Like many seaside towns, Ramsgate has fabulous buildings but also suffers from significant deprivation. Has been great today to visit projects led by Heritage Lab (an @archhfund.org.uk Heritage Development Trust) & Town Council that are putting the town's heritage into use for community benefit.

Great news - two #AHFsupported projects have been shortlisted for the 2025 SURF Awards. 🎉 A big congratulations to: - The Y Centre Perth, shortlisted for Housing and Regeneration. - No 30 The Square Huntly, shortlisted for Community Led Regeneration. surf.scot/2025-surf-aw...

Looking to breathe new life into a historic building? Alongside grants and loans, we provide advice and support to help communities across the UK find enterprising ways to revitalise the old buildings they love. Check out our website to see how we can help you: 👉 ahfund.org.uk

If you're at Labour conference, @archhfund.org.uk is joining @moreincommonuk.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk to discuss how heritage & community driven regeneration should be central to reviving places & civic pride. Looking forward to it! @patrickhurley.bsky.social @anooshc.bsky.social

Looking to breathe new life into a historic building? Alongside grants and loans, we provide advice and support to help communities across the UK find enterprising ways to revitalise the old buildings they love. Check out our website to see how we can help you: 👉 ahfund.org.uk

🔎🏚 #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts Spotlight – Inner City Trust. The Inner City Trust restores heritage buildings, supports communities, and enables job creation, advancing the physical, social and economic regeneration of Derry-Londonderry. Learn more: 👇 ahfund.org.uk/projects/inn...

🔎🏚 #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts Spotlight – Inner City Trust. The Inner City Trust restores heritage buildings, supports communities, and enables job creation, advancing the physical, social and economic regeneration of Derry-Londonderry. Learn more: 👇 ahfund.org.uk/projects/inn...

📢 On Owain Glyndŵr Day, we are delighted to announce a grant to the Owain Glyndŵr Community Hotel in Corwen. The hotel is one of only eight surviving coaching houses on the historic A5 London to Holyhead route... 🧵👇 (1/9)

The beautiful Cat. A-listed Tarlair Lido at Macduff; restored by its local community & now a welcoming cafe/meeting space. We are supporting their next phase of works to reopen the pools for swimming with an #HESsupported grant. Go visit for stunning views & tasty scones! friendsoftarlair.co.uk

📢 Ar Ddiwrnod Owain Glyndŵr, rydym wrth ein bodd yn cyhoeddi grant i Westy Cymunedol Owain Glyndŵr yng Nghorwen. Mae'r gwesty yn dim ond un o wyth tŷ coets sydd wedi goroesi ar lwybr hanesyddol yr A5 o Lundain i Gaergybi... 🧵👇 (1/9)

📢 On Owain Glyndŵr Day, we are delighted to announce a grant to the Owain Glyndŵr Community Hotel in Corwen. The hotel is one of only eight surviving coaching houses on the historic A5 London to Holyhead route... 🧵👇 (1/9)

Amazing news for one of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts, Inner City Trust! They have been awarded funding from @heritagefunduk.bsky.social to begin work to rescue, restore and reimagine the iconic former Austins department store. Congratulations. 🎉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We welcomed #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts from across the UK to Portsoy today for a chance to compare notes, share updates & hear from host North East Scotland Preservation Trust celebrating 40 years regenerating historic buildings - including Sail Loft & current projects at the Cat. A-listed harbour.

Alongside grants and loans, we provide advice and support to help communities across the UK find enterprising ways to revitalise the old buildings they love. Looking to breathe new life into a treasured historic building? Take a look at our website to see how we can help you: 👉 ahfund.org.uk

A 'standout, impactful project'. Another amazing achievement for The Buttermarket, which has taken home the top prize - Retrofit of the Year award - at this year's AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards. 🎉 Congratulations to Architectural Thread and Redruth Revival CIC. 👏 bit.ly/4pjnyja

Alongside grants and loans, we provide advice and support to help communities across the UK find enterprising ways to revitalise the old buildings they love. Looking to breathe new life into a treasured historic building? Take a look at our website to see how we can help you: 👉 ahfund.org.uk

ICYMI: Earlier this week, our CEO @memckeague.bsky.social spoke to Julie Skentelbery on BBC Radio Cornwall about the restoration and reopening of The Gardeners' House in Penzance, which we are very pleased to have supported. 🎧 Listen back here (starts at around 16:45): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

