Deadline: 09-Oct-23
The Architectural Heritage Fund is offering grants through its Project Viability Grants Program to support charities, not-for-profit organizations and social enterprises work on restoration and conservation of historic buildings in England.
The AHF helps communities across the UK find enterprising new ways to revitalize old buildings by providing advice, grants, and social investment loans.
Aims:
- 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.
Funding Information
- Grant size: Up to £10,000
- Length: Up to one year
- Location: Anywhere in England
- Funding covers: Project costs and overheads
- Match-funding: Preferred but not essential
Funding Guidelines
- Involve new use of a vacant historic building.
- Are in the top 30% most deprived areas.
- Involve and support diverse communities.
- Have a strong focus on environmental sustainability and energy efficiency.
- Help revive high streets.
- Contribute to local regeneration schemes .
Eligibility Criteria
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 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.