Pasties Pack a Punch in the Community

PRESS RELEASE  28 June 2010 

Proper Cornish is 50^th company to join CCF ‘100 Club’The UK’s leading handmade Cornish pasty manufacturer, Proper Cornish Food Company, has become the 50^th company to join the Cornwall Community Foundation (CCF) ‘100 Club’, it was announced today.

 

The 100 Club is a scheme which enables Cornish-based or linked businesses to give targeted funding to grassroots organisations and projects in their local communities. Members provide an annual donation for a minimum of three years which is put towards supporting local causes through grants, as well as supporting the CCF itself and its endowment fund.

 

To date more than £70,000 has been raised by the scheme, helping various community causes including St Keyne Youth Club, Launceston Community Transport Partnership, the St Ives Jumbo Association and St Austell Boxing Club.   A total of 27 groups and projects around the county have benefited from the scheme, improving the lives of more than 27,000 beneficiaries.

 

According to Phil Ugalde, Chairman of Proper Cornish Food Company, the CCF 100 Club offers the perfect opportunity to give back to the local community:

 

“Proper Cornish is very proud to be a Cornish company, producing quality Cornish food, so it is only natural that we would want to support the communities around us.  We have been particularly impressed with the focus of the Cornwall Community Foundation on grass-roots groups and projects around the county, and are looking forward to seeing the real benefits that the funding can bring.”

 

Claire Thayers, CCF Fund Development Manager, commented:“Cornwall is an idyllically beautiful place but also contains areas of great poverty, with all of the associated problems. These problems are most effectively tackled by small, volunteer led groups and projects which can revive, restore and maintain the heart of a community. “We’re delighted to welcome Proper Cornish as our 50^th member of the 100 Club.  They can be sure that every penny they donate will stay in the county and help us to help Cornwall,” she added.In addition to annual donations, many CCF 100 Club members also give help-in-kind in the form of free car parking, meeting rooms, catering, printing, postage and venues, and offer sponsorship to support events.Later in the year the charity will be organising some ‘Seeing is Believing’ tours, giving 100 Club members the opportunity to visit some of groups they have funded.Companies interested in joining the CCF 100 Club should contact Claire Thayers at the Cornwall Community Foundation on 07791 893 480.

 

For more information about Proper Cornish Food Company visit www.propercornish.co.uk

 

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For more information, interviews or images contact:

 

     Lisa Sutherland on 01872 262977 / 07801 979987 or lisarushsutherland@yahoo.co.uk

     Katy Baker on 0117 3737670 / 07581 625820 or katybedingfield@hotmail.com

 

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Notes to editors: 

·         Proper Cornish Food Company is the UK's leading handmade Cornish pasty manufacturer. Based in Bodmin in beautiful North Cornwall, Proper Cornish makes its traditional Cornish pasties to an old family recipe handed down through generations.

·         Proper Cornish places a huge emphasis on provenance and sustainability using only the finest, freshest ingredients, sourced in Cornwall wherever possible and avoiding preservatives and artificial additives. It strongly believes in supporting local farmers and works closely with its suppliers to source all of its farm produce locally wherever possible.

·         Recent accolades for Proper Cornish include the British Pie Awards 2010 (winner of the Cornish Pasty category) and Cornwall Business Awards 2010 (winner of Best Diversification category).