The Prince's Countryside Fund

Overview

Supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery locally-focussed, legally-constituted not-for-profit organisations can apply for one year of grant funding from the Fund. Projects must be completed by 31st July 2022.

Projects from all across the UK are invited to apply for this funding. Please take the short eligibility quiz at the beginning of the application form to ensure you are eligible.

Please note, they do not fund individuals or private farm businesses, and cannot fund capital costs. Your application will be more likely to be successful if you can demonstrate need or demand for your project. Projects must be in a rural area.

Who can apply?

• Charities
• Community Benefit Societies
• Community Interest Companies
• Companies limited by Guarantee
• Not for Profit Organisations
• Social Enterprises
• Unincorporated Associations (list is not exhaustive).

How much can I apply for?

• You should apply for as much as you need to complete your project, to a maximum of £10,000.
• They do not generally fund 100% of a project? However, it depends on your project. They would expect all projects to have at least raised some local funding if the project is needed by the local community.
• They will fund projects for up to one year. Projects must be finished within one year of their start date and no later than 31st March 2022

See the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) here

What are they looking for?

The theme is Rural Community Resilience and the will be looking for applications that will build on some of the amazing projects that came about as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic this year, and the effect that this had on rural communities. They will be looking for projects which protect or boost community assets and enterprises, or otherwise strengthen the sense of community.

Rural Community Resilience means different things to different communities, but the concept they are looking for is a project which will allow the community to survive and thrive, especially when facing a situation which affects everyday rural life.

Examples could include:

• A village shop that moved into food or medicine delivery and has realised that this is of real benefit to the community but now wishes to take this a step further, or to continue the service.
• A community may have discovered some hard to reach households within their community that have now started to engage.
• Their grants could facilitate some exciting projects to continue and improve that engagement.
• You may need to reinvigorate a rural transport scheme to tackle isolation in the countryside