Town and Village Renewal Scheme

The Town and Village Renewal Scheme was first introduced in 2016. It is managed on behalf of the Department by the local authorities, and the programme is funded under Project Ireland 2040. The Scheme is targeted at towns and villages with a population of 10,000 or less and all projects funded under the Scheme must be completed within a 12 to 18 month period.

Since the launch of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme in 2016, over €177 million of funding has been approved for almost 1,800 projects across Ireland.

The Town and Village Scheme is one of a series of national and local support measures designed to rejuvenate small rural towns and villages throughout Ireland, under the Department of Rural & Community Development’s Rural Development Investment Programme

The Department of Rural and Community Development, through the Our Rural Future, Town Centre First and Our Living Islands policies, recognises the importance of creating and maintaining vibrant rural towns and villages, and we will continue to achieve this by delivering a wide range of strategic interventions and investments throughout the country.

The 2025 Town and Village Renewal Scheme is designed to support the revitalisation of rural Ireland by focusing on stimulating town centre economic and social regeneration. This will be achieved through projects which support sustainable employment creation, town centre resilience and regeneration, enhancing our streetscapes, and bringing vacant and derelict buildings and lands back into use as community multi-purpose spaces through refurbishment and renovation.

Three funding streams are available under the 2025 Town and Village Renewal Scheme; the Main Scheme, the Project Development Measure and the Building or Land Acquisition Measure.

The closing date for the receipt of applications under the Building or Land Acquisition Measure is May 2nd, 2025 and for the Main Scheme and Project Development Measure is July 25th, 2025.

Previously funded under Town and Village Renewal Scheme

All Projects previously funded by the Town and Village Renewal Scheme

If you have any questions about the Town and Village Renewal Scheme please contact townandvillage@drcd.gov.ie