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Cornwall Community Foundation Cornwall Community Foundation connects people who want to help Cornish communities, with grass roots projects that need their support.

Since 2003, we have awarded more than £16 million in more than 7,000 projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. In 2023 alone we awarded £2.9 million in grants. Generous individual and business donors invest in endowed and immediate impact funds, generating the resources to change lives. This enables us to assess and award targeted grants to the local grassroots community groups that need it most.

Celebrating the people making Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly a better place 💛From community kitchens and food banks to...
12/10/2026

Celebrating the people making Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly a better place 💛

From community kitchens and food banks to walking groups that support mental health, so much incredible work happens across Cornwall to bring people together, tackle isolation and help communities thrive.

We’re proud to be supporting this work through a brand-new category at this year’s Cornwall Sustainability Awards – Working Together – Social Sustainability.

Sponsored by The Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, we (CCF) are funding the top three organisations with prizes totalling £3,000 to recognise projects and people making a real difference to people’s lives.

We’ve been funding grassroots organisations across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly since 2003, and we know just how powerful community-led action can be.

Groups can apply for up to TWO awards this year. All info can be found here: https://cornwallsustainabilityawards.org/

Deadline to apply is 31st October!

This time last week, we welcomed guests to our Autumn Fundraising Dinner at the beautiful The Falmouth Hotel for an even...
09/10/2026

This time last week, we welcomed guests to our Autumn Fundraising Dinner at the beautiful The Falmouth Hotel for an evening of great food, plenty of fun, and, above all, heart-warming generosity.

It was wonderful to catch up with some of our nearest and dearest, get everyone together, and introduce more people to Cornwall Community Foundation and the difference we can make together.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, donated, and generously contributed such fantastic auction and raffle prizes. Your support helped us raise over £12,000 which will make a real difference to communities across Cornwall.

A special shout-out to our auctioneer for the night Dany Duncan, Kim Conchie our MC, our brilliant band Funk Soul Other for filling the dancefloor, and to the team at The Falmouth Hotel for hosting us so wonderfully.

We’re so grateful to everyone who helped make it such a memorable night 💛

Place your bids, our Falmouth Feast silent auction is now live! 🙌 And we’ve got some incredible prizes up for grabs, inc...
30/09/2026

Place your bids, our Falmouth Feast silent auction is now live! 🙌 And we’ve got some incredible prizes up for grabs, including:

🏉 Two premium tickets to England vs Australia at Twickenham on Sunday 8 November
🎣 3-night, 2-day Scottish salmon fishing experience for two on a private estate
🖼️ Kit Johns painting
⛳ Andalucía golf break for four at Desert Springs, including four nights’ accommodation and two rounds of golf per person.
🍽️ Private dining for 10 at Michelin starred restaurant in Knightsbridge
⛵ Two-day RYA Powerboat Level 2 course with Elemental UK
🌳 A woodland walk on the Restormel Estate for four, followed by afternoon tea at the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery

And so much more! Browse them here: https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/falmouthfeastauction2026

We have 31 prizes in total to be won.

Every bid helps us continue to support grassroots organisations and communities across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 💛

For everyone attending our Falmouth Feast event, we look forward to seeing you this Friday evening for a night of fun, connection, delicious food, and a shared love of Cornwall.

29/09/2026

We’re aware of an issue that is preventing application form links from being sent to applicants who register with their email address on our grant application registration page. Our team is investigating and we hope to have this resolved soon.

In the meantime, if you would like to start your application, please email [email protected] and we’ll send your application form link to you manually. Please make sure you send your email from the same email address you used to register, so we can match it to your registration.

We’re sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience. We’ll update this page once the issue is resolved.

*UPDATE*
Application form links issue resolved
The issue that was preventing application form links from being sent to applicants has now been fixed, and everything is working as normal again. If you register with your email address on our grant application registration page, you should now receive your application form link automatically.
If you registered while the issue was ongoing, please email [email protected] from the same email address you used to register, and we’ll send it to you.
Thank you for your patience while we fixed this, and we’re sorry for any inconvenience caused.

The Headland Hotel Community Fund is now open for applications, offering grants to grassroots charities, CICs and CIOs w...
28/09/2026

The Headland Hotel Community Fund is now open for applications, offering grants to grassroots charities, CICs and CIOs working on project that will benefit Newquay and the surrounding areas.