📢 Calling all fundraisers! We are currently looking for a Philanthropy Manager to join our team. Could it be you? The deadline for applications is 25 September 2025. You can find more details in the link below. 👇

Lovely day in Wymondham last week visiting #AHFsupported Becket’s Chapel with one of our wonderful supporters. Interested in helping us support more heritage and community-led regeneration projects like this across the UK? Find out how you can become a Friend of the AHF. ⬇️ ahfund.org.uk/support-us/

Great to see that the Bernat Klein Studio Coalition has now been given the keys for this unique A-listed textile studio. 🗝 We're really pleased to be supporting the next stage of this project, which will see the building repaired and restored for future generations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨 Job alert! We are currently seeking a Philanthropy Manager to join the AHF team. 🗓 The deadline for applications is 25 September 2025. For a full job description and details on how to apply, please go to: 👇 ahfund.org.uk/news/latest/...

Fundraisers: looking for a new challenge? We at the AHF are hiring our first-ever dedicated fundraiser, a post promising beautiful buildings, incredible community impact & fabulous colleagues. Could this be the perfect role for you? More info below & drop me a line if you'd like an informal chat!

A fantastic piece in the Guardian about the inspirational story of @giroscope-hull.bsky.social. ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... We are delighted to have been able to support their project at St Matthew's, as well as plans for the former West Park Palace cinema. ahfund.org.uk/news/latest/...

🚨 Job alert! We are currently seeking a Philanthropy Manager to join the AHF team. 🗓 The deadline for applications is 25 September 2025. For a full job description and details on how to apply, please go to: 👇 ahfund.org.uk/news/latest/...

✂️ On The Cutting Edge! Modernist Textile Studio Gets Funding Boost. We have awarded an #HESsupported grant to enable @shbt-charity.bsky.social to carry out specialist surveys at the Cat. A listed Bernat Klein Studio - starting a journey to bring this unique place back to life. Read: bit.ly/3VjKv85

Was very glad (and relieved!) when @shbt-charity.bsky.social and NT for Scotland were successful at auction - so very pleased to be helping with the early stages of bringing the Bernat Klein Studio back to its former glory. Been a long time coming.

✂️ On The Cutting Edge! Modernist Textile Studio Gets Funding Boost. We have awarded an #HESsupported grant to enable @shbt-charity.bsky.social to carry out specialist surveys at the Cat. A listed Bernat Klein Studio - starting a journey to bring this unique place back to life. Read: bit.ly/3VjKv85

Richard Waite speaks to three architects leading grassroots regeneration projects of neglected historic gems for social good – and who have all received crucial financial backing from the Architectural Heritage Fund

Wonderful to hear directly from some of the brilliant architects involved with heritage-regeneration projects the @archhfund.org.uk has supported about why they got involved, how we helped & what the projects mean to communities 👇 www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/heritag... @memckeague.bsky.social

Great to see this piece in AJ @news.architectsjournal.co.uk on architects taking a leading role in supporting community and heritage-led regeneration, featuring a number of @archhfund.org.uk projects.

Rydym yn falch iawn cyhoeddi pecyn ariannu newydd ar gyfer 2025-26. Diolch o galon i Cadw am y cymorth sy'n golygu ein bod yn gallu parhau ein gwaith o gefnogi cymunedau ledled Cymru adfywio adeiladau hanesyddol. Darllenwch ragor yma: ➡️ shorturl.at/sXeXT

🔔 We're delighted to announce a new funding package in Wales for 2025-26. Thanks to generous support from Cadw, we are able to continue to support communities throughout Wales to rescue historic buildings. Read more: 👉 shorturl.at/sXeXT

Today, we have published our August 2025 newsletter! It includes: - A round-up of the latest #Heritage regen news. - A focus on Black Bull Close. - An article from the Josef Herman Art Foundation about Sardis Chapel. - A spotlight on completed projects in England. Read it here:  ➡️ bit.ly/4oDFRPX

Rydym yn falch iawn cyhoeddi pecyn ariannu newydd ar gyfer 2025-26. Diolch o galon i Cadw am y cymorth sy'n golygu ein bod yn gallu parhau ein gwaith o gefnogi cymunedau ledled Cymru adfywio adeiladau hanesyddol. Darllenwch ragor yma: ➡️ shorturl.at/sXeXT

