Deadline: 11 October 2022

The PCF is inviting applications for grants of up to £25,000 over two years, for projects that will create a long-term difference in rural communities across the UK.
 
Applicants must be from properly constituted, non-profit organisations with an income of less than £500,000. Especially welcome are applications from groups and organisations with projects in hamlets, villages and small market towns.

Follow this link to apply to the Prince’s Countryside Fund.

 

Full details:

Successful projects will achieve one or more of the following programme aims:

• Support people to resolve existing and emerging community issues, circumstances,
and priorities in their locality
• Build rural community resilience
• Develop innovative and replicable projects
• Enable leadership and community planning
• Improve the economic or social resilience of a rural community
• Reduce isolation for people living in rural areas through improving service provision
• Create a self-sufficient rural community fit for the future.

The outcomes PCF seek to achieve through our grant programme include:

• Reinvigorating or developing community networks
• Improving the health and well-being of socially isolated people
• Creating a legacy of support and promoting community spirit and cohesion
• Communities supporting one another through volunteering opportunities
• Promoting a greener economy by encouraging people to travel less and utilise locally
grown and crafted products.
• Rural Communities are more resilient
• Successful community-led solutions

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