Boardmasters surf and music festival has raised  £115,492 to distribute to good causes following this year’s event held in August.

Organisers Vision Nine will be handing out the funds to individuals, groups, charities and organisations through its Boardmasters Foundation.

Interested parties can now apply for funds as 2023 applications are now open. 

The amount is the largest total of funds raised since the Foundation began. 

Established in 2017, the Boardmasters Foundation was born out of the extended festival team’s desire to give back and support the culture and surrounding communities that are at the heart of the annual festival which takes place at Fistral Beach and Watergate Bay. 

The 2023 total funding pot means more than £436,000 has been raised in total since the Foundation commenced its work, and the last two years has seen a 35% rise in these funds. 

Boardmasters Foundation funds raised from the previous festival year were awarded to 38 different charities, projects, schools and initiatives across Cornwall and beyond including Wave Women UK, Schools Consent Project, Black Voices Cornwall and Cornwall Food Action.

Other good causes that benefited included Newquay train station toilets, Concrete Waves and Children’s Hospice South West. Local schools included Mawgan-in-Pydar Community Primary School, Newquay Junior Academy, Newquay Tretherras, St Columb Major ACE Academy, St Columb Minor ACE Academy, The Bishops' C of E Learning Academy, Trenance Learning Academy, Trevisker Community Primary School and Treviglas Academy. 

CEO of Vision Nine, and founder of the Boardmasters Foundation, Andrew Topham, said: ‘We continue to be ambitious in our objective of building on, and growing, the annual Boardmasters Foundation fundraising and charitable donations year-on-year.

"Our 2023 total of over £115,000 is yet another rewarding success, meaning we can encourage even more Newquay and Cornwall-based organisations to consider applying.

"This then means we can all work together to deliver funding for vital and far-reaching projects and programmes, many of which can positively impact daily lives whilst meeting today’s ongoing challenges.

"Each year we review all of the applications against our key pillars of Community and Culture and this year will be no different.

“We seek to support some projects and charities with one-off donations, whilst continuing to work with our long-term partners with longer-term investment programmes.

"We’re hoping to see a strong set of applications in this round for funds that can really make a perceivable, ongoing difference in and around Newquay and right across Cornwall.” 

Applications are reviewed against the Foundation’s key pillars of focus - Community and Culture - and groups and organisations who are interested in applying should visit 

https://boardmasters.com/community/ to enter into the process. The closing date for applications is Friday 5th January at 5pm. 

Boardmasters returns to Newquay next summer from August 7 to 11 2024.