‘…a rose by any other name’ – our winning Mother!
‘…A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME’ – OUR WINNING MOTHER! ‘Mother Rose’ wins top accolade at the Cornwall Volunteer Awards 2018 Duchy Health Charity sponsors the ‘Health Volunteer’ Award and at the Eden Project on Friday 16 November three nominees were presented: Caitlin Dean, Chair of Pregnancy Sickness Support described how they use a website, social media […]
Resilient Communities and Social Prescribing
RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL PRESCRIBING Our charity has been working over the past two years towards goals that have now been published by the Government – see link here https://www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-regulation/primary-care-funding-boost-key-to-prevention-strategy-says-hancock/7023739.article We will continue to report progress in Cornwall and will be announcing important initiatives in the next few weeks. Chair’s Report for the Duchy Health […]
A Tribute to Mike O’Brien
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 most dedicated Trustees and Member of the Grants Committee, whose husband, Mike, passed away on Thursday, 10 May 2018, and who asked that the collection from his funeral be presented to […]
Believing in yourself
BELIEVING IN YOURSELF Our Charity is always excited when the awards season comes round again and it is with particular pleasure that we have been able to support the Exeter Medical School’s Prizes and Awards again in 2018. It was an honour and pleasure for Trustee representative, Tim Guy, to attend the ceremony held in […]
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 […]
2018 Duchy Health Charity Nursing Award: Nadine Stephens
2018 DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY NURSING AWARD: NADINE STEPHENS The Duchy Health Charity is proud to be associated with Truro & Penwith College in presenting the award for the greatest sustained effort in the Access to Nursing Course. Here are the words that Cheryl Mewton, Assistant Principal & Director of Studies, said about Nadine: ‘Undertaking an Access […]
By Royal Invitation
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 May 2018. We joined military organisations and over 420 Charities for a joyous day, one of London’s warmest this year to recognise, amongst others, our own patron’s interest in the work […]
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 […]
The Duchy Health Charity’s prize was this year was awarded to Jonathan Abeles
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 Project Awards Ceremony in November 2017 Our thanks to our Trustee Antoinette Wilcox for this report The Duchy Health Charity’s prize was this year was awarded to Jonathan Abeles, the highest achieving […]