Change MAKER EVENTS

Change Maker EVENT SEPTEMBER 2025

This September we hosted our latest Change Maker event at St Ives Community Orchard.

The day started with a litter pick of the Palemon Best Recreational Park, Skate Park and surrounding area. Clean Cornwall lead Emily then gave a talk on the progress Clean Cornwall has made in reducing litter and waste in Cornwall, all of which is achieved with vital support from the Change Maker network. So far this year Clean Cornwall has:

• Engaged with over 4,000 volunteers

• Registered over 300 litter picks and beach cleans

• Helped volunteers remove 1700 bags of litter from our environment

Phoebe and Elise from St Ives Community Orchard then gave a talk on how the community-led project has evolved since it started in 2013. The group then enjoyed a tour of the orchard and learnt about the incredible range of fruit trees as well as fruiting bushes, wildflowers, wild grasses, medicinal plants, perennial vegetables and woodland trees on site.