Jynnji for Cornwall

Local Government priorities and targets

Cornwall is a unique region of the UK with a strong identity, and equally so are the people that live here, and the communities they create. The stark differences between the hospitable summers and the harsh winters, are as stark as the disparity between the richest and the poorest in the region.

Services and provisions were already difficult to access for the rurally isolated in need before the pandemic. They were already at capacity in relation to available resources, to available budgets and funding.

Prior to the pandemic Cornwall was at the forefront of building successful micro businesses and community based and community minded organisations (VCSE's). The creation of multi-faceted livelihoods able to thrive in post industrial, socially and environmentally conscious contexts. These aspects of the region were under much study, particularly in terms of socially conscious and not for profit enterprise and infrastructure.

Despite being at the forefront of new and creative ways of working, and of environmentally conscious, more sustainable working practices, these small and medium sized enterprises (MSME's) were not as greatly invested in by national investors and business specialists, as much as they were scrutinised in order to be understood.

Every member of the Jynnji Project team is an ordinary member of their local Cornish community, living and actively working in some capacity, whether professionally or on a voluntary basis. Already working for and with those communities:-

to promote and enrich local culture
towards creating learning and working opportunities
helping with hardship and strengthening community ties.

This team is equally as unique and indigenous as the areas, the cultures and the communities it seeks to work with, work for and to benefit.

The Jynnji Project was created in order to provide a pro-active approach to supporting the region, in it's recovery and renewal post pandemic by:-

key local community focused individuals and organisations
charitable organisations
socially and environmentally conscious organisations
cultural organisations
groups and individuals from the voluntary sector
groups and individuals from the public and private sectors

Through it’s innovative design, low impact and site sympathetic infrastructure; through it’s empowerment and involvement of the local community; through it’s unique approach to art, to life and to work, the Jynnji Project has the potential to be a ‘flagship’ development that Cornwall can be proud of. Positive place making with the scope to ensure that the local community and the creative community of Cornwall has access to the best the rest of the world has to offer.

'Building back better, greener and fairer' for the people of Cornwall needs to see our project working:-

to create and deliver harmonious, high quality, low impact design
to deliver long term sustainable place making and operational viability
to deliver spaces that work with and for the people of the region
to deliver spaces that work for the organisations and groups that give back, that empower, enrich and that support those people
to make use of a neglected area in need of rejuvenation not gentrification