Creating a real future for rural Britain: Improving, regenerating and supporting 20 rural communities across the UK.

Since 2010, we have empowered family farms and rural communities through our grant making programmes, supporting over 500 projects including 121 community spaces, 22 transport schemes and 118 training and skills projects. 

From investing in pubs as community hubs to funding healthcare initiatives, we are supporting schemes that focus on creating long term solutions for rural communities. The innovation demonstrated through these projects means that thousands of people will directly benefit from our support, creating a more sustainable way of living. We aim to make available at least £500,000 each year to ensure that projects that will transform hamlets, villages, and small market towns continue to flourish. 

Keith Halstead, Executive Director said: “The PCF wants to help projects which will make a real difference to rural communities, addressing issues which local people have identified and funding community-led solutions. We know from our experience that the rural projects we support build cohesion, neighbourliness and a sense of belonging, which are vital ingredients in ensuring sustainable and resilient communities. We could not achieve all that we do without the support we receive from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery and the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust. My thanks to both organisations for their continued assistance in creating a real future for rural Britain.”