Now and then – hereby hangs a tail
Now and then – hereby hangs a tail Now: 2021 is very special for Mermaids because one has just joined our Charity! She is the symbol for the Cornwall Breast Centre known as the Mermaid Centre and represents all the money raised over the years to keep our vital cancer unit up and running. After 22 […]
Cornwall Young Persons Project Duchy Health Charity & CHAOS Group Annual Report 2020 – 2021
Cornwall Young Persons Project Duchy Health Charity & CHAOS Group Annual Report 2020 – 2021 The Cornwall Young Persons Project is designed to be community based and focused on outreach work. During the Covid pandemic that proved challenging but it also provided opportunities to explore new ways to work and connect virtually. To read the […]
Got an amazing idea to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Cornwall? Need funding to make it happen? Contact us to see if we can help.
GOT AN AMAZING IDEA TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE IN CORNWALL? NEED FUNDING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN? CONTACT US TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP. We have a great track record in supporting local charities with exciting and innovative ideas to improve health in Cornwall. Whether you are looking for a large […]
Tell us the difference Cornwall Air Ambulance
TELL US THE DIFFERENCE CORNWALL AIR AMBULANCE We have a policy to ask beneficiaries about the differences our funding has made over the last few months and of course to hear about their news, in particular looking to the future. Our grant went towards the purchase of iViz Ultrasound – a vital piece of equipment […]
Duchy Health Charity visit Cornwall Air Ambulance for launch of new ultrasound system
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY VISIT CORNWALL AIR AMBULANCE FOR LAUNCH OF NEW ULTRASOUND SYSTEM On Wednesday 5 September 2019 Duchy Health Charity Trustees were shown around the Cornwall Air Ambulance HQ based at Newquay Airport, where the new Sonosite iVz ultrasound system recently granted to the charity was demonstrated, with the help of Receptionist Dave Withers […]
Open House: Sowenna – the first in-patient adolescent mental health facility in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
OPEN HOUSE: SOWENNA – THE FIRST IN-PATIENT ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY. Duchy Health Charity Trustees had the priviledge of witnessing this ‘closed’ facility at first hand on Friday 6 September 2019, just two days before the first residents arrived – closed because it is a secure facility and […]
‘How’s next door?’
‘HOW’S NEXT DOOR?’ Duchy Health Charity hosted a conference on Wednesday 13 February at FifteenCornwall, Watergate Bay, with inputs from high profile national figures and also young people from our schools. Background In November 2017, Professor Sir Al Ainsley Green visited the Cornwall Association of Secondary Headteachers (CASH) as a key note speaker at their Autumn […]
Before and after at Bosence Farm
BEFORE AND AFTER AT BOSENCE FARM DHC gave a grant earlier this year of £20,000.00 to replace old windows and doors and we have just received this thank you from the manager. A message from Kate“Just to let you know that all 16 doors and 43 windows are now beautifully in place at the Farm […]
STRANGER ON THE SHORE
STRANGER ON THE SHORE Duchy Health Charity has just given an award of £20k to Bosence Farm www.bosencefarm.com – Cornwall’s leading centre for residential substance misuse which is registered with the Care Quality Commission which is tucked away in Cornwall’s far south west between Camborne and Penzance. The former farm, within its own extensive grounds […]
Shine in Cornwall…in their own words
SHINE IN CORNWALL… IN THEIR OWN WORDS Before the Second World War, children born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus were not expected to live much past infancy. Medical advances and new surgical techniques started to change all this. The conditions began gaining more attention in the late 1950s and early 1960s and major treatment centres […]