National Lottery Heritage Grants

Y Gwyllt

Applicant: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Project description: An application for continuation of a current small project (NS-23-00628) which provides nature-based activities for young people and families involved with the Neath Port Talbot Safeguarding Team.

Decision: Reject

St Illtyd's Church Pembrey: Tower Louvred Opening Repairs

Applicant: St Illtyd

Project description: This is a short project to repair and safeguard the medieval tower and wider structure of St Illtyd's church in Pembrey.

Decision: award grant of £33,109 (72%)

Basketry: Rescuing, Reviving, Retaining

Applicant: Denbighshire Leisure Limited

Project description: This six-month project aims to celebrate and promote traditional Welsh basket making skills concurrent to a major art exhibition at Ruthin Craft Centre that will feature the work of contemporary British basket makers.

Decision: award grant of £18,550 (90%)

Voices for the Future

Applicant: The National Literacy Trust

Project description: A 30-month project which aims to explore new ways for diverse communities across Newport, Caerphilly and Torfaen to find connections to local Chartist heritage, with a focus on understanding how this heritage can inform and shape vision for the future.

Decision: award grant of £249,823 (90%)

Carmarthenshire LGBTQIA+ Heritage: 10 Year Celebration

Applicant: CETMA Limited

Project description: This 16-month project aims to collate the LGBTQIA+ heritage of Carmarthenshire and celebrate a decade of CETMA's work supporting the local LGBTQIA+ community.

Decision: Reject

The Secret Garden

Applicant: Innovate Trust Ltd

Project description: This seventeen-month project aims to develop Ysgubor Fawr, a garden within the grounds of St Fagans National Museum of History. The project will involve working with individuals with learning difficulties across Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, and Rhondda Cynon Taff.

Decision: award grant of £54,888 (86%)

Rhydwilym roof repairs, historic interpretation and ancillary works

Applicant: Trust Property Held in Connexion with Rhydwilym Baptist Chapel, Llandissilio

Project description: This is a four-month project to repair, restore and protect three listed buildings at Rhydwilym Baptist Chapel, Llandissilio

Decision: award grant of £67,197 (56%)

Llanafan Women's Institute Cottage renovation

Applicant: Llanafan Women's Institute

Project description: A 7-month project aimed at improving Llanafan Women's Institute's meeting place, Bronheulog, which is a Grade II listed stone cottage in Llanafan, Ceredigion.

Decision: Reject