News on Your Fund Surrey Project Proposals

The second round of the Government's £3 million Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund has opened a two-week window for applications and closes on March 3rd.

The funding aims 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.

The £3 million funding pot offers grants of between £7,500 and £75,000 which will be 20% of eligible project costs. The total project cost can be more than £375,000 but the maximum grant available is £75,000. All project work must be completed by 31 March 2025.

Stage One applications will be accepted from 20 February 2023 to 3 March 2023 (23:59).

Please find out more here: https://acre.org.uk/platinum-jubilee-village-halls-fund/