Duchy Health Charity

Cornwall’s leading grant giving health charity for the promotion of health and wellbeing
and the prevention of sickness in Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly

Founders of healthcare and wellbeing related initiatives
can apply for grants to help reach their objectives

New Island in Cornwall

An image of Duchy Health Charity Chair, Barbara Vann, and Helen Glover MBE, Olympic gold medallist, stood outside the new Enys Centre at Humphry Davy School, holding scissors ready to cut the red tape to open the Centre.

New ‘Island’ in Cornwall A new integrated health and wellbeing facility, in West Cornwall, celebrated its grand opening on Friday 25 October 2024. Part of Humphry Davy School in Penzance, the new Centre was officially opened by Barbara Vann – Chair of Duchy Health Charity, and Helen Glover MBE – Double Olympic Gold Medallist and former […]

CLEAR Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists

CLEAR Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists Grant award: £10,000 towards a specialist service for adults who self-harm In July 2022 the Charity awarded a grant of £10,000 to CLEAR Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists.   This money helped them to deliver their mission to reduce the harm caused by abuse, violence and other emotional trauma through […]

‘Nerth’ for ‘Trelya’ (Power for Change)

‘Nerth’ for ‘Trelya’ (Power for Change) As a grant giving organisation, supporting non-profit organisations that contribute to healthy lives across Cornwall, Duchy Health Charity is proud to have funded a wide range of projects. So we are excited to share the impact that our support has helped ‘Nerth’ to achieve in its first six months, as the project […]

Admiral nurses – Dementia UK

A picture of a Dementia nurse supporting family members

Dementia UK – Admiral Nurses Grant award: £16,000 backing for Cornwall Admiral Nurse service expansion Helen Bosanko-Green has been an Admiral Nurse working in Dementia UK’s Cornwall service for a year.  She grew up in Cornwall and first trained as a Nurse in 1990.  Thanks to support from Duchy Health Charity, Helen now works across […]

Healthy Men, Happy Lives

Healthy Men, Happy Lives The Plymouth Sports Charity was founded in 2010 with the vision of promoting sports and physical activity for the improvement in health and wellbeing in Plymouth. They aim to increase participation in sports and physical activities among people of all ages and backgrounds, providing opportunities for disadvantaged and marginalised groups, such […]

Living with persistent pain touches every part of a person’s life

Living with pain touches every part of a person’s life Which is why Duchy Health Charity have recently awarded £2,550 to Age UK to support the launch of a new Pain Cafe in St Keverne. Pain can affect sleeping patterns, the ability to think clearly, self confidence, relationships, mental wellbeing and mood and can ultimately […]

The Duchy Health Charity contributes to the Queen’s Green Canopy as part of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee 2022

The Duchy Health Charity contributes to the Queen’s Green Canopy as part of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 The Duchy Health Charity presented the Duchy of Cornwall with funds, as part of the national initiative, supported by the UK Government’s Carbon Guarantee Scheme in the fight against climate change, to plant trees at the Tregurra Park park and ride adjacent […]

Bosence Farm Community

Bosence Farm – transforming the lives of people with drug and alcohol addiction. On a warm and sunny day in September, three of our Trustees, along with our Administrator, were welcomed to Bosence Farm Community. Bosence Farm has been a beneficiary of a couple of grants from Duchy Health Charity, and our visit certainly assured […]

Children’s Sailing Trust

A ‘secret’ lake, a unique offer and over 5,800 total hours of subsidised water sports in 2021/22 – what’s not to support? For some years now the Duchy Health Charity has supported the Children’s Sailing Trust, formerly Helford River Children’s Sailing Trust and you will see a story on our website about the safety boat we […]

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