As part of an initiative to promote longevity of the groups and facilities in our Parish - the Council resolved to create a 'Welcome Pack'. 

We hope that you will find this of interest. 

It is important to know who to contact if you find yourself in a position where safeguarding is compromised for either yourself, or someone you know.

Please use the information below to help you.

On Saturday & Sunday - 16th & 17th August 2025

Morwenstow Community Centre & Morwenstow Church

will be Commemorating the 150th (Sesquicentennial) Year since the Death

of

The Reverend Robert Stephen Hawker

Vicar of Morwenstow from 1834 until his death in 1875

Saturday 16th August at the Morwenstow Community Centre :-

· Open from 1.00 - 4.00 p.m.

· Bassline - Singers - 2. 15 to 2.45 p.m. & 3.15 to 3.45 p.m.

· Morwenstow Hand Bell Ringers - 2.45 to 3.15 p.m.

· Cream Teas - Donations gratefully received

· Hawker Memorabilia - Collected by the late Jill Wellby

· Morwenstow Historical Films

· Replica of 'Hawkers Hut'

Sunday 17th August at Morwenstow Community Centre :-

· Open from 1.00 - 5.00 p.m.

· Cream Teas - Donations gratefully received

· Hawker Memorabilia - Collected by the late Jill Wellby

· Morwenstow Historical Films

· Replica of 'Hawkers Hut'

· Cousin Jack- Singers

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Sunday 17th August - Morwenstow Church Service - Starts 3.00 p.m.

· Led by The Right Reverend David Williams - The 17th Bishop of Truro & Reverend Teresa Folland - Rector of St. John the Baptist & St. Morwenna Church

· Attended by The Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho KCVO OBE & The Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall Fiona Hargreaves.

· Cousin Jack - Singers

As part of the Hawker 150 Celebrations we had a new road sign installed. Today we took some photos, also featuring some of the Parishioners who made it happen.

Left to right: Alan Rowland - David Miles - Jonathan Hobbs.

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Hawker Sesquicentennial

This year is the 150th, sesquicentennial, anniversary of the death of Robert Stephen Hawker.

He was a well-known local vicar and national celebrity. A poet, antiquarian and writer; he was vicar of Morwenstow from 1834 until his death in 1875.

The parishioners of Morwenstow are celebrating this anniversary with a range of events.

The first event was a St Piran’s day service at 3pm on 5th March in the parish church of St John and St Morwenna at Morwenstow. It is also the 200th anniversary of Hawker’s writing of Trelawny, or Song of the Western Men. This Cornish anthem was written by him when sitting under a “stag-horned oak in Bevil’s walk” in Stowe Wood.

Further events are planned during the year culminating in a display of Hawker’s life illustrated with items from the extensive collection of Hawkeriana amassed by the late Jill Wellby. The display will take place during the weekend of 16th to 17th August in Morwenstow Community Centre at Shop.

The final event on the 5th October will be a traditional Harvest Festival service in the parish church followed by a Harvest Lunch in the Community Centre. Hawker is remembered for re-introducing the Harvest Festival in 1843 and since adopted throughout the Church of England.

This sign erected on the road from the A39 to Shop is a pointer to both the events and the parish. It was funded and supported by Morwenstow Renewable Energy Association, under whose blades it stands and Morwenstow Parish Council whose logo, along with St Piran’s flag and Hawker’s signature are illustrated on it. Thanks also go to Oliver Jones of Cornwall Council Highways for arranging installation free of charge.

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Opening of the Morwenstow Community Centre (MCC) 4 Cherry Trees were planted on Sunday 18th May 2025.

1. Prunus Kanzan -The first tree was planted by Alan Colwill & David Miles, the first & current Chair of the MCC Committee.

2. Prunus SnowGoose -The second was planted by Jonathan Hobbs, Chair of the Morwenstow Parish Council.

3. Prunus Royal Burgundy -The third was planted by Colin Ingram, a former Chair of the MCC Committee.

4. Prunus Hokusai -The fourth was planted by Edie & her father Matt Payne who is the Vice Chair of the current MCC committee.

Thank you to Morwenstow Parish Council for allowing us to plant the trees in the Morwenstow Playpark in Shop.

Thanks to David & Elaine Miles should be expressed as it was they that did all the organising with Alan Colwill.

Please find details over at the Noticeboard page - link here.

SAVE THE DAY! 

SAVE A LIFE!

Friday 21^st March 2025

7pm @ Morwenstow Community Centre

As you may all be aware, Morwenstow now have defibrillators sited in Shop, Eastcott, Woolley, Gooseham and Cross Town, and one hoped to be installed in Woodford.

