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The Camborne / Redruth / Hayle Gazette August 2017


Be aware of your rights to holidays


TOO many Cornish workers are not getting their legal entitlement to holidays and holiday pay says Citizens Ad- vice Cornwall.


Its staff and volun- teers helped 74 people with issues related to paid holiday between April 2016 and March 2017.


Nationwide research by Citizens Advice (CA) found half of peo- ple on zero hours con- tracts, and two in five people on temporary contracts, wrongly be- lieve they are not enti- tled to paid holidays. It also found exam- ples of employers with- holding paid holiday from carers working night shifts, workers who didn’t meet sales targets and staff who employers had wrongly categorised as self-em- ployed.


Citizens Advice Cornwall says all work- ers are entitled to holi- day pay regardless of their type of contract – whether it’s full-time, part-time, agency or ca- sual work. ‘You are entitled to up to 28 days’ holiday a year – depending how many days a week you work’, said a spokesman.


In one case, a man working at a hotel in Cornwall wasn’t given


holiday pay for three years while on a zero hours contract.


He didn’t realise he was legally entitled to this pay. CA Cornwall was able to negotiate 50 per cent of his previous years’ entitlement and get his whole holiday pay for the current year, even though he’d already left the job. The charity is calling on the Government to ensure workers are aware of, and are able to take, paid holiday to which they are enti- tled. Chief executive Neil Colquhoun said: ‘With more than half of employers having staff working shifts or vari- able hours, people need to be more aware of their rights over paid holiday. Anyone un- sure of their situation, or who thinks they are missing out, should contact us for help.’ Citizens Advice Cornwall wants the Government to take the following steps: com- bine the enforcement of employment rights into one Fair Work Author- ity that can tackle em- ployers that break the rules; place a £50 cap on Employment Tri- bunal fees; and define self-employment in law to prevent employers restricting people’s rights.


Funds for project


A PROJECT which will help support vulnerable children and families in Cornwall has been awarded £1.9m.


The project, developed by Cornwall Council in partnership with health organisations, is one of 24 to receive funding from the Government’s Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme. The money will support a new scheme to help transform the way education, health and social care services work together to meet the needs of children, young people and their families.


News


Two reasons for mine to celebrate


Building given to National Trust


EAST Pool Mine has been celebrating for two rea- sons: the 50th anniversary of it being in the care of the National Trust and the gift of a building called the Miner’s Dry.


The building has been donated by Christine Smith who, with her late husband, ran the recycling business, Cornwall Paper Company, from the site. The Miner’s Dry was an important building to the men and boys who went down the mine as it was where they washed and changed before and after shifts; and where they left their personal belongings. It would have been the scene of much banter and joking among the miners before and after the serious business of going under- ground.


The name ‘Dry’ comes from the period when steam engines powered Cornish mines.


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Hot steam pipes provided a place where the miners could dry out their work- ing clothes; whereas, previ- ously, they often had to walk home with them wet. Christine said: ‘I am de- lighted to make this gift to the National Trust and to see the Miner’s Dry take its rightful place in the indus- trial heritage of the area. I look forward to seeing the building restored and re-


CHRISTINE Smith and daughter Roz Merriman with Jack (7) and Alex (4). Picture: Sarah Talbot


united with the mine it once served.’


Ian Marsh, general man- ager for the National Trust in West Cornwall, said: ‘I am really proud to have ac- cepted the gift of the Miner’s Dry from Christine and her late husband. It is a very generous act and con- tinues the legacy left by the Trevithick Society who gifted East Pool Mine to the National Trust in 1967, 50 years ago this year.


‘This kind of generosity and commitment to our heritage secures special places like East Pool Mine forever, for everyone. The work now starts to con-


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behind the recipes CORNISH charity Cornwall Hospice Care says that behind every scrumptious recipe there’s a story just waiting to be told – and has produced a book to prove the point.


The Great Cornish Cake Bake Cake Book is the brainchild of community fundraiser Judy Lawton, who runs the charity’s annual Great Cornish Cake Bake Day.


She said: ‘I had the idea two years ago when I realised many people have favourite recipes that have been handed down by relatives. It’s been a huge privilege to meet those who have con- tributed to the book and for many it’s been both emotional and magical to put their memories and their delicious dishes in writing.’


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serve the building with a new slate roof and vital re- pairs to the masonry. I will always remember the first time I saw the Miner’s Dry at Geevor.


Emotional


‘ I found it very moving and the way the Dry is pre- sented today gives visitors an emotional understand- ing of what it was actually like for miners, the risks they took and how some paid the highest price of all with their lives. ‘We hope to use the Dry at East Pool Mine to tell the story of the people who worked there, the toil and


sacrifices they made, and the rich rewards which prospered families such as the Agar-Robartes of Lan- hydrock.’


Kingsley Rickard, vice- chairman of the Trevithick Society, said: ‘We’re de- lighted that this acquisition will now bring all the old buildings of the last devel- opment of East Pool Mine under a single ownership again. This will enhance the experience visitors have and explain the im- portance and influence of the Cornish mining indus- try in the past. The Tre- vithick Society has worked with the National Trust for


many years and is very pleased to continue the as- sociation.’


Julian German, chair of


the World Heritage Site Partnership Board, said: ‘East Pool Mine is one of the engineering jewels of the Cornwall and West De- von Mining Landscape World Heritage Site. Owned and cared for by the Na- tional Trust since 1967, East Pool Mine has the distinc- tion of being the only metal- liferous mine within the World Heritage Site to re- tain Cornish vertical cylin- der pumping and winding engines in their original houses.’


Health services set to merge


THE GP out-of-hours service and the NHS 111 telephone line for medical advice are due to be merged in Corn- wall.


A partnership be- tween the Royal Corn- wall Hospitals NHS Trust, Kernow Health CIC and Vocare Ltd has been chosen to run the new amalgamated ser- vice from December. At present, the GP out-of-hours service is run by Devon Doctors and the NHS 111 ser- vice is provided by the South Western Ambu-


lance Service NHS Foundation Trust. Bringing the two ser- vices together means that patients will get the right help from a mix of clinical special- ists, such as nurses, GPs and pharmacists – and should also relieve the pressure felt by the ambulance service and A&E departments, says the NHS Royal Corn- wall Hospitals Trust. Patients will not see any change to how they access these services and will continue to call 111 for non-urgent


health advice, to speak to an out-of-hours doc- tor, arrange an appoint- ment at a treatment centre or a home visit, if appropriate for their medical need.


Advice


NHS Kernow govern- ing body member Dr Rob White said: ‘We are delighted that our new integrated NHS 111 and GP out-of-hours service will be provided by a team of doctors, nurses and specialist clini- cians. They know first-


hand what patients need and what works and they are instru- mental in helping us to create a joined-up health and care sys- tem.’ ‘Anyone needing help or advice will be able to speak to a clinician, if needed, either on the phone or in person, at one of our treatment centres, or in their home,’ he continued. ‘This is an important step on our journey to create an integrated health and care sys- tem.’


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