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The Camborne / Redruth / Hayle Gazette April 2017


Gazette recipe of the month


News Group gives evidence


CORNISH campaigners presented evidence to a Parliamentary commit- tee investigating welfare payments to disabled people – and are now plan- ning a Cornwall-wide awareness campaign.


Benefit Resolutions, a Truro-based not-for-profit community interest company, gave evidence about the new Personal Independence Pay- ment (PIP) system and, in particular, the tribunal appeals process. Benefit Resolutions helps people appeal against decisions made about


their support – and the PIP Commit- tee was investigating why so many of the decisions are overturned by appeal tribunals.


Benefits Resolutions director Joy O’Gorman said: ‘We have had over 300 tribunal cases overturned and have to deal with some pretty dis- tressing cases. For example, a dia- betic amputee whose stump bleeds when walking, whose other knee is full of painful arthritis and who is re- duced sight assessed, was judged as not needing mobility-related PIP


support. Cases like these are not what the welfare reform was or should be about and this claimant should not have been faced with hav- ing to go to tribunal. ‘Tony Lea is our lead advocate who gave evidence personally and wins PIP tribunal cases on behalf of vul- nerable claimants struggling with the system.


‘This year alone, Tony has won 12 tribunal cases (100 per cent success rate) and helped to avert many addi- tional cases from tribunal due to the


working relationships we have devel- oped. We also provide an outreach service for people in Cornwall and Devon. We are currently working to organise an awareness day for GPs, social workers and healthcare pro- fessionals to highlight how vital their role is with regards to providing sup- porting medical evidence for the most vulnerable in our society. ‘Without it, claimants are put through the mill and in turn this places extra strain on services due to crisis intervention.’


ROAST RATATOUILLE WITH FETA


(Serves 8-10) 2 red peppers 2 yellow peppers


175ml extra-virgin olive oil 24 cherry tomatoes


4 red onions, each cut into 6 wedges 2 aubergines, cut into slices 5-7mm thick 2 courgettes, cut into slices 5-7mm thick 200g feta cheese 30 black olives


Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper For the dressing:


3tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1tbsp sherry vinegar 2tsp coriander seeds


2tbsp chopped fresh coriander


Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas mark 6. Rub the whole peppers all over with one table- spoon of the olive oil, place on a roasting tin and roast in the oven for 45-60 minutes. Meanwhile, halve the cherry tomatoes across the equator and place in a bowl, then add the onion wedges. Pour 75ml of the olive oil into the bowl and toss to coat the vegeta- bles, then season with salt and pepper. Push the peppers up to one end of the roasting tin and tip the tomatoes, onions and all the oil in the bowl into the other end of the tray. Place back in the oven to roast. When the tomatoes are juicy and tender and the onions are roasted and golden, tip them out onto a large serving plate and set aside.


The peppers at this stage might be tender; if they are, take them out, place in a bowl and cover with cling film. Pour the juices from the tray over the tomatoes and onions. If the peppers are not yet cooked, pop them back in the oven.


Place a griddle pan over a high heat to get nice and hot. Meanwhile, place the aubergines and courgettes in a bowl, pour the remaining oil over them and season with salt and pepper. When the griddle pan is good and hot, place the slices in a single layer (you’ll need to do this in batches) on the pan and cook for two minutes on either side until deep golden in colour. Take out and place with the tomatoes and onions on the plate. When the roasted peppers have cooled enough for you to handle, peel off the cling film and peel and deseed the peppers. Discard the peel and seeds but keep all the juices – pour these over the other vegetables on the plate. Tear the pepper flesh into strips and ar- range over the vegetables.


Next, make the dressing. Place the oil and vinegar in a bowl. Put the coriander seeds into a dry frying pan over a medium-high heat and cook for a minute until roasted and slightly darker in colour. Tip out into a mor- tar and grind with a pestle while still hot and add to the dressing. Taste for seasoning and adjust if needed.


Drizzle the dressing over the vegetables, crumble over the feta and scatter with the olives and chopped fresh coriander.


n This recipe is taken from Recipes From My Mother by Rachel Allen is published by HarperCollins, priced £20. Available now


PUDSEY Bear, the Children in Need mascot, shows the amount awarded to projects in Cornwall


POLICE and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez at the CCTV monitoring hub at Tolvaddon, Camborne


Extra cash for CCTV upgrade


Pudsey funds for county


BBC Children in Need is giving grants worth £179,858 to two projects in Cornwall. The Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (WRSAC) has been awarded £119,321 to con- tinue running its Young Empowered Women Pro- ject.


The project helps to support the young women and make a differ- ence in their lives.


The second organisa- tion benefiting from Chil- dren in Need funding is Active 8 which is receiv- ing £60,537 to run its Ac- celer8 programme.


This scheme supports teenagers with physical


disabilities from all over Cornwall. The funding will enable a series of res- idential weekends to be held.


Juliet Williams, BBC Children in Need re- gional officer in the South and West, said: ‘Grants like this, made possible by the generosity of our supporters, help to break the cycle of disad- vantage in young lives.’ Children in Need grants are open to new or existing applicants. Projects working with children and young peo- ple facing any kind of dis- advantage can find out more on how to apply at bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants


AN extra £200,000 has been pledged to up- grade CCTV operations across Cornwall and Devon. Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez has high- lighted the initiative in her police and crime plan, and wants to en- courage the develop- ment of CCTV monitor- ing hubs.


‘High quality and in- terconnected CCTV plays a major role in helping to keep people safe,’ said Ms Hernan- dez.


‘It is an invaluable resource for the police to investigate crime and enable emergency services to find and help vulnerable people. ‘I want to support lo- cal authorities to better monitor their existing systems. It’s very much about building them


into a hub where you’ve got excellent staff monitoring CCTV on behalf of local au- thorities.


‘This helps to reduce the cost to them, it helps provide reassur- ance to the public and it also protects police officers on the street and ensures we have some good evidence when we need it.’


Streamline


Ms Hernandez vis- ited the centralised CCTV monitoring hub provided by Cornwall Fire and Rescue at Tolvaddon, Camborne. With nine Cornish towns currently con- nected, and the capac- ity to extend, the hub at Tolvaddon is already helping to streamline CCTV operations in Cornwall.


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