Cornwall Home Educators Local Resource Service
We already has access to resources and information, from reading schemes to GCSE items, and covering a range of approaches to home education, available to view and some to loan. Resources are often found at car boot sales, charity shops, library book sales, or swapped, handed on and bartered for between home educating families and at weekly home education events. Group orders are also sent in to educational suppliers' catalogues, contact us if you are interested.
Cornwall Scrap Store
There are under 20 user/family cards for £20 each per year for those families who want to collect
scrap store stuff individually. For a membership form contact Gary King, Project Co-ordinator, at
Cornwall Scrap Store - 01726 861166.
Cornwall Paper Company
Suppliers of many different recycled paper products, e.g. coloured card, paper etc.,
Wheal Agar, Trevithick Road, Pool. Telephone 01209 719354. Fax 01209
313041.
Designing and Making Centre
Catalogue available, useful for technology projects.
Church Road, Near Redruth. Telephone
01209 719354.
Reflective Price List and Free Road Safety Items
We can order reflective items at cost price, from the road safety office, ideal for helping
others see you and your children at night, can be stuck on coats, bags, etc. Contact Jean Caddy
at the Road Safety Office, Transportation and Estates, Castle Canyke Road, Bodmin, Cornwall.
PL31 1DZ or telephone them on 01872 327888 for a copy of the order form, and
for a copy of their resource list of free video loans, and other free road safety stuff, e.g.
highway code for the young, posters, leaflets, comics etc.
Useful Contacts for Animal Information
Bat Group
3 Belgravia Place, Sheffield, Penzance. TR19 6UJ. Telephone 01736 732037.
Bat Rescue Centre (Mid Cornwall)
Bat Lodge, Trenoweth, Grampound Road Village, Near Truro, TR2 4EH.
Telephone 01726 883323.
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BCTV)
Falmouth Green Centre, Union Road, Falmouth. TR11 4JW. Telephone 01326
376845.
Brock
For badgers. 17 Bodelva, Par. PL24 2SY.
Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Wildlife Information Service
Fox Club
Seaquest SW
Environmental Recording Centre for Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly
For recording any wildlife you find.
All at Five Acres, Allet, Truro. TR4 9JD. Tel: 01872 240777.
Environment Agency
John Moore House, Victoria Square, Bodmin. PL31 1EB.
Telephone 01208 78301 and Hotline 0800 807060, to report
environmental problems and get free information.
Newquay Zoo Wildlife Hospital
Trenance Park, Newqauy. TR7 2LZ. Telephone 01637 873342.
Otters and Rivers Project
Boscawen House, Chapel Hill, Truro. TR1 3BN. Telephone 01872 245514.
RSPCA
Venton Animal Centre, St. Columb Major, TR9 6JS. Telephone 01637 881455.
Silvanus Trust
The National School, St. Thomas Road, Launceston. P15 8BU. Telephone 01566
775554.
The Barbican Theatre
Good for all types of outing. Castle Street, Plymouth. Telephone 01752 267131.
Web Sites
Eden Project
Information and prepared activity sheets for children about the Eden Project can be
downloaded.
Cornwall Mammal Group
Link to website.
National Trust
There is an Education Website and a
Children's site. They have details of family events
throughout the year.