Supporting the community
Cornish Lithium Community Fund
The Cornish Lithium Community Fund supports the work of clubs, charities and groups who seek to make a positive difference in the company's project areas. These currently include Chacewater and Kea (specifically Baldhu), Nanpean, St Dennis, Treviscoe and Whitemoor.
Our latest Community Fund round is open for applications from 17 June to 5 August 2026.
Making a positive impact
Building a better tomorrow
The Cornish Lithium Community Fund is managed in partnership with Cornwall Community Foundation, whose grant-making expertise helps ensure every pound reaches the community projects that need it most.
Grants range from £250–£2,500 and support activity that:
- 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;
- 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.
Projects we support
Community Fund Awards 2023/24
- Bugle Library of Things
- Cusgarne and Frogpool WI
- Friends of Cusgarne Primary School
- Improving Carharrack's Environment
- Lanner Community Centre
- Observatory for Cornwall
- Penhaligon's Friends
- Roche Preschool Playgroup
- St Agnes Walking Netball Club
- St Dennis Art Group
- St Stephen Community Centre
- Sunny Days Nursery and Preschool
- Treviscoe Institute and Community Centre
Community Fund Awards Summer 2024
- Crofthandy Village Hall, St Day
- Georgia's Voice, Falmouth
- Imerys Bowling Club, Bugle
- Imerys Singers, St Austell
- MHA Communities Cornwall
- Mount Hawke Youth Group
- St Day Old Church CIC
- St Day Youth and Sports Association
- Sunrise Cornwall
- Porthtowan Surf Life-Saving Club
Community Fund Awards Winter 2024
- Active Plus, St Austell
- Headway Cornwall, Tolgus
- Imagine If, Chacewater
- Lowender Youth Folk Project, Redruth
- MEDO Memory Café, Threemilestone
- Moorvision Cornwall
- Redruth Cricket Club
- Roche Brass
- St Denny's Beaders, St Dennis
- Sunny Days Nursery, Redruth
- Travellerspace, Redruth
- Whitemoor Carnival
- Whitemoor Village Hall
Community Fund Awards Summer 2025
- ClayTAWC, St Dennis
- Crofthandy Village Hall, St Day
- Indian Queens Victory Hall, St Enoder
- Mills Hall Trust, Carharrack
- Resilient Orchards Cornwall, Redruth
- Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro
- St Dennis Ukelele Club
- The Farming Mother CIC, St Austell.
Here, you can read about all the projects we have supported so far – and if you are inspired by what our community fund has achieved, why not partner with Cornwall Community Foundation to create your own lasting impact in Cornwall?
