Programmes available

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Funds by heading:

Exceptionally talented young people

This fund aims to help young people who have demonstrated a desire and capacity to accomplish great things but who are in danger of being held back by personal or family hardship or disability.  Fields of talent could include sport, academics, arts, voluntary service, music, science or enterprise.

For beneficiaries 12 years and over and up to 25 years old

The average grant award is £800.

Sport

Comic Relief is a grant making programme managed by Cornwall Community Foundation, to support work where there is clear evidence of a sustained beneficial impact on people’s lives that are excluded or disadvantaged through low income, rural or social isolation, age, disabilities, race, sexuality or gender. Priority is to be given to small, locally based groups or organisations in areas of disadvantage that have a clear understanding of the needs of their community and are undertaking actions as a means of addressing these needs. This can also include “Communities of Interest” which cover a wider geographical area.

Grants between £1,000 and £10,000, the average grant award from May 2010's panel was £1,501.77.

Crime Prevention

Encouraging initiatives that aim to reduce crime and anti social behaviour with youth led projects and co-ordinated activities for young people.

Grants from £250 - £1000 with an average award of £500

*** We hope to announce details of future funding. Applications are not currently being accepted ***

Applications are invited from local voluntary groups which are working with their local Neighbourhood Beat Manager, or Police Community Support Officer, to improve the lives of people in their community.

The main purpose of the fund is to help improve public confidence in the police and their partners and the way they deal with issues that matter to the local community. Applications should reflect this purpose.

Crisis including Cornwall Flood Fund

Grants are made to charitable organisations and agencies to benefit people in crisis who are urgently in need of small, one off amounts of money.

Top-up grants of £250

Please contact Cornwall Community Foundation if your organisation would like to become a grant recipient.

The CCF will be working with a range of other agencies to give out small, emergency grants in the coming days and weeks to the people most seriously affected by the floods.

Benefiting Older People

Awards are granted to support projects that improve the quality of life of older people, specifically increasing access to services, helping to regain confidence & self esteem and encouraging older people to participate in activities which bring communities together.

Grants from £250 - £500

Women & Children in Crisis

For the benefit of a single parent or carer, living alone with a child/children who is experiencing need, hardship or distress, in particular single parents.

Grants are awarded to sponsors on behalf of their beneficiaries.  Sponsors include health visitors, doctors, teachers, CAB, police, Sure Start and representatives from voluntary agencies.

Monies are limited so not all eligible applications will be funded. We can therefore only support beneficiaries in most urgent need, approximately 20 applications per year in total.

Grants from £50 - £250

Criteria, guidelines and application form as above but restricted to the old borough of Penzance:

HEARMOOR, GULVAL, NEWLYN, MOUSEHOLE, PAUL, MADRON AND PENZANCE

This fund is currently available for grant making

Community Projects

Grants for the benefit of organisations and causes which bring people together in their local community.

Grants up to £1000

BBC Radio Cornwall will make announcements of their Appeal on air.

The Cornwall 100 Club award grants which aim to “support local projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly that engage local people in making their communities better places to live”.  In particular they encourage projects which incorporate a combination of the following themes:

•  Improving community spaces (village halls and outside recreational spaces)
• Providing community services and access to services
• Business and communities working together

 Grants typically range from £500 to £3,000.

 The average grant award from September 2010’s panel was £1580.00.

A grant programme to offer opportunities to grass roots community and voluntary groups in the area currently known as Caradon District to receive grants so they may create and/or deliver projects for the benefit of their community. Examples of funding could include the purchase of equipment, an outing, volunteer training etc.

Grants range from £250 - £1,000

Restrictions apply including:

Your turnover must not exceed £30,000 per annum
You must be volunteer led and benefit your community
You must spend the grant within 1 year

Youth Opportunities

This is The Dulverton Trust’s largest category and aims to support charities that help disadvantaged children and young people, including offenders, to adopt a more positive attitude to their lives, raise their aspirations and realise their full potential. Dulverton Trust support a wide range of charities working in this area, including those providing advice and skills training, help with finding employment, engagement with local communities and volunteering opportunities. We are particularly interested in those charities using early-intervention initiatives to ensure children from significantly disadvantaged backgrounds are given a fairer chance to develop their social, employment and life skills. The Trust also believe in the character-building value of challenging outdoor activities, such as adventure training, that encourage leadership and team spirit and we have long supported charities that give children from deprived urban areas the opportunity to experience and value the countryside.

 General Welfare

The Dulverton Trust support a wide range of activities that benefit disadvantaged people and communities, with particular interest in:

• strengthening and supporting family relationships
• early intervention to support the welfare of children in disadvantaged families and looked-after children
• helping young homeless people to move forward
• maintaining active living and independence for older people (Note: this does not include help with medical and mental health problems or disability)
• the welfare of those who care for others
• prevention of re-offending, the rehabilitation of prisoners and ex-offenders and help for their families to rebuild their lives
• developing tolerance and understanding between faiths and communities

 Preservation

The Dulverton Trust are interested in the preservation of outstanding historic artefacts and buildings of national importance and encourage the development of craftsmanship in the traditional techniques of repair and restoration. Because this Trust gives annual grants to the National Churches Trust and the Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust for churches in the United Kingdom, they will rarely consider applications from individual churches.

