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ACRE and its network of Rural Community Councils together deliver a Village Hall Information and Advice Service. The Service provides access and training to hall management committees and shares information and good practice.

The Service manages a loan fund on behalf of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for capital improvements to village halls, such as extensions or repairs, and also for building new halls.

This gives village halls management committees which have difficulty in obtaining funding, another option which is often used as a bridging facility.

NOTE:  Please note that the Rural Community Buildings Loan Fund is currently oversubscribed. A waiting list is in operation so please contact ACRE before submitting an application.

The ultimate object of the Trust is to promote the Christian religion, to contribute to the funds of any charitable institution and to carry out any charitable purpose.

The majority of the Trust’s donations are used to support the dioceses and cathedrals of the Church of England.  The Trust has a general fund which responds to requests for financial assistance from Anglican churches, churches of other denominations and the Christian community.  The Trust supports appeals from churches for building and restoration projects, repair of church fabric, church community initiatives, religious charities, charities preserving the UK heritage and other charitable causes.

Supported projects embrace the preservation, restoration or sustainability of historic places and demonstrate their significance to the community through one or more of the following:

• Restoring historic places to ensure ongoing public access and interaction with the sites.
• Preserving historic places for future or innovative use.
• Sustaining historic places by creating systems to manage increased visitor activities and environmental impacts.

Applications for archival projects are discouraged.

Letters of inquiry for funding are accepted and reviewed on an ongoing basis throughout the year.

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is administering a fund offering small grants for developing built heritage projects in three priority areas:

 Industrial Heritage at risk in England
 buildings at risk in the East Midlands
 buildings at risk in South Wales

The ‘Cold Spots’ grants scheme is open for applications until the end of 2014. Funding for the scheme is provided by English Heritage, the Pilgrim Trust and the J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust.

Development loans are available for any professional work required to take a project to the point of it being ready to go on site. The recipient must be able to demonstrate that the project is viable and able to attract funding.

The Project Development grant was introduced in 2008 and replaces the previous Project Organiser and Project Administration grants.

Arts & Business is not a direct provider of project funding. However for projects that might lend themselves to support from the private or corporate sectors (perhaps because of some logical association between the project and a particular industry, or on a local level between a project and a local business) the organisation functions as a "clearing house" to bring together businesses which are prepared to offer some level of corporate sponsorship and projects seeking financial support. It has recently merged with Business in the Community.

Arts & Business is the leading source of learning resources, development opportunities and tailored fundraising advice for organisations seeking partnerships with business.  It forges partnerships by providing businesses with a combination of cultural expertise, market intelligence and networks.

Grants for the Arts are for individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work.  They are for activities which engage people in arts activities and help artists and arts organisations carry out their work.

Although the programme is not intended per se to support heritage projects, in  principle there is no reason why a grant could not be used to refurbish and / or improve facilities in an historic building providing the over-riding objective was in accordance with the programme's arts-focused remit.

Please note Arts Council England has now assumed responsibility for museum and library sector development and improvement in England from the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.

Museums should apply to the Arts Council for Renaissance funding.

Libraries should apply to the Arts Council for library development programmes.

For lottery funded programmes, museums, galleries and libraries should continue to apply to the Heritage Lottery Fund unless they are seeking funding for an arts project, in which case they should apply to Arts Council.

This scheme is currently closed. To check for other open schemes visit: www.artscouncil-ni.org/subpages/funding.htm

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland, offering a broad range of funding opportunities through its Exchequer and National Lottery funds.

The Building Scheme provides support for minor works and feasibility for arts venues.  Although the scheme is not intended to support heritage projects per se, there is no reason in principle why a grant should not be used to carry out relevant work on an historic building providing the over-riding objective was in accordance with the scheme's arts-focused remit.

The Arts Council of Wales is responsible for funding and developing the arts in Wales, using money provided by the Welsh Assembly Government and from the National Lottery.

The Council operates a number of arts development funding programmes for individuals and arts organisations.  While these are not intended to support heritage projects per se, there is no reason in principle why a grant should not be used to carry out relevant work on an historic building, providing the over-riding objective was in accordance with the programme's arts-focused remit. Check here for more information: www.artswales.org/what-we-do/funding/apply/organisations

When Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron of Hever founded this Trust in 1955, his main aim was to ensure donations could be made to charitable bodies in the fields of the arts, medicine, religion, education, conservation, youth and sport. The trustees of today honour these aims and lay particular stress on supporting local youth organisations and generally helping medical research and education programmes.

Although the programme is not intended per se to support heritage projects, in  principle there is no reason why a grant could not be used to refurbish and / or improve facilities in an historic building providing the over-riding objective was in accordance with the programme's arts-focused remit.

Over the period 2012-15, the £234.6 million Capital investment programme will support organisations to develop resilience by giving them the right buildings and equipment to deliver their work, and to become more sustainable and resilient businesses.

The programme is one of the targeted grants in the Arts Council's strategic funding programme.

The investment will prioritise the consolidation and improvement of existing arts buildings and equipment rather than investing in significant expansion or new infrastructure.

The Baird Trust was founded by James Baird in 1873.The Trust was re-established as a corporate body by an Act of Parliament in 1939. Recently, the Trust sought to update its aims and purposes and to that end promoted the Baird Trust Reorganisation Act 2005 in the Scottish Parliament. The Act transferred the property rights, interests and liabilities of the 1939 Trust to a new charitable company limited by guarantee, while at the same time updating the Trust’s powers and objects.

The Baird Trust is a Scottish charity assisting the funds and schemes of the church in Scotland, and in particular the work of home mission, church extension, religious education and the support of active and retired ministers and their families.