Through our Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) programme, we make grants that help communities to regenerate Conservation Areas displaying particular social and economic need throughout the United Kingdom (except the Channel Islands and Isle of Man).
THI encourages partnerships of local organisations to carry out repairs and other works to a number of historic buildings, structures or spaces within these defined areas. If your project focuses on a single historic building this is not the programme for you.
To receive a grant your project must:
- help people to learn about their own and other people’s heritage
Your project must also do either or both of the following:
- conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for present and future generations to experience and enjoy;
- help more people, and a wider range of people, to take an active part in and make decisions about heritage.
We expect schemes to deliver the following outcomes:
- Preserving and enhancing the character and appearance of conservation areas affected by high levels of deprivation and in need of regeneration.
- Bringing historic buildings back into appropriate and sustainable use.
- Safeguarding the character of conservation areas through:
- increasing training opportunities in heritage skills
- increasing community participation; and
- improving approaches to conservation management and maintenance
We assess all applications in two rounds. The first round is competitive and assessed in a national batch. The deadline for first-round applications is 30 November each year and decisions are made in April.
If you receive a first-round pass, you will need to develop your scheme further within a 12-month development phase and then send us a second-round submission. We will aim to assess your second-round submission within three months of receiving it, and after this assessment period we will take it to the next quarterly decision meeting.
We strongly recommend you contact us for advice before making an application. You should complete the pre-application enquiry form and full application online. To do this register and apply.