Discover Helston

‘Stop Framing’ Helston
2027-03-30 18:00 - 20:00, 2027-03-23 18:00 - 20:00, 2027-03-16 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | The Basement, Helston Gateway, The Parade, Helston,, Cornwall, TR13 8RT, United Kingdom
Six week creative media course
Create your own short animation with Tamara Rosenwyn (12+)
6pm-8pm Tuesdays from 21 April
Book Here (FREE for Basement Members – join for FREE today on our homepage)
‘Stop Framing’ Helston
Learn to create your own stop-frame animation from scratch — all you need is your phone and your imagination.
What is stop-frame animation?
Stop-frame animation is the art of bringing still objects to life — frame by frame. It takes planning, creativity, patience, and a mix of skills from art, photography, video, music and storytelling. The result? A finished film that’s completely yours, ready to share with the world.
What you’ll get out of it
Creative skills — Art, storytelling, photography, music and video all woven into one project
Tech skills — Use your own smartphone to shoot and produce your animation
Teamwork skills — Project planning, team-building, role delegation and time management
Wellbeing — Build focus, self-expression and confidence through hands-on making
Your tutor
Tamara Rosenwyn — Animator & course leader
Tamara created her first stop-frame animation at age 17 and went on to win Runner Up at the Royal Television Society Awards (Student Category). She’s seen first-hand how animation builds confidence, creativity and real-world skills — and she can’t wait to pass that on.

Helston Community Larder
2027-03-30 15:00 - 16:00, 2027-03-23 15:00 - 16:00, 2027-03-16 15:00 - 16:00

Women's Self-Discovery Circle
2027-03-29 19:00 - 20:30
Women’s Self-Discovery Circle (monthly circle) A safe space where you can prioritise Compassionate Self-Care, slow down & re-balance your body mind and spirit. We meet on the last Monday of the month

Breast Intentions Breastfeeding Support Group
2027-03-29 10:00 - 17:00, 2027-03-22 10:00 - 17:00, 2027-03-15 10:00 - 17:00

Trust10 Run at Godolphin
2027-03-28 08:30 - 10:00 | Godolphin
Get outdoors and get fit with the Trust10 running trail through the countryside of Godolphin. Join a fun, free and friendly trail run around the beautiful Godolphin estate. Two loops of 5km with stunning views throughout.
Trust10 happens on the fourth Sunday of every month and includes two laps of a 5km route at Godolphin, so 5km runners are welcome too.
Registration opens from 8.30am, pre-run briefing is at 8.55am and the run starts at 9am.
Please note: Godolphin garden, tea-room and outbuildings do not open until 10am. Toilets are open and available for use.

CAST Saturday Art Club
2027-03-27 10:30 - 12:30, 2027-03-20 10:30 - 12:30, 2027-03-13 10:30 - 12:30 | CAST Cornwall, Cornubian Arts & Science Trust, 3 Penrose Road, Helston Cornwall, Helston, TR13 8TP, United Kingdom
CAST’s Saturday art sessions for eleven- to sixteen-year-olds are structured around engagement with a wide range of artists, many of whom have studios at or close links with CAST.
Led by artist and learning specialist Kate Turner, Saturday Art Club members meet in a studio at CAST each week to work with artists, learn new skills, develop a wide range of projects, and explore their creativity. Due to growing demand for places the Saturday Art Club now has two groups, one meeting in the mornings from 10.30am to 1pm to and the other meeting in the afternoons from 2pm to 4.30pm.
All sessions are free with materials provided.
To join the Saturday Club or find out more please contact kate@castcornwall.art.
The Saturday Art Club began in May 2021 with a pilot programme of six art sessions, thanks to support from the Garcia Family Foundation. These initial sessions ran from May to July and proved so successful that a second pilot was run in September and October 2021. By November 2021, funding from Arts Council England was secured to allow the program to continue through the summer of 2022. In 2023 and 2024, the programme was also supported by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
24 January, 31 January, 7 February, 25 April, 2 May, 9 May, 16 May, 6 June, 13 June, 20 June

Wellbeing: Penrose Park Run
2027-03-27 09:00 - 11:00, 2027-03-20 09:00 - 11:00, 2027-03-13 09:00 - 11:00 | Penrose National Trust, The Stables, Penrose, Helston, TR130RD
What is Penrose parkrun?

