Welcome to the CIP Website
CIP’s mission is to build a strong and coherent voluntary and community sector through infrastructure support and capacity building to enable the sector to deliver high quality and effective services to the people of Cornwall.
Within this site you can read more about the partners who make up the Cornwall Infrastructure Partnership. You can also follow the links to their own websites, and find details of the training courses offered by CIP partners.
Capacity Builders support the CIP through their enabling funding. Details of this can be found in the latest report provided to Capacity Builders. A Link to the latest report can be found at the end of the Work Strand page of this website.
Current Activity
CIP Meeting 25 Aug 2010 at Disability Cornwall Hayle 10am – 1pm (Minutes from this meeting and a proposal for restructuring CIP are now posted under work strands)
CIP Audit meeting 17 Sep 2010 1030 – 1300 CRCC Truro (Rep from Capacity Builders Andrew Richardson Yorks and Humber) Agenda: Agenda CIP Meeting 17th Sept. 2010
From 7 June Bogus Charity Commission call.
The Charity Commission has been made aware of a scam involving people being telephoned by individuals claiming to represent the Charity Commission. In the phone calls these individuals claim to be from the “debt collection department” of the Commission and they demand payments for various services and advertisements.
Some of the bogus calls have demanded payments of thousands of pounds for various services and advertisements. The Commission has been contacted by a number of people who have received calls of this nature and has already reported this matter to the police.
It is important to be clear that:
- Any call from someone claiming to work with or on behalf of the Charity Commission, and claiming any payment in a threatening way, is clearly bogus;
- The Charity Commission does not charge for any of its services to charities; it does not get involved in debt collection either directly or through contracting third parties to do so, and nor does it collect debt on behalf of charities;
- You should immediately report these sorts of incidents to the police, and the Charity Commission would also like to be informed where its name is being used for suspected fraudulent purposes.
Andrew Hind, Chief Executive of the Charity Commission said;
“I am outraged that individuals are misusing the good name of the Charity Commission in this way. I would strongly urge anyone to contact the police if they receive one of these calls and to please notify us as well.”
Our advice to charities is:
- When you speak to any member of staff from the Commission they will always be prepared to give their name, telephone number and email address;
- Commission email addresses always end with the domain name @charitycommission.gsi.gov.uk;
- Check the number of any suspect caller against the direct dial telephone codes for our offices; these are London 0207 674…, Liverpool 0151 703…, Taunton 01823 345… , Newport 01633 2255…
The best way to contact us is by email or if you need to speak to someone urgently you can call our contact centre on 0845 300 0218. Lines are open from 08:00 to 18:00, Monday to Friday, except national holidays.
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Minutes From Latest Meeting
