Category Archives: Latest Events

March 31st, 2021

Could your school hold a Teddy Bears’ Picnic?

As I’m sure you can imagine, 2020 was a difficult year for Penhaligon’s Friends.  The usual army of enthusiastic volunteers who organise bake sales, concerts and fairs were unable to fundraise, yet the need for child bereavement support in Cornwall was still very apparent. We have continued to provide support to families and schools across the county throughout the pandemic by thinking creatively and adapting the way we work. 

Now – we need your help!  By holding a Teddy Bears’ Picnic at your school you can help us to continue providing vital support in your local community.  It’s easy, just follow the 5 steps below.  We plan to send further information by email at the beginning of May, and will have resources available on our website then too.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch by email.

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March 12th, 2021

Never forget “Three Little Elephants” Poems for Children

This lovely book written and illustrated in Mylor is being sold in aid of Penhaligon’s Friends. Our grateful thanks to Val Jeans-Jakobsson and Nicola Moss and all involved. The book is available at £5 from Mylor village P.O and Flushing shop or email Val Jeans-Jakobsson vjeansjakobsson@gmail.com – the booklet can be posted for an extra £1 for up to 5 copies.

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March 1st, 2021

The 4th March is World Book Day!

If you have pre-loved books gathering dust, it’s the perfect opportunity to turn them into cash donations for Penhaligon’s Friends thanks to Virgin Money Giving and Ziffit.

Gather together the books you no longer need and use this link to upload details of the books, alternatively you can download the Ziffit app and choose Penhaligon’s Friends as your charity.  It’s as easy as that!

Thank you for your support.

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January 21st, 2021

Make a date for our “Teddy Bear’s Picnic” fundraiser

Penhaligon’s Friends is encouraging schools, community groups, businesses to have some fun and “fun-draise” for Penhaligon’s Friends by holding a Teddy Bear’s Picnic. Watch this space for more news of the event, planned during the week of 12th to 20th of June 2021.

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December 1st, 2020

Penhaligon’s Friends Christmas Auction is now LIVE!

We’ve got some fantastic prizes this year including meals at Nathan Outlaw’s, luxury hampers, original paintings, fabulous pamper sets and a hotel stay!  More details can be found here.

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October 16th, 2020

Become a Trustee

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September 3rd, 2020

Penhaligon’s Friends AGM 2020

This year we are holding our AGM in a virtual way, and meeting up through Zoom. Our meeting will be held on Tuesday 15th September at 6pm. If you would like to join us please do get in touch through enquiries@penhaligonsfriends.org.uk to request the link to join!

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July 13th, 2020

Jayne Gets Cycling Again!

With a combined age of 200, Jayne, Joanna and Colin bravely started cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats in stages last year.  After the first stage, the team had to postpone due to injury and had hoped to be cycling again this September.  Because of the current situation this just isn’t possible and the team hope to be able to complete it next year.

Meanwhile, in order to honour their sponsors so far, Jayne will be attempting the remaining 900 miles this month over 15 days from her home in Cornwall. Friends have planned routes of around 60 miles each through some absolutely stunning countryside and offered to cook supper at the end of the day!! Fingers crossed that the ‘old girl’ can manage the distance!

Good luck Jayne, we can’t wait for the updates and pictures!

Here’s the Just Giving page if you’d like to support them.

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May 13th, 2020

Bereavement Champion Training for Schools

Penhaligon’s Friends & Cornwall Educational Psychology Team have teamed up in the hope that each school in Cornwall will, not only be showing proudly their ‘Grief Awareness Logo’ but that they will all have a ‘Bereavement Champion’ who can, on behalf of the wider school community, be a go to for advice on how to support a bereaved child.

In this 2 part training course we will cover basic childhood loss & grief, typical reaction to bereavement, what bereaved children need, your role as a Bereavement Champion and implementing a whole school ethos around managing bereavement in a healthy way.

We are hosting this session on Zoom.

For further information or to book please see our Facebook page or visit Eventbrite

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/d/online/penhaligons-friends/

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April 23rd, 2020

Celebrating The Big Night In

Today at Penhaligon’s Friends we are celebrating The Big Night In with Children In Need and Comic Relief.

We’ve filmed a little video in our online team meeting, keep your eyes peeled for it on our social media later today…

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