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A message to the Duchy Health Charity from Read for Good storyteller Amanda Smith Reading is nothing short of life changing and no child…

Chair’s Report for the Duchy Health Charity AGM 2 December 2024 Introduction The purpose of Duchy Health Charity is to: Prevent disease and illness…

New ‘Island’ in Cornwall A new integrated health and wellbeing facility, in West Cornwall, celebrated its grand opening on Friday 25 October 2024. Part…

Ready to lead a stellar event that makes a real difference? If you’re an experienced, freelance Project Manager with a passion for health and wellbeing…

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…

On Wednesday 21 February, one of our Associates, Tim Guy, attended the University of Exeter Prizes and Awards evening and gave the Duchy Health…

‘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…

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…

Healthy Men, Happy Lives The Plymouth Sports Charity was founded in 2010 with the vision of promoting sports and physical activity for the improvement…

Living with pain touches every part of a person’s life Living with pain touches every part of a person’s life Which is why Duchy…

Chair’s Report for the Duchy Health Charity AGM – 13 November 2023 Introduction The Trustees of Duchy Health Charity have worked exceptionally hard and…

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…

At the start of 2023 the Duchy Health Charity Board recognised that the high price of energy and the fastest rise in living costs…

Bosence Farm – transforming the lives of people with drug and alcohol addiction. On a warm and sunny day in September, three of our…

A student of the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has become the first recipient of our new Mary Grigg ‘enablement award’ and received a…

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…

In December 2021 we reported on the University of Exeter’s Peninsula Medical School award to Emily Nicholson, and showed a photograph of her being…

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2021 ‘It has been a year like no other’ is the way I introduced my report last year but now, in terms…

Now and then – hereby hangs a tail Now: 2021 is very special for Mermaids because one has just joined our Charity! She is…

The twice postponed conference, due to Covid-19, on challenges around the introduction of Social Prescribing in Cornwall and now, the new Integrated Care System(ICS),…

Progressing our postponed conference: Latest News Thank you to the following for helping us with research for our webinars: Contributors: Dr Stewart Smith, GP, St…

Inspiration… Motivation… Graduation We are very happy to announce the first of our Medical Awards for 2021 after a year of being unable to…

Competition Announcement for our Cornwall Young Persons’ Project Our Mission: to reach more Young People, we believe Adults do not always run the show!…

Cornwall Young Persons Project Duchy Health Charity & CHAOS Group Annual Report 2020 – 2021 The Cornwall Young Persons Project is designed to be…

Webinar – Finding Normal – Key-note Speakers’ talks in full Webinar 2 held on 21 May 2021 Finding Normal – Food for thought and…

‘This is the forecast for the 1.5 hours on 21 May 2021. The intense FUR-LOW, known as Covid-19 from China that has been battering…

Changing times demand changing criteria for grant giving Responding to the many grant applications we have received around Covid-19 we have reviewed our criteria…

Cornwall Post-Covid-19: What’s the Prescription for Sustainable Communities? Webinar 1 held on Friday 23 October 2020 With this introductory session, to initiate a debate…

Cornwall post-Covid-19: What’s the prescription for sustainable communities Use our ‘hit’ word- EDEN! We invited guests to take part in a research webinar and…

Duchy Health Charity and Social Prescribing One man’s opinion on the way forward for Cornwall Introduction Perhaps it’s just as well that Duchy Health…

THE STORY OF OUR OWN BBC ‘SPOTLIGHT’ COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUND APPEARANCE ON 26 MARCH 2020 Tim Guy, Trustee responsible for Communications and Public Affairs…

Our Covid-19 Disaster Fund is, as you can imagine, has been very much in demand and is exhausted. For now the Charity will continue…

BBC SPOTLIGHT APPEARANCE HITS THE ‘SPOT’. Our Trustee, Carol O’Brien, put out an appeal for Cornwall’s charities, suffering because of Covid -19, to approach…

At this very difficult time when your own charity is finding it hard to keep services running and funding from public support has all…

Chair’s Report for the Duchy Health Charity AGM – 13 November 2023 Introduction The Trustees… READ MORE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2021 ‘It has been a…

LATEST NEWS ON THE CONFERENCE ENTITLED SOCIAL PRESCRIBING: PROFIT FOR PATIENTS & PRACTICES CONFERENCE CANCELLATION: PROFIT FOR PATIENTS AND PRACTICES 27 MARCH 2020 All…

HOW WE STRUCK GOLD! WORLD PREMIER: ‘CHANGING THE SCRIPT’ A preview of our film commissioned to highlight Cornwall’s new Social Prescribing initiative was shown…

