Grants available

The Integrated Care Board Mental Health & Wellbeing Programme is aimed at community groups who wish to provide and promote new initiatives to develop the resilience and the emotional health and mental wellbeing of children and young people. We welcome applications to support children and young people up to the age of 25 years in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly with their emotional health and mental wellbeing.

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.

The #iwill Fund looks to support social action activities that create opportunities for young people aged 10-20 (or 25 for disabled people) to develop their potential and their capacity to significantly contribute to their community. Social action involves activities such as campaigning, fundraising and volunteering and has huge potential to create enjoyable opportunities and skills development for young people, and in turn benefit the local people and places.

The Clare Milne Trust supports disability projects in Cornwall.

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.

Enables charitable organisations to hold a pot of funds to distribute small grants to individuals in crisis

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.

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.

The Police Property Act Fund supports communities to provide diversionary activities from drugs related anti-social behaviour (ASB).

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.

The Surviving Winter Fund aims to raise money to offer financial support to the people most at risk in Cornwall, helping them to stay warm, active and healthy. Grants are made over the winter months to charitable organisations and agencies throughout Cornwall, for distribution to people on low incomes who are struggling to heat their homes and maintain a reasonable quality of life.

The Welcome Fund aims to raise money to offer financial support to refugees in Cornwall. Organisations can apply for a sum of funds between £500 – £2,000, depending on capacity, and distribute at their discretion to refugees in their local area. Usually, individuals or families will be known to the organisation through their service delivery. We ask that no more than £250 is made available to any one individual.

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.

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.

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.