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.
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