Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Improvement Grant Fund

The aim of the Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Improvement Grant Fund is to support the modernisation and improvement of village halls so that they are fit for purpose and can provide activities which seek to achieve one or more of the following outcomes for their communities:

• Improved health and/or wellbeing and/or reduction in rural loneliness
• Positive impact on the local environment, contributes towards net zero
• Support for the local rural economy
• Promotion of community cohesion.

Key Criteria
The funding is for capital improvements only where projects aim to upgrade facilities, extend or improve facilities or where capital items need to be purchased. To be eligible, the village hall must:

• Be charity owned and managed by the community.
• Be located in a local rural area with a population of 10,000 or less people.
• Have a freehold or leasehold in place. If a leasehold interest, there must be at least 21 years left to run on the lease.

Parish or Town Councils can also apply if they are the sole trustee of a charitable village hall.

The following are examples of project activity that could be considered eligible to be funded (this is not an exhaustive list):

• Extensions
• Internal reconfigurations
• New roof and roof refurbishment which includes insulation
• Improvements which help to increase energy efficiency
• Refurbishment of toilets and kitchens
• Damp proofing
• New installation of communication system.

You can apply for a grant between £7,500 and £75,000 which will be 20% of your capital project costs including the VAT. You must be able to identify where the 80% is being sourced from. There is no upper limit for the total capital costs, but you can only receive a maximum grant of £75,000.

For more information on the fund, please visit - Main grants scheme for village halls - ACRE