‘OUT OF CHAOS COMES CREATION! For 2020 the Duchy Health Charity has charged CHAOS Group to identify young people from two of the most…

WHAT WE ARE DOING IN 2020? As well as looking for lots of amazing new ideas to support with our grants, we are busy…

GOT AN AMAZING IDEA TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE IN CORNWALL? NEED FUNDING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN? CONTACT US TO SEE…

TELL US THE DIFFERENCE CORNWALL AIR AMBULANCE We have a policy to ask beneficiaries about the differences our funding has made over the last…

EXETER UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH: DHC AWARD PRESENTED FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN CORNWALL Year 3 Cornwall undergraduate, Mariska Peck, was presented with…

DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY VISIT CORNWALL AIR AMBULANCE FOR LAUNCH OF NEW ULTRASOUND SYSTEM On Wednesday 5 September 2019 Duchy Health Charity Trustees were shown…

OPEN HOUSE: SOWENNA – THE FIRST IN-PATIENT ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY. Duchy Health Charity Trustees had the…

SOCIAL PRESCRIBING: PROFIT FOR PATIENTS & PRACTICES CONFERENCE DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE POSTPONED CONFERENCE SOCIAL PRESCRIBING: PROFIT FOR PATIENTS AND PRACTICES…

‘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…

MEMORIES OF A FULL LIFE COMMITTED TO HER BELOVED CORNWALL A much loved and dedicated Duchy Health Charity Trustee, Mary Grigg, sadly passed away…

‘…A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME’ – OUR WINNING MOTHER! ‘Mother Rose’ wins top accolade at the Cornwall Volunteer Awards 2018 Duchy Health Charity…

RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL PRESCRIBING Our charity has been working over the past two years towards goals that have now been published by the…

A TRIBUTE TO MIKE O’BRIEN The Trustees are sending their very grateful thanks and sincere condolences to Carol O’Brien, one of our longest and…

BELIEVING IN YOURSELF Our Charity is always excited when the awards season comes round again and it is with particular pleasure that we have…

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…

2018 DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY NURSING AWARD: NADINE STEPHENS The Duchy Health Charity is proud to be associated with Truro & Penwith College in presenting…

BY ROYAL INVITATION Seven trustees were invited to the Prince of Wales’s 70th Birthday Patronage Celebration in the gardens of Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 22…

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…

SHINE IN CORNWALL… IN THEIR OWN WORDS Before the Second World War, children born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus were not expected to live…

THE DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY’S PRIZE WAS THIS YEAR WAS AWARDED TO JONATHAN ABELES Duchy Health Charity and University praise Jonathan Abeles at the Eden…

RECRUIT TRAIN RETAIN: CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE IN CORNWALL Cruse Bereavement Care in Cornwall offers free and confidential support to anyone who has been bereaved…

GIVING YOUR MOST SPECIAL RESOURCE – YOUR TIME! The Duchy Health Charity once again celebrates, with Volunteer Cornwall, the 2017 Volunteering Awards and has…

WHY NOT HEAD TO ONE OF CORNWALL’S BIG SECRETS – WE HAVE! The Charity has awarded £10k towards a new programme at BF Adventure…

ST PETROC’S SOCIETY – FRESHFIELD TELEPHONE HELPLINE For many people struggling with addiction, for their families and affected others who also have their own…

THE SEASON OF AWARDS July sees the end of course celebrations and graduation ceremonies across the land and we are pleased to announce the…

DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY NEWSLETTER Are the players in Cornwall ready to have difficult conversations? Read about the 3 events we ran last autumn when we invited…

BRAINY BREAKFASTS, ALVERTON HOTEL, TRURO Believe it or not it is nearly a year ago that the Duchy Health Charity presented Sir John Tooke’s…

WE LOSE AN OLD FRIEND AND FOUNDING FATHER Ian Hamilton FRCS It is with great regret that we learnt of the death of Ian Hamilton…

OUR NEW COMMUNICATIONS CONDUIT ‘‘Activity on our website has increased recently with our decision to become involved in the strategic future of Cornwall’s healthcare…

NEW ADDITIONS TO ARMADA AT HELFORD RIVER CHILDREN’S SAILING TRUST In the spring of 2016 The Duchy Health Charity (DHC) and Trinity House joined together to expand Helford River…

“I AM WHO I AM” – DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY FILM PUTS THE “STORY” INTO MENTAL HEALTHCARE https://youtu.be/_Uz5OO8t01c One of the UK’s top film-makers has…