Deadline: 09-Oct-23
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is offering grants to help with assessing the viability of a project, or to help fund development costs for historic building regeneration projects based in Wales.
The AHF helps communities across the UK find enterprising new ways to revitalise old buildings. They do this by providing advice, grants, and social investment loans. The grants are targeted towards early-stage project development, while loans may be used at any stage in a project. The social investment loans (repayable finance) is also available for the acquisition of buildings, to provide working capital, for bridge / cashflow funding, or to kick-start enterprising activities.
Aims
- The aims are:
- delivering targeted investment that leads to the sustainable reuse and management of historic buildings.
- supporting charities and social enterprises to take ownership of, develop and sustain new uses for historic buildings.
- championing the impact of heritage and community-led regeneration.
Priorities
- They will prioritise projects that:
- involve new use of a vacant historic building
- are in the top 30% most deprived areas (according to the Wales Index of Multiple Deprivation)
- involve and support diverse and marginalised communities
- have a strong focus on environmental sustainability and energy efficiency
- contribute to local regeneration schemes
Types of Grants
- Project Viability Grant
- Project Viability Grants are available to fund studies to explore potential uses for a building and its current condition in order to produce a Viability Report using a standard template. Successful completion of this will be used to determine whether applicants can then apply for a Project Development Grant, as well as secure funding from other sources. This grant is administered on a rolling basis. They aim to give you a decision within six weeks.
- Project Development Grant
- The purpose of Project Development Grants is to provide support to an organization and contribute to some of the costs of developing and coordinating a project up to the start of delivery work.
- An organization must demonstrate that it has a likely viable end use for the project and is committed to taking the project forward in order to be eligible for this programme.
Funding Information
- Project Viability Grants
- Grant amount: Up to £10,000
- Project length: Up to one year
- Project Development Grants
- Grant amount: Up to £20,000
- Project length: Up to one year
Eligibility Criteria
- Wherever you are in the UK, your organisation must be one of the following not-for-private-profit organisations or lowest tiers of local government:
- Unincorporated charities (for Project Viability Grants only)
- Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs)
- Charitable Companies Limited by Guarantee
- Community Benefit Societies
- Not-for-private-profit Companies Limited by Guarantee
- Community Interest Companies (CICs) Limited by Guarantee
- Co-operatives
- Parish, Community and Town Councils
Ineligibility Criteria
- Private individuals
- Local authorities and other public sector bodies other than Parish and Town Councils (unless applying on behalf of an organisation still in formation)
- Universities, colleges and other mainstream educational institutions including independent schools
- For-profit companies, unless in a partnership led by a not-for-profit organisation
- Unincorporated organisations (e.g. charitable trusts and associations) that are not intending to incorporate
- Organisations with fewer than three Trustees or Directors. If there are only three Trustees/Directors, none of these should be spouses or otherwise related to one another
- Limited liability partnerships
- Churches or other places of worship, where the building or the space within the building will remain in use as an active place of religious worship – defined as hosting regular religious services or religion-based activities such as prayer or religious study.
For more information, visit Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF).