 Grants range from £500.00 - £5,000.00

This fund supports small well run disability projects, in Cornwall, especially for adults, with a strong support from volunteers. The average grant is £500.00.

For more information about this please call our office 01566 779333, alternatively please send us a letter explaining the aims of your organisation, the project you request funding towards and how much funding you request.

There are no deadline or panel dates set for this fund, once we receive your request it will be processed as soon as possible.

The Adult Care and Support Fund awards small grants to organisations in Cornwall that can make a real difference in their local community.  The funds are aimed at prevention and to help people aged 16 years and over who need extra support, to live as independently as possible.  The focus of projects must be on social inclusion and integration.  Examples of beneficiaries could include older people, carers and/or people with a disability.  The type of disability a person may have could include learning, physical, sensory or mental health issues for example.

Your organisation must (you should also aim to qualify for at least 5 of these criteria to be eligible):

1. Aim to improve the physical and emotional health of local people
2. Be community based
3. Prevent long term dependence on statutory health and social care services
4. Raise awareness of adult abuse and the Council’s Safeguarding Protocol (details can be found on the following website: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=14581)
5. Help people access ‘everyday services’ which can be taken for granted e.g. shops, GP surgeries, leisure opportunities etc.
6. Provide support to isolated people
7. Provide evidence there is a shortage of service in your area
8. Enable people with a disability to live full and active lives in their own communities
9. Help people to help themselves.  The aim is that people will not become dependent upon your support and you will have plans to help your beneficiaries to move on or gradually receive less support over time
10. Create a voice for historically disadvantaged groups such as older people or people with a disability

Grants typically range from £250 to £5,000 but applications outside these amounts will be considered in exceptional circumstances.

The Community Foundation Grants

The Community Foundation Grants include 7 areas of interest please see below for further information.

Please note: there is one application to complete you must tick the right box on the application form in which you fit the criteria of!

China Clay Area Community Fund

This fund supports projects in the China Clay area including St Austell, Fowey, St Enoder, St Dennis, St Stephens, St Mewan, Luxulyan, Lanlivery, St Blazey, Tywardreath and Treverbyn. Preference will be given to community groups operating in the Clay area which:

Support cultural and social responsibility

Encourage a sense of cohesion, inclusion and aspiration

Support youth and music projects

Examples of eligible projects could include bands, choirs, scouts, guides and activities such as rotary youth leadership and duke of edinburgh’s award.

Grants range from £250.00-£1,000

This fund supports community projects in the old borough of Penwith including the Isles of Scilly which:

Support the local need
Relieve hardship and poverty
Examples of eligible projects could include refuge centres, soup kitchens and food banks.

Grants range from £250.00-£1,000

This fund supports community projects in Restormel including the China Clay area which:

Support the local need
Examples of eligible projects could include community events.

Grants range from £250.00-£1,000

This fund supports community projects in Cornwall which:

Support early intervention work for young people aged 9-13 years who are resident in rural areas

This fund will support the core costs of a project.

Grants range from £250.00-£1,000 

The BOP Fund (The Benefiting Older People Fund)

This fund supports projects that improve the quality of life of older people, who are over 65 years, specifically, projects that:

increase access to services for older people who face social exclusion and isolation

help older people who are experiencing difficulties in their lives regain confidence and self-esteem

encourage older people to take part in activities that bring communities together

Examples of eligible projects could included day care centres and live at home schemes.

Grants range from £250.00-£500.00

This fund supports the relief of hardship and poverty and crisis intervention in Cornwall. A small proportion would be payable for cultural and musical purposes.

 Examples of eligible projects could include homeless people and drop in centres.

 Grants range from £250.00-£1,000

This fund supports community projects in Cornwall which:

Specifically help groups train in information technology
Examples of eligible projects could include after school activities

Grants range from £250.00 - £1,000

Wind turbines have been generating renewable electricity at Goonhilly on The Lizard since 1993. In 2010 owner and operator REG Windpower completed a project to replace the 14 original machines with six modern turbines, more than trebling the clean energy output. The company strongly believes that local communities should benefit from hosting a wind farm. REG Windpower will contribute to a fund to support good causes local to the site every year of the wind farm’s working life.

This fund is availbale to community projects based in and for the benefit of people in, the TR12 postcode area .

Grants range from £250 - £5,000 (except in exceptional circumstances)

Poverty & Disadvantage, including Carers

The main purpose of this fund is to provide relief of hardship and poverty and to support the education of Cornish people; please note this is intended for groups not individuals; small grants for cultural, musical or medical research will also be considered.

From £250 - £5000 but exceptions will be considered

Please note there are no panel or deadline dates for this Fund; we hope to process all applications within eight weeks of being received.

Queen's Diamond Jubilee

This Fund is currently suspended due to limited funds.

This Fund is for the support of communities/groups wishing to celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012.  The events will honour the 60 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Grants range from £50 - £250

Please note there are no deadline or panel dates for this fund, please send your application into the CCF office where it will be reviewed.

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