toddle Group
Foodbank
Singing for the Brain
Truro Memory Café
Cornwall Faith Forum
Cornwall Fairtrade Hub
Cornwall Childrens Clothes Bank
Cornwall Refugee Resource Network
Baby Ballet
Friends of Face to Face
Breastfeeding support group
Cornwall Community Choir
All Saints Youth Club
Taekwondo
Thursday Club
Slimming World
City of Truro Male Choir
Gentle Pilates
Alcoholics Anonymous
Aspire Rehabilitation
Acts 435 Crisis Support
Penn an Dre Residents Association
Cornwall Council Childrens Services
Cornwall Health Promotion