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March 23, 2026

Recently our Growing Futures students enjoyed a visit from Craig L, Cyber Protect Officer from Devon and Cornwall Police. He talked about how we can keep ourselves, and our information (passwords, etc.) safe when going online. We discussed AI, scams to look out for, creating secure passwords, and talked about jobs within digital technology industries. The […]

February 12, 2026

Newquay Orchard is celebrating National Apprenticeships Week 2026, a week-long national event bringing together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy. We caught up with Liberty Kirk, Apprentice Learning Support Assistant working on our Growing Futures alternative education […]

February 1, 2026

If you’ve come to visit us recently, you’ll have noticed the new bank of solar panels, expertly installed by Naked Solar. Completed at the very end of 2025, the panels are now fully online – and we’ve even been able to produce some excess to feed back to the grid! “These solar panels will help offset […]

January 22, 2026

CAMHS: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service After a successful pilot of CAMHS Goes Wild!, an innovative initiative offering nature-based lifestyle medicine interventions for young people at Newquay Orchard, the project has been awarded £150,000 from NHS Charities Together to take it forward. CAMHS Goes Wild! is a nature-based lifestyle medicine group for children and […]

January 6, 2026

That’s a wrap! 2025 marked our tenth anniversary year as a community organisation, and what a year it’s been for everyone involved. In fact, we recently released our annual report, detailing our impact in the community over the last year, as well as a look back over the last ten. As the year draws to […]

December 1, 2025

Winter is nearly upon us, with its crisp, cold light illuminating our polytunnels like paper lanterns. The abundance of the autumn harvest is over, and all our work now focuses on preparing our grounds and our selves for new growth in the spring. There are plenty of ways to offer yourselves some all-important rest and […]

October 30, 2025

In our tenth year, we recently said a fond farewell to volunteer Jane Padbury, with us since the very beginning of Newquay Orchard, as she leaves Cornwall for pastures new. It was the perfect occasion to catch up with her about her time here, what makes the Orchard so special, and look ahead to the […]

September 26, 2025

Newquay Orchard has received the Green Flag Award, the international quality mark for parks and green spaces, for the fifth year running! Our seven-acre green space, built by the community, for the community, has been recognised for what it brings to the town. At a “hoisting of the flag” ceremony attended by Orchard staff, volunteers, […]

February 11, 2025

On Monday 10th February, Newquay Orchard welcomed HRH King Charles III to Newquay Orchard, where he met volunteers, students and staff, and once again soaked up all the Orchard has to offer as a thriving community space.

February 7, 2025

Newquay Orchard is delighted to been recognised at Cornwall’s first ever Great Cornish Food Awards!

December 21, 2024

As 2024 comes to an end, we look back at the year that was and take stock of all we have achieved, the challenges that have been thrown our way, and the incredible people that have been integral in making Newquay Community Orchard a place that is caring, healing and inspiring for Newquay residents and visitors alike.