The Project Viability Grant (PVG) scheme is intended to be an initial assessment of whether it is viable to bring a historic building back into a sustainable use. In particular it aims to enable applicants to explore the evidence of need for a suggested use, or uses, for a building and the sustainability of that use, with a view to the likely requirements of grant funders.
The end report should provide sufficient information to help you decide whether to commit to further cost, risk and effort in developing the project. It should also indicate the principal areas of further work required, and be a useful tool in applying to other funders.
The AHF will, in turn, use the report to judge whether the project is eligible to apply for further AHF development funding.
The maximum grant is £3,000.
The AHF welcomes contact from potential applicants at an early stage and can offer detailed advice on all aspects of the grant.
Organisations must be a registered charity or a not for profit entity/organisation that is formally constituted and has a legal structure.
The building must have statutory protection through national listing, or be in a conservation area and of acknowledged architectural or historic merit, and be at risk (on account of functional, structural, financial and/or other problems). Be potentially capable of beneficial re-use. You must have, or intend to obtain and have a strong indication that it will be possible to obtain ‘title’ to the building ('title' means either the freehold, or a leasehold of at least 25 years and one day.
For further information and to apply, visit: www.ahfund.org.uk/grants.php, or contact 020 7925 0199, or email: [email protected]
Deadlines for 2015:
12 August 2015
29 October 2015