Cornish Lithium Community Benefit Fund
The Cornish Lithium FundA sum of money made available for grant making, often with specific criteria/conditions. welcome applications from groups in the communities in which the company’s projectsA piece of work that delivers an output. are located.
The Cornish Lithium Community Fund has been established to support the work of community groups who seek to make a positive difference in the following geographical areas:
Gwennap Parish Council, Chacewater Parish Council, St. Day Parish Council, Carharrack Parish Council, St Agnes Parish Council (Blackwater), Redruth North Parish Ward, Wheal Rose Parish Ward and Kea Baldhu Ward. China Clay Community Network area: Luxulyan, Roche, St Dennis, St Enoder, St Stephen in Brannel and Treverbyn.
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Grant requirements
To apply for a grant your organisation must meet the general Eligibility criteria. In addition to this, you must also meet the specific criteria of the grant listed below:
Who can apply:
- Charities, CICs and community and voluntary groups working in Cornwall or The Isles of Scilly
What it will support:
Groups and projects working to:
- Advance education, including supporting projects and training that benefit people of all ages by enhancing their skills, with a focus on Earth Sciences and History of Cornwall, including Mining History;
- Promote the general health and wellbeing of the community in Cornwall, specifically in areas impacted by Cornish Lithium work;
- Advance environmental protection and improvement including the transition to net zero;
- Support the industrial heritage of the region, including mining history, to bring educational and wellbeing benefits and enhance the local landscape;
- Provide and improve facilities in the interests of social welfare and leisure time with the aim to improve residents’ wellbeing.
- Sporting activities
- Projects or activities outside of the specifically listed ares
- Commercial profit making organisations
- Organisations with significant free reserves
- Statutory/public sector organisations such as health authorities, schools, hospitals, parish and town councils
- Contributions to an endowment, payment of deficit funding or repayment of loans
- Grant making organisations or bodies who fundraise or distribute grants on behalf of other organisations
- Activities or projects which have already happened
- Regional offices of national bodies that do not benefit local people
- Organisations whose beneficiaries are not people
- Organisations or projects intended to influence people’s religious choices or to promote a particular belief system
- The promotion of political causes.
Cornish Lithium uses innovative and sustainable processes to extract lithium from geothermal waters and hard rock in Cornwall. The Company aims to support the UK’s transition to renewable energy by producing a secure domestic supply of lithium, which is critically important to the manufacturing of electric vehicles, grid scale electricity storage and the rechargeable electronic devices on which many of us rely.
Established in collaboration with the Cornwall Community Foundation, the Cornish Lithium Community Fund supports the work of clubs, charities and activity groups who seek to make a positive difference in the areas where the Company’s projects are located.
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If you meet the eligibility criteria and are ready to submit an application, apply at the bottom of this page.
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Projects this grant has already supported:
A grant from the Cornish Lithium Community Fund supports Observatory for Cornwall
The Cornish Lithium Community Fund supported the restoration of a second dome at the Observatory for Cornwall in Chacewater, enabling […]
Penhaligon’s Friend’s weekly family bereavement sessions funded by a £1,600 grant from the Cornish Lithium Community.
Penhaligon’s Friends has been providing bereavement support to children, young people and their families throughout Cornwall for almost twenty years. […]
Bugle Library of Small Things provides food and a safe social space for the community with a grant from the Cornish Lithium Fund
Bugle Library of Things is an established community help hub based in Bugle, welcoming upwards of 400 people each month. […]
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If you have additional needs and would like support completing your application, please contact us on 01566 779333 or email us at grants@cornwallfoundation.com
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For questions about this grant contact Lucy on the details below.
Lucy DeGlanville
Grants Officer
01566 779333