International rock band the Foo Fighters have added their weight to a campaign to bring music practice facilities to Helston.

Everything is now in place except the location - and this is where organisations in Helston and the surrounding area are being urged to come forward.

Andrew Plenty, a lieutenant commander at RNAS Culdrose, has set up the Helston Music Foundation in a bid to set up a dedicated place for young people aged nine to 24 to practice music in.

His children are in the band Black Leaves of Envy that made headlines around the world back in March when Foo Fighters and Nirvana frontman Dave Grohl wrote a letter to Cornwall Council supporting the band's battle to continue practising in a garage at Praa Sands.

Since then Mr Grohl's management have been in regular contact with Mr Plenty and have promised to speak with all the companies that work with the Foo Fighters to provide equipment and instruments for this new project.

This has also prompted other companies to offer soundproofing and sound engineering.

Mr Plenty said: "All we need now is a suitable location to house the project.

"I know that the mental and physical benefits of music to young people is well documented and is only one of many benefits that this project will provide."

He spoke to Helston town councillors last week in the hope that they would support his project and suggest a site.

Any building would ideally include four rooms - three practice rooms and recording space - although even somewhere smaller would allow the project to get off the ground.

Councillors heard that the CAST building and the Epworth Hall had both been approached but were not quite suitable.

Mr Plenty said he had also been advised by a number of people to keep it separate from anywhere educational, to give the young people more freedom.

Councillor Ronnie Williams suggested that the now empty Trewennack Chapel, or one of the other now closed chapels, might be suitable and Mr Plenty agreed that Methodist minister Rev Danny Reed was on his list to contact.

Mr Plenty is also putting together a business plan to form a community interest company (CIC) that would oversee the music foundation.

This means that although unable to get funding to buy a building, it might be possible to bid for running costs and rent.

Although the project is aimed at younger musicians, the CIC will also be looking into hiring space to adult musicians as a way of raising some income.

Anyone with a building that might be of use can contact Mr Plenty on 07717 765937 or email helstonmusicfoundation@gmail.com