Some facts and figures about the voluntary and community sector in Cornwall:

• 1 in 3: the number of adults do some kind of voluntary work in the county.
• 3,000: the number of voluntary and community groups in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
• 17,120: the number of people now employed in Cornwall’s voluntary and community groups.
• £390 million: the combined income of voluntary and community groups in Cornwall
• £387 million: the value of volunteering to the county
• £45 million: the amount of Objective One money invested in Cornwall’s voluntary and community sector.
• 20,000: the number of people who benefited from Objective One funded projects in the voluntary sector
• 13%: the amount of Objective One funding given to voluntary and community groups in Cornwall.

Taken from “Valuing the Voluntary Sector”, a report by Perfect Moment for the Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum.



Valuing the Voluntary Sector, Perfect Moment May 2008

Cornwall Infrastructure Partnership report – The Needs of the Voluntary Sector in Cornwall

The 2009 Cornwall Infrastructure Partnership report entitled The Needs of the Voluntary & Community Sector in Cornwall features detailed information about issues facing the sector, and how the larger infrastructure charities can work to help smaller organisations.

Key findings include: -

• A majority (58%) of respondents identified “Not Enough Grant Funding” as the key challenge they faced
• Roughly a third of organisations had an annual turnover of less than £5,000
• Slightly more organisations received income through fund raising than grant funding

Click here to read the full report.