The Village Halls Small Grants Fund is provided by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and administered by the charity Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE).
This is the latest release of the £3 million Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund announced by government in May 2022 in celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee, and it is designed to help the volunteers running village halls make easy steps towards capital improvements.
Grants of between £2,000 and £5,000 are available to cover 20% of the eligible capital project costs including the VAT. All project work must be completed before the end of March 2026.
The funding is only for capital works that enhance, upgrade, extend, improve and construct rather than repair and maintain. The emphasis is on capital improvement work which makes a difference to the use and/or energy efficiency of a hall.
For information on eligibility criteria and eligible items of expenditure, please visit the ACRE website.
Applications will be accepted from 10 November 2025 until all funds are allocated.
Grants of £100 are available for organisers of a 'Great Get Together' event, an annual celebration of everything that connects our communities.
Grants are available for organisations working with young people from under-represented communities in Yorkshire and the Humber to deliver projects and activities that use the power of storytelling and language.
Grants for work supporting girls aged 11-18 years who have been in the criminal justice system or who are at a high risk of entering it.
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