DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY AND SOCIAL PRESCRIBING One man’s opinion on the Way Forward for Cornwall INTRODUCTION Perhaps it is just as well that Duchy Health Charity’s [DHC] intended film launch and conference on social prescribing had (twice) to be abandoned. Nobody could have expected (any more than the Spanish Inquisition was expected – see M… Read more »
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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 They say that life will never be the same post Covid-19 and charities have been particularly hard hit which means that they will continue to struggle, post virus, with depleted funds… Read more »
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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 to monitor applications and you will receive an acknowledgement from Carol or one of our Trustees. The Board will decide whether to allocate more funds so please watch this space.
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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 us for support to help them through the present crisis. Within 2 days our Grants Committee had 18 requests and committed over £55k. To adhere to our criteria for provide funding… Read more »
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At this very difficult time when your own charity is finding it hard to keep services running and funding from public support has all but disappeared we are able to give you an immediate financial help if you qualify for access to our funds and we have arranged how to speed up the grant application process… Read more »
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