This is a tremendous achievement since, Brad Olde, a local young fit 20yr old man, who had a cardiac arrest in 2015, and survived through life saving skills of CPR and emergency defibrillator.

We therefore felt it right to provide an Awareness Day on basic life saving skills for everyone from secondary school age and upwards . This will include, how and when to use a defibrillator plus Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

This will be presented by Jay’s Aim, with video and hands on manikins to practice on. Plus a chance to get your blood pressure checked. You will also be encouraged to ask as many questions as possible.

Refreshments will be available.

No booking necessary, however if you would like to give a donation to Jay’s Aim, there will be pots provided. For any further information please call :

Sharon Olde on 07801997860 or

Elaine Cole on 07854847307

You will not get a certificate at the end of this training but more importantly, the knowledge which could ‘Save a Loved One’s Life’.

E X C I T I N G U P D A T E:

P R O J E C T

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I hope that many of you may have noticed the works going on at the Parish Playing Fields (if you didn't already know!); and that both children and adults, are excited about what is to come.

The project is well under way and the surfaced pump track is nearing completion. Weather permitting, this week - grass turfs will be laid. We do not yet know when it will be possible to open this great new community asset; whilst the other works are in progress. Some things are well beyond our control - such as the weather!

We ask that you please be patient; and respect that it will be open to all as soon as it is safe to do so. The multi-use games court area is also coming along nicely, with the fencing due to arrive before the end of this week.

If it is possible to open the track before the court - the Parish Council will endeavour to do this. Here are a couple of photos of what is to come...

This funding has been allocated from Cornwall Council’s Community Levelling Up Programme. The Community Levelling Up Programme is part of the Good Growth Programme, which is delivering the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.

Please see the associated document below. 

Tamar Catchment - Invasive Non-Native Species Questionnaire

The Tamar Valley National Landscape Partnership is seeking information on the presence and spread of Giant hogweed,Japanese knotweed, Himalayan balsam and American skunk cabbage in the wider river catchment.

As much of the recruitment of seeds or viable plant fragments wash down rivers, it is important to understand their extent in the wider catchment from which new invasive plants may enter the lower reaches of the river and estuary.

We are therefore looking for help in identifying where these four plant species are upstream and in what numbers. For this we need to tap the knowledge of local people and societies within the Tamar Catchment area and are looking for participants to share their information with us.

This up-to-date information will help to inform a feasibility study that has been commissioned for the possible development of a control programme.

Information about the four species of principal interest can be found at Plant Atlas 2020.

In completing the form, please indicate to which river valley or area the information relates.

Please do share this questionnaire, if you know of others who may be interested.

Many thanks for your help with this.

pickme-up is operated by Holsworthy Rural Community Transport, a charitable organisation dedicated to providing flexible affordable transport services in and around Holsworthy since 2000. As a charity Holsworthy Community Rural Transport relies upon volunteers, grants, funding and sponsorship from local businesses to continue to provide this vital service.

In our rural community if you do not have access to your own transport it can feel isolating. Including the young, the elderly, and those with mobility issues, access to services and facilities is a very real challenge.

Morwenstow falls under zone 9.  Most trips for zone 9 are on Mondays & Fridays.

If you head over to their website (below) you can see all of the trips on offer.  There is a wide variety.   Morwenstow Parish Council are proud to have committed to help fund the service in a small way for the next 3 years to aid our Parishioners travels in our rural location.

https://pickme-up.co.uk/

Morwenstow Renewable Energy Association

MREA has the current award from Crimp Wind Power in its bank account.

The Objects of the Association are:-

1. To provide financial assistance towards new projects based within the parish of Morwenstow for the benefit of the parish and parishioners; and

2. To provide a source of funding towards emergency and contingency repair and maintenance of Morwenstow community assets for the benefit of the community.

We encourage interested and qualified organisations to apply for funds that comply with these objects.

Applications forms are available below.

Completed applications should be forwarded to any of the trustees by August 31^st for consideration by the trustees who are Dave Miles our volunteer community representative, Jonathan Hobbs Chairman of Morwenstow Parish Council and me, Alan Rowland

The Association was founded in 2011 and since then has held ten annual grant rounds and awarded at least £2,400 each year. The parish so far has therefore benefited from the grand total of £27316.75, plus a further sum this year to be allocated.

The Association has another 15 years to run, so we invite anyone wishing to become a trustee to contact me or any of the other trustees expressing their interest.

Good Luck

Alan Rowland

(Secretary MREA)