A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it’s up to you!

When is it?

Every Saturday at 9:00am.

Where is it?

The event takes place at Penrose Estate, Porthleven Road, Helston, Cornwall TR13 0RA. See Course page for more details.

What does it cost to join in?

Nothing – it’s free! but please register before you first come along. Only ever register with parkrun once and don’t forget to bring a scannable copy of your barcode (request a reminder). If you forget it, you won’t get a time.

How fast do I have to be?

We all take part for our own enjoyment. Please come along and join in whatever your pace!

Penrose parkrun needs you!

It is entirely organised by volunteers – email penrose@parkrun.com to help.

Safeguarding

parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies, including how to report a concern, please see our Safeguarding Hub.

We’re friendly!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the lakeside Café – please come and join us!

Community: Helston Breastfeeding Peer Support Group
2027-03-26 10:00 - 11:30, 2027-03-19 10:00 - 11:30, 2027-03-12 10:00 - 11:30

Make a Trouser Block
2027-03-24 14:00 - 17:00, 2027-03-17 14:00 - 17:00, 2027-03-10 14:00 - 17:00 | CAST Cornwall, Cornubian Arts & Science Trust, 3 Penrose Road, Helston Cornwall, Helston, TR13 8TP, United Kingdom
The aim of the class is to come away with a well fitted trouser block. Having your own block is so useful and essential for making new patterns at home. We will be drafting the block from scratch from your measurements, so please wear leggings so that we can get accurate measurements before we start. After we have drafted the block and added seam allowance, we will make up a quick toile in calico to check the fit, before making any adjustments on the pattern. Please note you will not have a finished pair of trousers to take home, you will have a calico toile and pattern block. From your block you can then make pattern design alterations, such as adding pockets, adding a waistband or waist facing, seam lines etc at home.

Make a Dress Block
2027-03-24 10:00 - 13:00, 2027-03-17 10:00 - 13:00 | CAST Cornwall, Cornubian Arts & Science Trust, 3 Penrose Road, Helston Cornwall, Helston, TR13 8TP, United Kingdom
The aim of the course is to come away with a well fitted dress block (a basic dress pattern with fitted bodice, pencil skirt and fitted sleeve). Having your own block is so useful and essential for making new patterns at home.
Please note, we will not be drafting the block from scratch, we will be amending a block to fit you. We will start by taking measurements and amending the pattern where possible first. Then you will make a toile of the dress in calico to fit. You will have a couple of fittings, as we refine the fit of the garment in stages. These fitting techniques can be applied to any dress/top pattern that you use in future!

Screening - Manifesto
2027-03-14 10:00 - 16:00, 2027-03-13 10:00 - 16:00, 2027-03-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2027-03-11 10:00 - 16:00, 2027-03-10 10:00 - 16:00 | CAST Cornwall, Cornubian Arts & Science Trust, 3 Penrose Road, Helston Cornwall, Helston, TR13 8TP, United Kingdom
Ane Hjort Guttu’s film Manifesto, 2020, (27 min) speculates on the aims and purposes of institutional art education. Newly migrated into a university and an open-plan campus building, an art school feels cornered by a suffocating culture of surveillance and administration. Staff and students find ways to subvert control through secret operations. Drawing on her own experiences as an art teacher, Ane Hjort Guttu explores what is lost when creativity is replaced by order and provides action plans for how to be the playful rebel.
Ane Hjort Guttu is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Oslo. She works across a range of media, with a particular focus on text and moving images. Her practice explores the relationship between freedom and power, how we navigate public space, individual autonomy, and the social, economic, and political conditions of art.
From 13 to 20 March 2026 Ane Hjort Guttu will be leading the eighth Cornwall Workshop, a weeklong intensive residential workshop for artists, curators and writers based in Cornwall and the South West. The workshop is organised by CAST and hosted at Kestle Barton on the Lizard peninsula.
