Village Catalyst Project Development Grant (PDG)

AHF’s grant programmes in NI have been made possible by the Department for Communities (DfC) and Garfield Weston Foundation. This grant scheme is a partnership initiative between the Department for Communities (DfC), the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF), the Department for Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE). Applications are invited from charities, social enterprise and other not for profit groups in rural villages of less than 5,000 people, who want to tackle rural poverty and social isolation in their area, by developing a sustainable use for a disused historic building1 in their village. You can see examples of projects supported in the pilot on DfC's website.