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

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 […]

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Eden Conference 2021

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), became the focus of GP’s, Health Managers and representatives from the Voluntary Sector on Friday 1 October at the Eden Project. Here we cover the main speaker’s talks and questions put […]

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Progressing our postponed conference: Latest News

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 Austell PracticeDr Michael Dixon, National Clinical Lead for Social Prescribing, GP, Chairman of the College of MedicineProfessor Catherine Leyshon, Associate Professor of Human Biology, University of ExeterLuke Bennett, Partner at PKF Francis Clark, specialist […]

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Duchy Health Charity Awards 2021

Inspiration… Motivation… Graduation We are very happy to announce the first of our Medical Awards for 2021 after a year of being unable to give out our awards because of the Covid pandemic. The University of Exeter’s staff on the BMBS Course chose Emily Nicholson as the very worthy recipient of a student training award […]

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Cornwall Young Persons Project

Competition Announcement for our Cornwall Young Persons’ Project Our Mission: to reach more Young People, we believe Adults do not always run the show! Are you are aged 7-25 in Cornwall? – we need your ideas for a name that will draw Young People into our social media and website. We want to meet more […]

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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 […]

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Webinar 2 Finding Normal – Key-note Speakers’ talks in full

Webinar – Finding Normal – Key-note Speakers’ talks in full Webinar 2 held on 21 May 2021 Finding Normal – Food for thought and some great contributions to help us all develop the themes and discussions for our major event on 1 October 2021 at the Eden Project. Learn about issues around Social Prescribing, post-Covid, […]

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Changing times demand changing criteria for grant giving

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 for grant giving and below you will see new information to help you see if you could qualify for a grant. If the amount you need is under £5k we can […]

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Cornwall Post-Covid-19: What’s the Prescription for Sustainable Communities? Webinar 1 held on Friday 23 October 2020

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 on the future shape of Cornwall’s Communities and their ability to adapt to new circumstance that may prevail after the pandemic, we invite you to share your own thoughts and suggestions. […]

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