Experience Bodmin

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Experience is a project that promotes Cornwall as a year-round destination.

After its success in West Cornwall and Newquay, the project is now focusing on Bodmin from April 2025 to March 2027. It aims to bring more visitors to the town by creating unique cultural and low carbon experiences.

The project has four main parts:

  1. Helping local businesses and people build skills and connections.
  2. Improving what Bodmin offers to visitors.
  3. Promoting Bodmin as a place to visit
  4. Evaluating how well the project is working.

The project team are planning to build on Bodmin’s ambition to become a major tourism destination based on its heritage attractions, cultural events and recreational opportunities.

Whilst it is not traditionally a tourist hotspot, Bodmin is ideally situated to be a gateway to mid-Cornwall. It’s close to Bodmin Moor, the Camel Trail, and both the north and south coasts. It’s also near popular attractions and is surrounded by wild natural landscapes.

The project will run a focused marketing campaign to show off what makes Bodmin special. With investment and improvements in the town, the goal is to create lasting benefits for local people.

This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (2025–26) and from Cornwall Council’s Town Centre Revitalisation Fund (2026–27).


Experience is a project that promotes Cornwall as a year-round destination.

After its success in West Cornwall and Newquay, the project is now focusing on Bodmin from April 2025 to March 2027. It aims to bring more visitors to the town by creating unique cultural and low carbon experiences.

The project has four main parts:

  1. Helping local businesses and people build skills and connections.
  2. Improving what Bodmin offers to visitors.
  3. Promoting Bodmin as a place to visit
  4. Evaluating how well the project is working.

The project team are planning to build on Bodmin’s ambition to become a major tourism destination based on its heritage attractions, cultural events and recreational opportunities.

Whilst it is not traditionally a tourist hotspot, Bodmin is ideally situated to be a gateway to mid-Cornwall. It’s close to Bodmin Moor, the Camel Trail, and both the north and south coasts. It’s also near popular attractions and is surrounded by wild natural landscapes.

The project will run a focused marketing campaign to show off what makes Bodmin special. With investment and improvements in the town, the goal is to create lasting benefits for local people.

This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (2025–26) and from Cornwall Council’s Town Centre Revitalisation Fund (2026–27).


  • Shaping Flamm 2026 in Bodmin - Arty Bosvena Grants Now Open for Applications!

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    FEAST has teamed up with FLAMM to support community-rooted creative projects in Bodmin.

    Each year, FEAST awards a place-based grant to a Cornish town and its surrounding area to develop and deliver cultural activities created by and for the local community. The aim is to foster long-term creative regeneration by strengthening cultural networks, building a sense of place, unlocking underused spaces, and supporting economic growth through the arts.

    As shared in our last newsletter, Flamm is coming to Bodmin in February 2026! In conjunction with this exciting visual arts festival, FEAST is piloting its place-based grant in Bodmin, ensuring that co-created and co-produced community events become a central part of the two-day celebration.

    Grants of up to £5,000 are available, and applications are welcome from individuals or organisations based within the Bodmin College catchment area.

    Click here to learn more and express your interest. Expressions of interest need to be submitted by 1st December 2025.

  • Funded Training with Creative Kernow: Marketing Made Easy

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    We’re excited to share a fantastic opportunity for businesses in and around Bodmin to take part in a funded training offer designed to enhance your understanding of marketing and help you discover creative, cost-effective ways to expand your brand presence.

    Curated by Creative Kernow, this offer provides small businesses with valuable tools to help you grow, connect, and thrive.

    Marketing Made Easy will take place at place at The BEAT (PL31 2JU) on Tuesday 25 November from 10AM to 1PM. The workshop will cover:

    • Marketing and audience engagement
    • Creative collaboration and networking

    Delivered by experienced professionals, these sessions are designed to be practical, inclusive, and inspiring.

    Find out more and reserve your ticket!

    This workshop is brought to you by Creative Kernow in partnership with Experience Bodmin. This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

  • Flamm is coming to town!

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    After a two-year break, the vibrant Flamm visual arts festival is back — and it’s heading to Bodmin in February 2026!

    This exciting festival brings nationally and internationally acclaimed visual art to Cornwall, while also shining a spotlight on local talent and community creativity. And this time, Experience Bodmin has played a key role in helping bring Flamm to our town!

    Founded by Creative Kernow in 2023, Flamm is all about collaboration — and they want you to be part of shaping this year’s festival. If you live in Bodmin or within the Bodmin Community College catchment area, you’re warmly invited to join one of the upcoming free community sessions.

    Thursday 18th September at IntoBodmin, 7pm-9pm

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    Saturday 27th September at IntoBodmin, 11am-1pm

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    These sessions are open to everyone — families, young people, retirees, community groups, creatives, and anyone who calls Bodmin home. It’s your chance to share ideas, influence the programme, and help decide how £20,000 in funding will be used for local projects.

    Let’s make Flamm 2026 a true celebration of Bodmin’s creativity and community spirit!

  • Cornwall Hospitality Collective - Free training

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    We’re excited to announce a new partnership with the Cornwall Hospitality Collective(External link) (CHC), aimed at supporting local businesses and individuals in building valuable skills and connections within the hospitality sector.

    CHC brings together insights from its network of local hospitality businesses and years of hands-on experience in designing tailored training programmes. Together, we’ve curated a series of practical, high-impact sessions to help you stay ahead in a fast-evolving industry.

    Sessions Now Live:

    Customer Service

    Customer Service is an integral part of all roles within hospitality businesses, but each of the departments within hospitality may require different aspects. This session will look at how customer service can differ and how best to deliver it, considering you or your teams' departmental differences.

    📅 Friday 14 November 2025

    🕙 10:00 AM

    📍 The Headland Hotel, Headland Road Newquay TR7 1EW

    🎟️ Reserve your spot here

    Hospitality Marketing

    This session will explore barriers that the group is finding and look into the future about the changing customer expectations for food and drink and accommodation.

    📅 Thursday 20 November 2025

    🕙 10:00 AM

    📍 Sea Space, Watergate Road Newquay TR7 3LX

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    Hospitality Marketing

    This session will explore barriers that the group is finding and look into the future about the changing customer expectations for food and drink and accommodation.

    📅 Tuesday 25 November 2025

    🕙 10:00 AM

    📍 Boardroom Saint Mawgan, TR8 4RZ

    🎟️ Reserve your spot here

    All sessions are free of charge and open to all hospitality professionals. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from industry experts and connect with peers across Cornwall.

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