Prioritising lasting change:
Grant-making for a fairer, more equitablePromoting equality - Equal, fair, unbiased, impartial. Cornwall.
Cornwall Community Foundation (CCF) is embarking on its most ambitious strategy yet, fostering thriving communities, preventing hardship and rising to the critical challenges of our time: growing inequality, climate change and the lack of affordable housing.
With a bold and must-win vision to make Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly a great place for everyone, CCF is committed to driving positive change, empowering grassroots organisationsGroups of people coming together on a local level to address an issue., and fostering place-based giving that builds stronger communities.
Cornwall Community Foundation strategy 2025-30
The case for support
Our Vital signs papers allow us to find the statistics behind the stories of the support we know is needed across our communities.
In 2021 26.5% of the Cornish population earned under the real living wage
In Cornwall disadvantaged pupils are, on average, 20.7 months behind
In Cornwall in 2021 the average home cost 10.99 times average earnings
Over a fifth of children in Cornwall were living in relative poverty in the year to March 2023
Our funding priorities
Through our Vital Signs report and liaising with our network we have highlighted five key strategic areas of support for maximum impact.

Housing

In work poverty

Rural isolation

Lack of opportunities

Environment

How you can help

Measuring our impact
All of our grants are subject to a monitoring report to enable us to measure their outcomesMeasuring the results of the work your organisation is doing. and impact.
The impact measurement tool that we use enables CCF, and community foundations across the country, to capture and demonstrate the value of the broad range of grants given out. Alongside data, stories of change and case studies bring to life the impact of funding. The themes, outcomes and indicators of the framework enable us to capture the kind of change that groups are achieving, to track transformation, and communicate this to current and potential donors, and the wider community.

St Ives Community Land Trust – working to transform the local community of St Ives
St Ives Community Land Trust (St Ives CLT) is part of a nationwide network of Community Land Trusts that are […]

A.S.K 4 All celebrates a milestone birthday for the group members with help from the Business Club Fund
A.S.K. 4 All has been providing support, information and activities to people with disabilities and their families for over 23 […]

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. […]

Free exercise referral scheme for people with disabilities, run by Plymouth Sports Charity with a grant from the Clare Milne Fund
Plymouth Sports Charity has been supporting communities for over 12 years with projects routed in evidence-based research. The charity use […]
“I think it is fair to say that CCF grants have completely changed the lives of many we help and have given people a new purpose in life. By funding things that are so important – hot meals, exercise, simple projects etc people’s lives are changed.“