Explore the latest news and updates from the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Cornwall.
HDRC Cornwall Community Small Grants
Our Community Small Grants fund is now closed for round two of applications. Many thanks to everyone who applied.
We are thrilled to share information about previous recipients of the grants. Click the button below to discover the organisations and their projects.
Learn more about HDRC Cornwall Community Small Grants recipients
Display celebrating the success of previous grant recipients
Last year Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Cornwall launched our Community Small Grants (CSG). Grants of up to £5000 were available to local community groups. Our aim was to support research projects into health determinants with the communities they serve. Now those initial 11 projects are coming to an end, and the community groups are sharing what they’ve achieved.
Visiting New County Hall in Truro, or are in the area between 1st to 19th June? You’ll find a display on the projects in the long gallery. You’ll be able to learn more about each of the projects, the research they did, and the real positive impacts they have made on communities in Cornwall.
New County Hall is typically open 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday. Display available from 2pm on 1st June up until 19th June. Address: County Hall, Treyew Road, Highertown. TR1 3AY. We are about a 15 minute walk from Truro train station, with nearby bus stops at Sainsbury’s Treyew Road and County Arms.
Our blogs
Read blogs sharing information from HDRC Cornwall, our partners, and about research and evaluation.
- Welcome to the NIHR HDRC Cornwall blog
- What are health determinants - and why do they matter?
- Failing forward: how adaptability and curiosity may spark a green collaboration
- Discovering the roots of wellbeing at our annual event
- Why is research important, and why focus on local areas?
- Parental mental health matters: families, services and communities
- Rooted in nature: woodland wellbeing and the meaning of Earth Day
- Building an evaluation culture in local government
Newsletters
See below for past editions of the HDRC Cornwall newsletter. We aim to send these out quarterly. If you'd like to receive upcoming newsletters and other email updates from HDRC Cornwall directly in your inbox you can sign up on our Learning, Training and Events page by clicking the button below.
Sign up for HDRC Cornwall newsletters
- NIHR HDRC Cornwall newsletter Issue 1 - May 2025
- NIHR HDRC Cornwall newsletter Issue 2 - Sept 2025
- NIHR HDRC Cornwall newsletter Issue 3 - Dec 2025
- NIHR HDRC Cornwall newsletter Issue 4 - Mar 2026
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Technology enabled care report
We were thrilled to be able to support a new report on the use of technology in social care in the UK from the University of Plymouth. The report looks at the current state of social care that is predominantly reactive in nature. In the report, the use of technology is highlighted as something that can support social care to become preventative.
Click the button below to read the report. (Please note the document is an academic report that does not meet Plain English standards).
Read the technology enabled care report