Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund2024-02-07T09:46:39+00:00

Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund

A grant fund to support modernisation and improvement of England’s village halls

Please note that the Platinum Jubilee Fund as detailed on this page is no longer open to new applications. In February 2024 a new small grants scheme was announced as a successor to the fund, for which you can find information here.

In May 2022, Defra announced a £3 million Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund, (the Fund) to mark Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.

The aim of the Platinum Jubilee Village Halls 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.

Grants are for capital improvements only, where projects aim to either upgrade, extend or improve facilities, or where capital items need to be purchased. They cannot be used for maintenance, repair or renewal work.

We recommend groups only apply to the fund once projects are well developed and have much of the funding already in place.

More detailed information and guidance is detailed below. Please make sure you read this information carefully before applying.

There is a two-step application process for the fund.

Stage 1

Applicants are required to submit basic information about their organisation, local community and the project proposed to determine eligibility.

Stage 2 

Applicants who are successful at Stage 1 will be invited to completed a Stage 2 application. ACRE members will work with applicants at this stage to prepare more detailed information about their project which will be assessed by an award panel. The panel will assess the first wave of applications in March 2023. Subsequent applications will be considered by the panel later in the year.

Demand for the fund is high so not all eligible halls will be funded.

All project work must be completed before the end of March 2025.

Should you have any queries about the fund or application process not already covered in the information linked above, please contact us at villagehallsfund@acre.org.uk

Important fund information