CLEAR has been awarded vital funding to support girls’ education and trauma recovery in Cornwall – supported by Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions
Cornish charity CLEAR, specialists in emotional trauma and therapy, has been awarded funding from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) to support girls in Cornwall who are struggling to attend or remain in education due to the impact of trauma.
WMFTS is part of Spirax Group, a world-leader in thermal energy and fluid technology solutions. As part of Spirax Group’s Sustainability Strategy it established a Group Education Fund in 2021, as a central source of funding to enable its operating companies to support local educational needs.
WMFTS has both a manufacturing presence and an innovation centre in Cornwall. It has recently secured funding of £60,000 over three years for CLEAR to provide one-to-one therapy sessions for girls where trauma is a barrier to education, helping them remain in or return to school, college or higher education.
Martin Johnston, WMFTS Strategic Business Development Director, said: “We’re proud to work alongside CLEAR, a vital charity supporting some of Cornwall’s most vulnerable young people. By helping fund this programme, we hope to make a tangible difference to girls who face complex emotional challenges that affect their ability to engage with education. This partnership exemplifies our wider commitment to equity, education and wellbeing in the communities we serve.”
Carolyn Webster, CLEAR CEO added: “This funding can be life-changing for the girls we support. Therapy gives young people the chance to heal, rebuild and reconnect. For many, it’s the key to being able to return to education and unlock a positive future. We’re incredibly grateful to WMFTS and the Spirax Group for recognising the importance of this work and enabling us to reach more young people in need.”
CLEAR is a local Cornish charity with a mission to help children, young people and adults heal from harm caused by abuse and other emotional trauma – and to prevent abuse from occurring. This funding will directly support therapy for girls impacted by abuse, violence, traumatic loss or other serious emotional trauma. In addition to individual therapy, parents and carers will also be offered psychoeducation and therapeutic parenting support to sustain recovery outcomes beyond the duration of the therapy.
In addition to the funding, teams at WMFTS are using their 3 days of annual paid volunteering leave to help CLEAR with developing promotional material to help with further fund-raising efforts.
This collaboration marks a powerful example of how business and charity partnerships can drive local social impact and promote inclusive access to education across Cornwall.
01726 982140 is the free phone line for mental health support for young people across Cornwall this festive season. see below for further details
Dave Meneer has visited our chairity shop 8 Cathedral Lane again - enjoy!!
" Actually it wasn’t too bad once I’d navigated M&S Lemon Quay car park as you do. Then quite a nice stroll to the wonderful CLEAR shop at 8 Cathedral Lane – having a pre - Christmas snoop; may a bit too pre - pre - Christmas as it turns out…a bit early, much more stuff to come in they told me. By the time you read this it will have changed again – a moving Christmas feast, that place
What I did find was, just inside the door, a first edition of “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” – yours for a very modest three-figure sum – 100 odd quid should do it. Sounds a lot but not when you check out the internet as I did and see it going from £200 to £2000! Going . . . going . . . not gone . . . just yet. But hurry. They’ve always been good on books in 8CL – normally around a pound a pop but they change almost by the day – depends who’s passing doesn’t it? Or, rather, who knows to pop in and check the shelves out.
It's the same with jigsaws – especially at this time of year; £4 for some 1000 - piece belters; I haven’t done one for many years but get me searching for the corner pieces and then the straight lines and I’m hooked; sit me with a couple of grandchildren and I’ll never be seen again. A floodlit Eiffel Tower caught my eye (but would drive me mad with its 1000 pieces) and at 500 there was one called “The wonderful Bookshop”. Yes, the picture was of an old school bookshop, lots of shelves and lots of books on them; some the same size, some the same colour – drive you mad faster than Eiffel?
And then, just over there with the ladies’ shoes was THE most magnificent pair of high-heeled, pointy toed boots, maybe worn just once? colour? CAMOUFLAGE! You know how trendy and colourful that pattern can be – originally meant to make you blend in on the battlefield. I don’t think so! It’s from the French “camoufler’” you know – a sort of slang for disguise or blend in which this pair would do nowhere! A statement pair in size – Medium to Large it said on the sole! 5? 6? 7? Come in and check ‘em out ladies . . . or lads maybe. Unique. You’ll never find ‘em, they blend in so well!
Lots of jeans – black and blue, men’s and ladies’; all sizes. And lots of men’s shirts too – buy one get one free. Suits too – they tend to be grey.
And I was that bit early but it was getting festive and will get even moreso before closing day on Saturday Dec. 20th – handmade stockings, rag-wreaths and more hand - made ones to come next week. Unique baubles - a bag of ten for a fiver – take your pick. You can never have too many baubles!
And then my eye caught a hanging advent calendar in the shape of a Christmas tree – about a metre high and half a metre across at the base. Beautiful thing with 25 little pockets beautifully stitched on and embroidered - each about two inches square – one at the top broadening out to seven across the bottom as the 25 days ticked off – all waiting for something to be put in them to intrigue and delight an inquisitive young mind throughout December. A Rolex watch, a diamond ring, an emerald necklace maybe – the choice is yours. Ok, a satsuma, a walnut or one of those mini - Mars bars; a versatile item!
And I can’t leave this and you can’t leave the shop without checking out the surreal window decoration of a full - on nativity scene made from chickens made from folded paper and cardboard: Mary, wise – men, shepherds, the lot and they assured me they’re working on a donkey made from folded paper and cardboard too. A work of art – so the designer/maker told me. I’ve seen some nativity scenes in my time . . . "
Dave Meneer
CLEAR has two exciting opportunities for new Clinical Service Leads to support delivery of our BACP accredited counselling and therapy services.
The successful candidates will be joining CLEAR at an exciting time for the charity and be part of a wider service development that seeks to continuously improve our services for children, young people and adults across Cornwall.
For an informal chat, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your contact details, stating which post you are applying for.
Details of how to apply are contained within the Job Description.
The Clinical Lead: Children and Young People Trauma Recovery Service pdf Job Description(135 KB) is available here.
The Clinical Lead: Adolescent Emotional Wellbeing Service (11-25) pdf Job Description(136 KB) is available here.
Interviews will take place w/c 5th and 12th January 2026.
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