🔔 We're delighted to announce a new funding package in Wales for 2025-26. Thanks to generous support from Cadw, we are able to continue to support communities throughout Wales to rescue historic buildings. Read more: 👉 shorturl.at/sXeXT

Today, we have published our August 2025 newsletter! It includes: - A round-up of the latest #Heritage regen news. - A focus on Black Bull Close. - An article from the Josef Herman Art Foundation about Sardis Chapel. - A spotlight on completed projects in England. Read it here:  ➡️ bit.ly/4oDFRPX

Excellent scorching day in Great Yarmouth with @archhfund.org.uk & @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social touring projects including Grade II former ice house now a venue/vibrant community space thanks to Out There Arts & tour of GY Preservation Trust projects: housing, social infrastructure & training. Brilliant!

📣 Have you heard the news? A new Energy Resilience Fund partnership with the national energy advice charity, the Centre for Sustainable Energy, will expand the specialist energy audit and project development support that can be provided to applicants through the programme. 🧵👇 (1/4)

Congratulations to all 37 projects that have secured grants from Historic England's Heritage at Risk Capital Fund. We’re particularly pleased to see 14 #AHFsupported projects among the awardees, many of which we supported through @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social -funded #TransformingPlaces. 👉 bit.ly/47kTkWu

Social Investment from @archhfund.org.uk has enabled Delapré Abbey Preservation Trust to redevelop underused stables into a wellbeing hub which provides mental and physical health support to their local community. Read the full case study here ➡️ buff.ly/z3OLIK9 #socialimpact #charity

'Redruth Revival’s development strategy was not driven by short-term commercial gain, but instead by a self-imposed mandate to assist with supporting long-term community resilience.' > and they've delivered something rather special. architecturetoday.co.uk/the-butterma... @archhfund.org.uk

Congratulations to all 37 projects that have secured grants from Historic England's Heritage at Risk Capital Fund. We’re particularly pleased to see 14 #AHFsupported projects among the awardees, many of which we supported through @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social -funded #TransformingPlaces. 👉 bit.ly/47kTkWu

📢 We are delighted to announce that we have offered a #HeritageImpactFund loan to the Alex Moulton Charitable Trust to support the refurbishment of historic cottages on The Hall Estate, creating essential local rental properties. Learn more: ➡️ bit.ly/47iQots

📢 We are delighted to announce that we have offered a #HeritageImpactFund loan to the Alex Moulton Charitable Trust to support the refurbishment of historic cottages on The Hall Estate, creating essential local rental properties. Learn more: ➡️ bit.ly/47iQots

Stronger Local Places: Rebuilding the Social Club Movement conference brings together club members, policymakers, charities & funders to explore how Britain’s social clubs can be revived as vibrant civic hubs. Find more event info & tickets: 👉 www.democraticbusiness.org/events/stronger-local-places

🚨 Funding announcement! We are pleased to have awarded a #HeritageRevivalFund grant to support plans to convert Tyldesley Technical School into a community, heritage and commercial space. 👉 bit.ly/4oq5Iea Thank you to @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social and Historic England for making this programme possible.

🚨 Funding announcement! We are pleased to have awarded a #HeritageRevivalFund grant to support plans to convert Tyldesley Technical School into a community, heritage and commercial space. 👉 bit.ly/4oq5Iea Thank you to @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social and Historic England for making this programme possible.

Congrats to Huntly Development Trust. The transformation of Number 30,The Square, has won the top award at this year's Scottish Civic Trust My Place Awards.🏆 We're pleased to have supported this project with a #HESsupported grant. See more about its win: ⬇️ scottishcivictrust.org.uk/news/huntly-...

In a world worried about job security, worth restating it will be a very long time before traditional building conservation skills can be done by a robot. Meanwhile, brilliant schemes happening across UK are bringing life back to unique buildings & creating new opportunities for young people. 👇

In June, our Credit Panel approved over £1 million in new loan offers to charities and social enterprises. 🎉 Looking for funding to rescue a historic building? AHF loans are available, with flexible and competitive terms. Find out more: ➡️ bit.ly/3Om1GU6