Discover the Buzz in the Community Tent
From Friday, 15th May through Sunday 17th, the St Ives Food & Drink Festival will back in town! With top chefs, artisan flavours and live music, Porthminster Beach will be abuzz with vibrant seaside energy. There are also a number of stall holders in the Wellness Zone – including the Edward Hain Centre.
Visit us in the Community Tent, where we’ll be joining other community groups (see the list below) to share activities and connect with festival-goers. You’ll find information displays and leaflets, friendly chats, competitions, raffles, and sales – and also our weekend-long Cash Prize Raffle: the winner of which will take home a minimum of £100 in cash!**
Tickets are available on-site only, so be sure to drop by and pick up one or two (or however many you’d like!) at any of the following times:
• Friday 15th: 12:00–4:30
• Saturday 16th: 11:00–4:30
• Sunday 17th: 11:00–4:00
Our time at the festival will and with the Raffle Draw on Sunday, 17th, at 4pm in the Community Tent.
** The prize will rise depending on number of tickets sold.
Pilchard the Pirate
On Friday 15th, our stand will be graced by the swashbuckling charrrms of Pilchard the Pirate. A huge boon during the St Ives Shanty Shout, Pilchard will once again use his piracy wiles to support our fundraising team. He’ll also help promote the lottery, as well as our health and wellbeing activities.
With many thanks to the lovely Jason Wilkinson for generously sharing his alter ego….
Discover the latest from the EHC
Visit us in the Community Tent to find out about how the Edward Hain Centre supports health, wellbeing, social connection, rehabilitation, and community resilience. You’ll find plenty of information about all of our community programmes, including groups, classes, workshops, volunteering, and exciting upcoming events.
Other Community Groups
The community tent is organised by St Ives BID – and we’re thrilled to be a part of it. We’ll be sharing space in the Community Tent with other community groups, organisations and charities, including BID themselves, along with their fantastic discount St Ives Gold Card; St Ives Town Council, incorporating representatives from their youth arm, Yonkers, St Ives Guildhall, and Cornerstone Library; St Ives Air Ambulance; St Ives Hospices, with their supporting Retro Cornwall stores; Pandemonium Projects, who create pioneering plant-based clothing; St Ives School of Painting; and last but very much not least, the Co-Op, who have been so wonderfully supportive of us on several occasions – not least in their Community Lottery last year (2024/25)
WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY TENT?
The Community Tent is in the heart of the Wellness Zone beside yoga and the cookery school. Come along, say hello, and explore all we do. We have a lot to share!
And don’t forget to keep your eye on the prize of that £100 lottery. . .
