About Nest Cornwall CIC

Nest is an acronym for nurturing education for the soul together and supports children and young people in Cornwall.

Nest Cornwall CIC values children being able to access their natural curiosity and creativity in a supportive child centred setting. The activities we provide to children attending Nest Cornwall CIC are carefully thought out by our facilitators to support emotional and physical wellbeing.

The backstory: During the Covid-19 pandemic, I became an elective home educating parent to my eldest son who didn’t fit the mainstream schooling system. My son prefers autonomous learning and benefits from a less restrictive environment where he can move freely to self-regulate and listen to music whilst drawing if that’s what his nervous system requires.

Together my son and I worked on a plan to create a creative learning setting that would serve him and other children in our community until they were ready to leave the nest.

Having been inspired by the late Ken Robinson’s Ted Talk https://youtu.be/iG9CE55wbtY?si=f-IBzsBFReu5T6BE initially we started out very small and hired a dance hall studio in Penryn offering dance and songwriting. My son, having had a negative experience at school regained his confidence and made new friends. I noticed that his social skills were improving by being around other children who were home educated and that there was a need to expand our space to include outdoor free play.

We relocated to Chyan Farm in 2023 and to make the most of the space we hired Stanka from Imagine Outdoors CIC to provide outdoor natured based activities. I decided to restructure Nest Cornwall CIC to a not for profit community interest company in February 2024. Nest Cornwall CIC works with freelance facilitators who are passionate about their craft and prioritise the wellbeing of children first. Please see our teams page to learn more about our facilitators.

Children that have struggled at mainstream schools find that the smaller group size at Nest Cornwall CIC is more manageable with an adult child ratio of 1:8.

If you are considering joining Nest Cornwall CIC please get in touch via email at hello@nestcornwall.co.uk

Lucie Hill,

Founder/Managing Director