This year, funding is available for projects that:
🌿 Protect, restore or educate around the local environment, biodiversity and sustainability
💚 Support skills, training, education and employability
🤝 Bring environmental and social mobility outcomes together

And there’s an exciting new opportunity this year…

Partnership applications are now welcome! If there’s a project you’ve wanted to deliver but don’t have all the skills or resources in-house, why not team up with another organisation and combine your strengths?

Grants of £1,000–£2,000 are available for individual organisations, with £2,500–£4,000 available for partnership applications.

Applications close 19 October 2026.

If your organisation is based in, or your project directly benefits, the communities of TR7 and TR8, find out more and apply today: https://cornwallcommunityfoundation.com/grants/headland-hotel-community-fund/

Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning for the first of our Next Wave events at SeaSpace in Newquay 🌊💛 It was ...
24/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning for the first of our Next Wave events at SeaSpace in Newquay 🌊💛

It was a brilliant morning of honest conversations, new connections and a closer look at what real support for Cornwall’s communities can look like.

We heard from Serena Pettigrew-Jolly, founder of Sunrise Cornwall CIC, and Holly Whitelaw, founder of Gleaning Cornwall Network, who shared their experiences of creating change on the ground – from supporting people through loss following su***de to tackling food waste and food poverty.

We also heard from CCF Fundholder and recently appointed Trustee Veryan Palmer from The Headland Hotel and Spa Cornwall, Joe Turnbull, Trustee and CCF Business Club member Bull & Wolf, and our own Amy Buzza-Blackwell and Tamara Sherston-Baker, all wonderfully hosted by Florence Bate Florence Bate - PR & Comms.

Together we explored the role that businesses and individuals can play in creating a stronger Cornwall and how partnership and meaningful support can make a real difference to our communities.

Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences and helped make our first Next Wave such a special morning. And a huge thank you to the team at SeaSpace for hosting us, beautiful venue and delicious food. ☕

If you are interested in joining our community of supporters whether that be as an individual or through your business, please do get in touch with Tamara via email on [email protected].

Together we are doing something pretty special.

Funding alert: calling all charitable groups in the TR12 postcode area 🌟The Goonhilly Wind Farm Community Fund is open f...
24/09/2026

Funding alert: calling all charitable groups in the TR12 postcode area 🌟

The Goonhilly Wind Farm Community Fund is open for applications, with grants of up to £20,000. For the first time, multiyear applications are also being considered.

This is the only time the fund will open this year, and it closes on 2nd October, so please act quickly if you have a local cause looking for funding to benefit people in the TR12 area.

Please tag anyone who could benefit.

Applications close on 2nd October.

Read full details and apply: https://cornwallcommunityfoundation.com/grants/goonhilly-wind-farm-community-fund/

If you travel through almost any town or village in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly, you’ll find the fingerprints of Cor...
23/09/2026

If you travel through almost any town or village in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly, you’ll find the fingerprints of Cornwall Community Foundation somewhere nearby.

If you look closely at CCF’s branding you’ll spot the yellow heart woven through it, featured in our logo, on the website and in campaign materials. It’s a simple image but it carries real weight as the yellow heart represents friendship and community.

If we think of sunshine breaking over the Cornish coast, or the golden gorse that lines the county’s coastal paths in spring. Together, the yellow heart becomes a symbol of hopeful, generous community spirit, steady everyday warmth of communities looking out for one another.

We think that's a pretty fitting emblem for a charity whose entire purpose is turning individual acts of generosity into collective local impact.

Every donation helps to make a huge impact.

If that yellow-hearted spirit resonates with you, becoming a Friend of the Foundation is one of the simplest ways to give. For as little as £5 a month or £60 a year, you join a community of regular givers that help facilitate CCF’s grant-making all year-round. Get in touch via our website if you're interested in learning more.

Read more: https://cornwallcommunityfoundation.com/news/cornwall-community-foundation-the-heart-behind-the-giving/

Today, we welcomed Viki, Helen and Matt from Access Cornwall to deliver their Neurodiversity Training to our team.The se...
16/09/2026

Today, we welcomed Viki, Helen and Matt from Access Cornwall to deliver their Neurodiversity Training to our team.

The session was incredibly informative and an important opportunity for us to deepen our understanding and ensure we continue to create an inclusive, accessible and supportive environment for everyone.

At Cornwall Community Foundation, we’re always looking for ways to upskill our team and reflect on how we can make our processes clearer, more inclusive and adaptive.

We’d highly recommend this training to businesses and charities across Cornwall looking to strengthen their understanding of neurodiversity.

Thank you to the Access Cornwall team for such a valuable session! 💛

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