Grant Eligibility

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To apply for our grants, you must be a not-for-private-profit organisation (see below for acceptable forms).

In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, you can apply for projects located anywhere: in cities, towns, or rural areas.

In England, you can apply for the Transforming Places scheme only if:

  1. Your project involves a heritage building located in a high street or town centre in England, and:

  2. This location is the focus of a wider strategy or initiative which aims to revitalise the high street or town centre - a place-based initiative.

If your project is not on a high street or in a town centre, you may be eligible for a grant supported by Historic England through the National Capacity Building scheme. Please see the Programme Guide and Help Notes here.

Find out more about our grant programmes and apply for projects in: England - Northern Ireland - Scotland - Wales

Who can apply?

Wherever you are in the UK, your organisation must be one of the following not-for-private-profit organisations or lowest tiers of local government:

  • Unincorporated organisations that are intending to incorporate (for Project Viability Grants only)

  • Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs or SCIOs)

  • Charitable Companies Limited by Guarantee

  • Charitable Community Benefit Societies

  • Community Benefit Societies

  • Not-for-private-profit Companies Limited by Guarantee

  • Community Interest Companies (CICs) Limited by Guarantee

  • Parish and Town Councils

We will not generally fund:

  • Private individuals

  • Local authorities and other public sector bodies other than Parish and Town Councils (unless applying on behalf of an organisation still in formation)

  • Universities, colleges and other mainstream educational institutions including independent schools

  • For-profit companies, unless in a partnership led by a not-for-profit organisation

  • Unincorporated organisations (e.g. charitable trusts and associations) that are not intending to incorporate

  • Organisations with fewer than three Trustees or Directors. If there are only three Trustees/Directors, none of these should be spouses or otherwise related to one another.

  • Limited liability partnerships

  • Churches or other places of worship, where the building will remain in use primarily as a place of religious worship – defined as hosting more than six religious services per year.

Application Deadlines

If you are unsure as to your eligibility, then please contact us for a discussion about your project and organisation in the first instance.

Applications of up to £15,000 in England and Scotland, and applications of up to £7,500 in Wales and Northern Ireland, can be submitted at any time and you will normally get a decision in 6 to 8 weeks.

The quarterly Grants Panel considers applications from England and Scotland of more than £15,000, and all applications of more than £7,500 in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Deadlines for submission of applications to be considered at Grants Panel are: 

  • 30 Oct 2020 for a decision in December

  • 31 January 2021 for a decision in March

  • 30 April 2021 for a decision in June

  • 31 July 2021 for a decision in September

  • 30 September 2021 for a decision in November

Deadline for submission of Cultural Recovery Fund applications:

  • 9 November 2020, 12pm for a decision in early December

Find out more about our grant programmes and apply for projects in:
England - Northern Ireland - Scotland - Wales