Capital grants for village halls in rural areas across England to enhance, upgrade, extend, improve, and construct halls so that, as a result, new activities can take place bringing communities together.
The Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Improvement Grant Fund aims to support the modernisation and improvement of village halls, ensuring they are suitable for various activities that 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
The Fund shall be available to support capital improvements only, where projects aim to:
- Upgrade facilities
- Extend facilities
- Improve facilities
- Purchase capital items
Awards can be made to cover 20% of eligible project costs, up to a maximum amount of £75,000.