We provide grants to local community groups and charities who are working to benefit our residents and our Parish environment.
Grant budgets are set annually at the beginning of each financial year.
Priority is given to Penzance-based organisations. However, the Council will consider grants to organisations not based in Penzance where they can show they are directly working with, or on behalf of, Penzance Parish residents.
General Grants are available for local projects and events in our Parish.
Application forms can only be submitted within one of the defined grant windows.
Application forms will not be received outside these windows.
There are four grant windows per financial year that coincide with the scheduled Finance and General Purposes Committee (F&GP) meetings, excluding the meeting where the annual budget is considered (usually December).
Grant windows are open for one month and close six weeks before the scheduled meeting where it will be considered.
All grant applicants will be required to present their proposals to the Finance & General Purposes Committee.
For grants of over £5,000, applications will always be referred to Full Council for a final decision after approval by the Finance & General Purposes Committee.
| Grant window opens | Grant window closes | F&GP meeting (all grant applications) | Full Council meeting (grant applications over £5,000) |
| 16 February 2026 | 16 March 2026 | 27 April 2026 | To Be Confirmed (TBC) |
| TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
| TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
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All other Grant Window dates will be confirmed in May 2026.
1. Make sure you read our Grant Policy to check you meet the criteria:
2. Download and fill in our application form:
Grant application form will be available from 16 February 2026
If you would like a preview, a SAMPLE grant application form is available to view HERE.
3. Send your completed application form to the Penlee Centre – you can do this by email or post.
(If you require the application form in a different format please contact us)
During the financial year 2024/25, we awarded over £62,000 of grant funding to 20 local organisations through our grant scheme:
Find out more about some of our past grant applicants and how our funding has helped them and residents in the local commuinty:
There are lots of other sources of funding that local groups can apply for, including:
If you require any of the documents on this page in a different format please contact us.
