Creative Kernow

Registered charity 292138 · since 1986creativekernow.org.uk·Cornwall, Isles of Scilly·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Creative Kernow's work fits best with community arts in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly, which the charity names as its priority area, and its FEAST programme suits a small community group that wants to start or revive a local festival or arts project.
FEAST offers small community arts grants, so a modest request fits, although no typical grant size is given.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to contact the charity through the contact shown and ask how to proceed.
For FEAST, the charity asks that environmental sustainability be included in the application.

Overview

Creative Kernow is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 292138).

Creative Kernow is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 292138). It exists to champion creativity as a force for positive change in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Its activity includes the FEAST grant fund for co-created, community-led arts projects, alongside Carn to Cove, C Fylm and Arts Lab, and its overview lists £141,500 in grants awarded.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Creative Kernow supports the creative and cultural sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, aiming to champion creativity as a force for positive change. Through FEAST, it offers small community arts grants for co-created, community-led projects. FEAST brings artists and communities together to create opportunities to experience high-quality arts as participants and audiences, and supports artists working with community volunteers to start or reinvigorate local festivals and events and help people explore their creativity. The wider programme also includes rural touring live performance, community film clubs, creative wellbeing for young people, creative business support and workspaces for practitioners. Its approach connects creative activity with community participation and a thriving Cornwall powered by creativity.

Themes

Community arts

Geographic Focus

Priority: Cornwall; Isles of Scilly.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

What to send:

FEAST: Include environmental sustainability on the application.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Cornwall
Isles of Scilly

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Creative Kernow.

Cornwall Community FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £2.6M Plymouth CultureRollingGave £10,690 The St Aubyn FoundationRollingGave £56,400 Creative FolkestoneFixed deadlinesGave £87,200 Cornwall Rural Community CharityNo public processGave £486k Duchy Health CharityFixed deadlinesGave £308k Devon Communities TogetherMixed deadlinesGave £99,300 Cornwall Heritage TrustFixed deadlinesGave £12,469 The Elmgrant TrustFixed deadlinesGave £100k St Dennis and Nanpean Community TrustMixed deadlinesGave £100k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£2,486,419	£2,311,058	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£3,188,703	£3,033,816	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£3,675,571	£3,131,943	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£3,072,696	£3,153,549	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£2,359,538	£2,427,474	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.