Early Diagnosis with the Voluntary and Community Sector

Our Cancer focused Community Outreach Fund is currently closed

The Cancer focused Community Outreach fund aims to support voluntary and community organisations in Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to implement innovative engagement activities that increase education around prevention in our targeted cancer sights and increase the awareness and uptake of cancer screening. The funding is intended to address health inequalities in these communities and encourage innovative and targeted approaches to meet the need of our communities.

Any community group based in Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and serving the population is eligible to apply for the funding as long as they can attribute the work to providing outcomes for the below focused areas.

The fund will be open from 04th August 2025.

We expect to provide responses to bids within 14 working days.

Cancer focused Community Outreach Bid Devon form

Cancer focused Community Outreach Bid Cornwall form

Cancer Prevention

We are looking for projects that will help change behaviours and encourage healthy lifestyles for the local community.

The project can focus on any cancer which falls under the following areas in the body:

And it must include messaging around the risks of developing these cancers and how people can make changes to reduce this risk.

We would like these projects to be able to engage with specific groups and communities to reduce barriers faced when they engage with healthcare. We want to empower people with knowledge and bring cancer into the conversation so that it loses its stigma.

We are looking for anything that can spread education, awareness and engagement. This is ultimately about trying to change behaviours so that people reduce their risks of developing cancer in the future. We want to raise awareness around these cancer types so that more people are of their bodies and pick up of changes/ risks earlier.

Cancer Screening Attendance

Improve cancer screening knowledge, coverage among specific Devon communities through activities such as screening workshops, outreach events and communications.

The projects can cover any of the below cancer screening programmes:

Breast
Cervical
Bowel

FAQ's and Additional Updates

For further information on the fund please read our FAQ's found here.

If you would like to talk about this opportunity with someone on the team or if you would like any help of support with the application process, please contact peninsula.ca@nhs.net and put 'VCSE Cancer focused Community Outreach Fund' in the header of your email and include which county you are based in.

Were you previously funded by this grant?

If you were successful last year in your application for our Cancer Focused Community Outreach Fund we welcome an application from you this year. It would be beneficial if you could build on the work that was started last year and consider if you could either spread this out to cover other geographical areas by working with similar groups or find a way for your project to continue and embed a new innovative way of working.