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Submissions open for Scotland Grant Programmes (UK)

Deadline: 14-Jul-25

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is accepting submissions for the Scotland Grant Programmes.

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.
Types of Grants
  • Project Viability Grants (PVG): These grants should help you to establish whether a project is feasible. Work can focus on understanding the condition of the building, how it might be used, and whether that intended use is appropriate for the building and likely to be sustainable.
  • Project Development Grants (PDG): These grants can help you to develop your proposals from feasibility through to the start of capital works. You can apply for grant support to appoint professional advisors to work with your organisation to advance the plans.
  • William Grant Foundation – Tailored Support Fund: This fund is intended to fund projects, or aspects of a project, which will re-use a historic building but are hard to fund from other sources. Typically, this can be used in situations where an unexpected cost arises or emergency repairs are required.
Funding Information
  • Project Viability Grants (PVG)
    • Grant amount: Up to £15,000 (average offer: £8,000)
  • Project Development Grants (PDG) 
    • Grant amount: Up to £45,000 (average offer: £18,000)
  • William Grant Foundation – Tailored Support Fund
    • Grant amount: Up to £15,000 (average offer £10,000)
Duration
  • Project length: Up to one year
Funding Priorities
  • They will prioritise projects that:
    • Involve a new use of a vacant historic building
    • Are in the top 20-30% most deprived areas (with reference to the Scottish 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
Eligibility Criteria
  • Your organisation must be one of the following not-for-private-profit organisations or lowest tiers of local government:
    • Unincorporated organisations and charities (for Project Viability Grants only)
    • Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIOs)
    • 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
    • Community Councils
    • Independent secular organisations seeking to take ownership of a place of worship that will retain some religious use. Or an organisation associated with a worshipping community that is seeking to establish an independent secular organisation to take ownership of the place of worship, while the space may retain some religious use. Until ownership/long lease is confirmed, they will only fund governance and legal costs related to taking ownership or setting up an independent organisation to do so. In either circumstance, ongoing worship must account for less than half of the proposed use of the space.
Ineligibility Criteria
  • They will not fund:
    • Private individuals
    • Local authorities and other public sector bodies (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 formal partnership led by a not-for-profit organisation
    • Unincorporated organisations (e.g. charitable trusts and associations) that are not intending to incorporate

For more information, visit AHF.