Scotland: delegated decisions October 2024
National Lottery Heritage Grants
SWI Heritage Project – Preserving the Past to Inspire the Future
Applicant: Scottish Women's Institutes SCIO
Project description: To catalogue, preserve and digitise the heritage of the Scottish Women’s Institute (SWI) via its collection of archives and artifacts.
Decision: Award grant of £127,175 (86%)
A walled garden where people and plants grow
Applicant: Cambo Heritage Trust
Project description: To carry out necessary capital repairs and replanting activity to Cambo Walled Garden, part of Cambo Estate, as well as delivering an associated learning and activity programme.
Decision: Reject
Sustainable Future
Applicant: Paxton Trust
Project description: To create a seven-pod glamping village on the Tweed footpath, whilst also working to diversify volunteer engagement, working with local schools and developing trails in the grounds to support the aim of financial sustainability for the Trust.
Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (42%)
Shire Radio: Our Lanarkshire Project
Applicant: Shire Radio
Project description: To work collaboratively to celebrate the diverse cultural and industrial heritage of local towns, through preserving and sharing the memories of their industrial past through storytelling, poetry and music/song.
Decision: Reject
Resourcing Reminiscence
Applicant: Living Memory Association
Project description: Living Memory Association seeks to use their expertise in community history to help groups across Scotland gain the confidence, skills and support to run their own heritage projects.
Decision: Award grant of £207,120 (97%)
Arthur's Seat Visitor Centre
Applicant: Dynamic Earth Charitable Trust
Project description: To tell the story of Arthur’s Seat and Holyrood Park, transforming how audiences across Scotland, the UK and internationally engage with the area’s scientific and cultural heritage.
Decision: Reject
Projections of Heritage: Illuminating Aberdeen's Art and Architecture
Applicant: Aberdeen City Council
Project description: By utilising large-scale digital projections to display digitised adaptations of art and artefacts from Aberdeen Art Gallery collections, the project seeks to create an immersive experience that brings heritage to life on the facades of numerous historic buildings.
Decision: Reject