Grants available
Our Grant Portal
Most of our grants are now available through our Grant Portal. It’s a single entry point enabling you to access our funding opportunities. The process starts with answering some simple questions to confirm your eligibility, followed by the completion of an Expression of Interest form outlining your project proposals. It should take no more than ten minutes to complete.
We will then match your project funding requirements with our current funding opportunities and invite you to complete a full application or contact you for further information.
Depending on application volumes it can take up to fifteen working days to come back to you, but usually, it’s a lot sooner than that.
We have funding available for a wide range of community purposes. For example, emergency and crisis support, addressing the effects of the cost of living crisis, crime prevention, enhancing the natural environment, improving physical health and wellbeing, supporting young people, elderly people and people with a disability and developing social enterprises.
So, tell us about your ideas and we’ll confirm which of our programmes best fits your requirements.
Details of a small number of programmes that can be accessed directly are also provided below:
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Our grant portal
Our grant portal is the first step for most of our grants.
For the expression of interest form and we will match your project funding requirements with our current funding opportunities.
Core costs & project costs
open
£5,000
01/01/2021
Our grant portal is a rolling service, We are delighted to receive expressions interest year round.
Cornwall Women’s Fund
The Cornwall Women's Fund aims to support community projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly where women and girls will be the main beneficiaries, and to inspire ambition and enable achievement.
Project costs
closed
Grants range from £500 to a maximum of £10,000
23/02/2022
01/04/2022
The panel will meet on the 13th May 2022
Crisis Fund
Enables charitable organisations to hold a pot of funds to distribute small grants to individuals in crisis
Individuals
open
Charitable organisations reaching people in Crisis can apply for an initial £500 to distribute small amounts, usually no more than £100 when there is a need for immediate help, to alleviate destitution or poverty. Top-up requests can be requested after the initial reporting has been received.
01/01/2021
Open all year round
The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation
The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation aims to support community projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly which address the interrelated issues of financial planning, debt management and the financial education of adults and children.
Core costs & project costs
open
Grants range from £5,000 - £20,000, although higher or lower awards are available depending on the circumstances
27/07/2022
28/09/2022
The panel will be held on the 9th November 2022
Emily Bolitho Trust
To support the wellbeing of individuals, especially those faced with hardship through poor health or low income living within the old borough of Penzance including Gulval, Mousehole, Paul, Newlyn, Ludgvan, Marazion and Madron.
Individuals
open
Grants are awarded up to £500
01/01/2021
Open all year round
South West Enterprise Fund
The South West Enterprise Fund is a new fund aiming to support a variety of young Cornish people aged between 18 - 30 years old who do not have the initial starter funds to get their business ideas off the ground. The fund is for 2 sets of young people:
1. Those who have already shown some initiative in getting their new business off the ground
2. Those who have an idea and need some funding to get their idea off the ground.
Individuals
open
Grants range from £200 to £2,000, donations will vary depending on individual requirements
25/01/2022
Applications will be reviewed on a monthly basis
Young Carers Fund (Previously known as The Duke of Cornwall Benevolent Fund)
For young carers aged 18 or under where their duties go beyond what would be expected for a person of their age. An application for a grant must be made by an organisation for the benefit of any young carer resident in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly who requires support.
Individuals
open
The average grant awarded is £200 per carer
01/01/2021
Open all year round
Worval Foundation
The Worval Foundation aims to provide opportunities for young, disadvantaged people to change the trajectory of their lives. An application for a grant must be made by an organisation for the benefit of a young person resident in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly, who requires support.
Individuals
open
The demand on all our funds is high. Amounts awarded are at the discretion of the fund holders. For guidance, the average grant award is £2,000.00.
01/01/2021
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Young and Talented Cornwall
The Young and Talented Fund, now headed by Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, strives to help those young individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding talent in a particular field – such as sport, the arts, science, voluntary service and enterprise – but are struggling to achieve their ambition or progress in their chosen career because of hardship or disability.
Individuals
closed
Although larger sums are sometimes given, most grants are in the range £500 - £1,500
09/06/2022
08/09/2022
The next Awarding Panel meeting will be on the 20th October 2022
Young and Talented Cornwall Creative Writing Award
The Young & Talented Cornwall Creative Writing Award aims to support and encourage young writers in Cornwall, between the ages of 16 and 23. They are especially hoping to support those from disadvantaged and challenging backgrounds. The award will be a mix of both mentoring with an established writer based in Cornwall (face-to-face sessions supported by email contact) and a cash award of up to £1,000 together with a reading award of £150 worth of books. The mentoring support is offered for a period of up to a year.
Individuals
open
Up to £1,000 together with a reading award of £150 worth of books
20/09/2022
16/01/2023
The next awarding panel meeting will be in March 2023