The Cornwall Community Foundation helps communities in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by awarding small grants to grassroots, front line, volunteer-led organisations who are making a positive impact in their area, helping to overcome these challenges of disadvantage, exclusion and poverty for all ages.
About The Foundation
We believe in a positive life for all in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, free from poverty and social isolation. To achieve this, we raise funds from individuals and businesses and distribute them to community and grassroots non-profit organisations who are changing lives across the county.
Cornwall Community Foundation has been at the forefront in supporting vulnerable Cornish communities. Since 2003, they have awarded more than £16 million, supporting more than 7,000 local organisations.
For more information please take a look at our website: www.cornwallcommunityfoundation.com
Where The Money Goes
Thank you to all who attended the Cornwall Christmas Fair 2022 at The Eden Project. Your generous donations broke records raising over £74,000 for Cornwall Community Foundation (CCF), smashing fundraising records since the event began 30 years ago.
The £74,000 raised by the Cornwall Christmas Fair 2022 was distributed to various organisations via CCF.
Young & Talented Cornwall - £20,000
Young & Talented Cornwall (Y&TC) received £20,000 from The Christmas Fair. The Fund, headed by Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, strives to help 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 because of hardship or disability.
Matthew Ryall, Cornish pool player and Y&TC grant recipient commented, “Competing in national and international tournaments is vital for my growth as a pool player. However, the extensive travel involved can be a massive financial burden. Thanks to the grants from Young and Talented Cornwall, I've been able to compete without the constant worry of financial pressure, and that's made a world of difference to me. Their support even allowed me to participate in the European Championships, which wouldn't have been possible otherwise.”
St Petroc's - £10,000
St Petrocs, work to end street homelessness in Cornwall by providing accommodation, support and advice to people experiencing homelessness. They launched their Vocational Development programme in 2021 which works to address root causes of homelessness and be a sustainable approach to ending homelessness in Cornwall for those who are stuck in a cycle. This programme is available to their current residents to find their potential through training and ultimately employment.
Wild Young Parents - £10,000
WILD Young Parents, based in Redruth, are a charity who provide a whole-family service for young mums, dads, and their children; working with families to meet their individual needs and create a positive start to family life. WILD help young parents and their children who experience high rates of complex vulnerabilities and disadvantage, including long-term poverty, perinatal injury and illness, mental ill health, child abuse and mortality, violence and conflict, and involvement with criminal justice.
Cornwall's Foodbanks - £28,500
£28,500 from the 2022 Cornwall Christmas Fair was equally distributed to Cornwall’s 19 foodbanks, supporting individuals and families experiencing food poverty. One of the Foodbanks to received funding was Wadebridge Foodbank & Storehouse who provide emergency food, furniture, crisis grants, support and signposting to local people in crisis need. During the last year, they have fed equivalent to 4,565 people in crisis and provided an average of 2,200 meals per week. Since they opened their doors in 2009 they have fed over 39,000 people.
Jacqui White MBE, Project Manager at Wadebridge Foodbank and Storehouse says, “We’ve been able to access Cornwall Community Foundation’s funding over the years and it has always been an absolutely amazing thing for us to help the people coming into the Foodbank in need.”
For more examples of community projects supported by CCF, please click here.
How You Can Get Involved
The Friends
The Friends of Cornwall Community Foundation are supporters who, through their membership donations, enable us to continue our vital work strengthening Cornish communities.
How the Foundation works
We believe in a positive life for all in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, free from poverty and social isolation. To achieve this, we raise funds from individuals and businesses and distribute them to community and grassroots non-profit organisations who are changing lives across the county.
Our network of community groups, who responded amazingly during the pandemic, now require additional funding both to meet continuing and future needs.
The benefits of becoming a Friend of the Foundation, you will be:
- contributing regularly to the many good causes supported by the Cornwall Community Foundation.
- kept up-to-date with CCF’s news via our monthly News from Cornwall e-newsletter.
- invited to exclusive events like ‘Seeing Is Believing’ and the ‘Friends Drinks party.’
- invited for a complimentary Tregothnan Cream Tea at the Royal Cornwall Show.
- contributing to the Friends’ fund which awards grants on an annual basis to community groups. In 2020 the fund supported our Cornwall Emergency Fund to alleviate the effects of the pandemic.
Join the Friends of the Foundation here.
Membership donations start at £30 per year (by direct debit), or more if you wish and Gift Aid could add 25% to your donation.
For more information about how you can help through joining us or donating please visit our website:
https://www.cornwallcommunityfoundation.com/give-to-your-community/
How To Donate
Support the Cornwall Christmas Fair Committee in raising funds for the Cornwall Community Foundation's Poverty Hurts Appeal.
The Cornwall Community Foundation is raising funds for it's Poverty Hurts appeal. This appeal is designed to help those struggling with the rising cost-of-living crisis by providing grants to charities and community organisations who are facing increased demand due to the rising household costs and continuing to provide a vital lifeline to communities and individuals across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Perhaps you would consider donating the £15/£25 that you would have spent on your Christmas Fair ticket instead safe in the knowledge that you will be supporting our community that needs you now, more than ever.
£15 could give a family peace of mind that they will not go hungry for 5 days
£25 could provide a Christmas lunch and tea for a family
£50 could provide a session to help a person manage their debts, reduce anxiety and regain control of their lives
£100 could provide two counselling sessions for a person struggling with mental wellbeing due to the cost of living crisis
Please donate now to support communities in need.
To donate please follow the link below
Donate now - Christmas Fair 2023 - Cornwall Community Foundation
