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The Architectural Heritage Fund
AbbreviationAHF
Legal statusCharity
Headquarters3 Spital Yard, London, E1 6AQ
Region
United Kingdom
Chief Executive
Matthew Mckeague
Websitehttps://ahfund.org.uk/

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is a registered charity (No. 266780) founded in 1976 to promote the conservation and re-use of historic buildings across the United Kingdom. As the leading social investor in the UK for over 40 years, it provides communities with advice, grants and loans to help them find enterprising and sustainable ways to revitalise the old buildings they love, particularly in economically disadvantaged areas.

Scope

To apply for an AHF grant, organisations must be a not-for-private-profit organisation or one of the lowest tiers of the local government.[1]

The AHF provides loan finance to formally constituted incorporated charities, community businesses or social enterprises whose members have limited liability.[2]

Buildings supported must be of historic or architectural importance – they may be listed, in a conservation area, or of special significance to the community.

As of 2020, the AHF had awarded loans with a total value of £125m to over 890 projects across the United Kingdom and disbursed more than 750 individual grants with a total value of over £10M.

The fund is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee without a share capital and registered at Companies House number 01150304.

Example projects

Some of the projects the AHF has supported include:

List of all case studies:

Further reading

  • Weir, Hilary. How to Rescue a Ruin - by setting up a local buildings preservation trust. 1990.[3] ISBN 0-9515468-0-5
  • Waterson, Merlin; Morrison, Ian. Rescue and Reuse: Communities, Heritage and Architecture. 2019.[4] ISBN 978-1859467787
  • The Guardian. From a Debenhams to a creative hub: closed stores get new lease in community life.[5]
  • The Guardian. With tourism booming, Great Yarmouth dreams of turning the tide.[6]
  • The Times. Former banks are given new lease of life.[7]
  • UK Fundraising. Architectural Heritage Foundation launches £7m loan & social investment fund.[8]
  • BBC News Northern Ireland. Regeneration: The NI villages bringing new life to old buildings.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Eligibility & Deadlines | The Architectural Heritage Fund". ahfund.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  2. ^ "Who We Fund | The Architectural Heritage Fund". ahfund.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  3. ^ Weir, Hilary (1997). How to rescue a ruin : by setting up a local buildings preservation trust. Architectural Heritage Fund (2nd ed.). London: Architectural Heritage Fund. ISBN 0-9515468-1-3. OCLC 41248038.
  4. ^ Waterson, Merlin (2019). Rescue & reuse : communities, heritage and architecture. Ian Morrison. Newcastle upon Tyne. ISBN 978-0-367-81457-1. OCLC 1107304806.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "From a Debenhams to a creative hub: closed stores get new lease in community life". the Guardian. 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  6. ^ "With tourism booming, Great Yarmouth dreams of turning the tide". the Guardian. 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  7. ^ Kampfner, Constance. "Former banks are given new lease of life". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  8. ^ May, Melanie (2019-02-14). "Architectural Heritage Foundation launches £7m loan & social investment fund". UK Fundraising. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  9. ^ "Regeneration: The NI villages bringing new life to old buildings". BBC News. 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
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