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 for capital projects are available to small and medium-sized charities registered in the UK working to assist homeless people to rebuild their lives and return to the community.
Grants of up to £2,000 for constituted charities, CICs, and voluntary and community groups with an annual income of less than £25,000, who are are providing vital services in their local communities.
Core and project funding for charities operating in the following areas: the arts, education, support for carers and older people, early intervention projects for disadvantaged children and young people, and more.
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