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The Heritage Revival Fund has been created to help communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings. This programme focuses on regenerating historic buildings in town centre locations.

It does this by supporting community organisations to take ownership of, adapt and reuse the local heritage assets that matter to them, transforming them into thriving spaces that meet their needs.

This grants programme has been made possible with funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Historic England, and forms part of the government’s wider £270 million investment in arts and culture.

For full details, please download the Heritage Revival Fund guidance. 

• Project Viability Grants
• Grant size: Up to £15,000
• Length: Up to one year
• Location: Priority will be given to historic buildings in towns across England
• Organisation type: Charities and not-for-profit organisations, including social enterprises
• Funding covers: Project costs and overheads
• Project stage: RIBA Plan of Work stage 0 - 2
• Match-funding: Preferred, but not essential

We are currently offering grants of up to £15,000 to support early-stage work on historic building projects.

These grants should help you to establish whether a project is viable. Work will probably focus on understanding the condition of the building, how it might be used, and whether that intended use is appropriate for the building and likely to be sustainable.

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Check you are eligible here. 

Read our Programme Guidance.

If you think your project is a good fit for this programme, complete our short online Expression of Interest form. You can submit this anytime and will hear the outcome within about 6 weeks.

If your organisation and project are eligible and appear to be a good fit with our priorities, we will invite you to submit a full application and send you a link to the online application form. Our Application Help Notes will help you to complete this.