England, North: delegated decisions March 2024
National Lottery Grants for Heritage
Celebrating SUES 150 year anniversary
Applicant: Southport University Extension Society
Project Description: To produce learning and promotional materials and an exhibition centred on the history of the University Extension Movement and the continuing educational work of Southport University Extension Society.
Decision: Award grant of £9,750 (100%)
Heritage Trails – A Journey through Nature
Applicant: Aspire Burnley Community Development
Project Description: To run a walking and exploring programme with sessions focusing on the green lands, woodlands and scenic areas of Burnley and Pendle and giving insights into local heritage.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000 (100%)
BlackFest – In Conversation – Artists as Activists
Applicant: BlackFest Ltd
Project Description: To uncover the stories of artists, educators and change-makers within Liverpool and record their oral histories to digitise as a podcast, video interview, and archive.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000 (95%)
Towards a Sustainable Future for St. Chad’s
Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Kirkby
Project Description: Researching ways of making the church more accessible and functional for the benefit of the community through tours, open events, and activity-focused consultation to engage in heritage.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000 (64%)
Lancaster Dino Fest – Legacy of Sir Richard Owen
Applicant: Lancaster BID Ltd
Project Description: To celebrate Lancaster’s links with Sir Richard Owen, a renowned palaeontologist, through delivering workshops to primary school-aged children and creating artwork which will form a trail around Lancaster city centre in conjunction with Dino Fest.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000 (50%)
Memories of My Mother: Unravelling the Sari Story of Manchester
Applicant: Creative Design & Manufacture UK Limited
Project Description: Focusing on the rich history and cultural significance of the Sari to Manchester’s South Asian community though oral history collection, storytelling, and memory sharing sessions.
Decision: Award grant of £9,965 (100%)
If You Know Your History
Applicant: HYPE Merseyside Ltd
Project Description: To work with local primary schools to research the journey of English football since the creation of a national football league, culminating in a community event.
Decision: Award grant of £9,365 (100%)
Passa Passa
Applicant: For Us and By Us CIC
Project Description: To produce a play based on consultations with individuals from the Windrush generation in Manchester. Including recollections of significant events such as Jamaica’s independence from British colonial rule in the 1960s, the emergence of reggae music and the political civil war.
Decision: Award grant of £8,993.00 (98%)
A Town of Vikings, Great Grimsby
Applicant: VESR (Visitor, Economy, Services and Retail Group) CIC
Project Description: To build on the momentum of Grim Falfest and continue to explore local Viking and Saxon heritage through a public engagement event and the development of a co-ordinated programme of projects with existing partners.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000 (100%)
Sheffield Historic Buildings Trust – Engaging Communities in Sheffield
Applicant: Sheffield Historic Building Taskforce Ltd
Project Description: To set up a Building Preservation Trust in order to carry out capital works on buildings at risk and repurpose them for community use, engaging local groups with the process through heritage and skills education and consultation events.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000 (91%)
The Future of the Eritrean Coffee Ceremony: Building Bridges Between the Generations
Applicant: Tyne and Wear Eritrean Community Association
Project Description: To preserve the Eritrean coffee ceremony for younger generations by providing weekly workshops culminating in a celebration event and the creation of a resource library of books, articles, and videos on the history and significance of the ceremony.
Decision: Award grant of £9,999 (100%)
Rest Under the Stars: A Cumbrian Journey
Applicant: Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Carlisle
Project Description: To create an immersive touring sound and image installation focusing on the heritage of Carlisle Cathedral.
Decision: Award grant of £9,442 (100%)
Write On Your Doorstep
Applicant: Artfull: Participatory & Community Arts Group
Project Description: To explore Black history in Preston and links to its industrial past through creative responses, visits and the production of a book.
Decision: Award grant of £6,070 (100%)
St John’s Laundry Heritage Centre
Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of Waberthwaite
Project Description: To develop a resource centre at the newly renovated Laundry building with display boards, resource boxes for schools and artefacts on display.
Decision: Award grant of £8,250 (100%)
Hexham East: Our Heritage
Applicant: Hexham Community Partnership
Project Description: To curate and deliver a ‘Geostories’ programme with communities in Hexham East that includes workshops, volunteer training and a community-curated exhibition.
Decision: Award grant of £9,997 (97%)
Rediscovering Voices
Applicant: J L Support
Project Description: To capture and celebrate untold stories of African individuals who migrated to Britain from 1950 to 1990 and who settled in Yorkshire, with the creation of a digital archive and heritage walks and workshops.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000 (100%)
Archiving Ron’s Place
Applicant: Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust
Project Description: Preserving and sharing the cultural importance of Ron Gittins’ work, through digitisation of his work for an online archive alongside an exhibition and engagement programme.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000 (100%)
HACA Unveiled
Applicant: Hull Afro Caribbean Association
Project Description: To establish an archive and film platform to capture the work of Hull Afro Caribbean Association, to preserve for future generations and display its contribution to Hull and beyond.
Decision: Award grant of £9,975 (100%)
The Hope Inn Chronicles
Applicant: Hope Inn Group CIC
Project Description: To create an ebook through storytelling to preserve a community members unique story to preserve their heritage.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000 (100%)
Reviving Traditions: Art, Artefacts, and Identity
Applicant: The Beginning Group
Project Description: In collaboration with Manchester Museum, art and textile sewing workshops focused on African heritage will be held across Longsight, Old Trafford and Moss Side, culminating in an immersive exhibition.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000 (100%)
Discovering World Class Rotherham
Applicant: Rotherham District Civic Society
Project Description: To celebrate history and architecture across the Borough Council of Rotherham through workshops, open days, heritage tours and printed materials, as well as the unveiling of Blue Plaques.
Decision: Award grant of £9,998.00 (100%)
Verde Culture Exploration
Applicant: Verde Home Improvement Ltd
Project Description: A community project that will organise visits to local museums, heritage sites and have conversations with elders, so young people can learn more about their heritage through creative workshops.
Decision: Reject
Remembering Our Legends: Preserving West Bank Bears Sports Heritage
Applicant: West Bank Bears Amateur Rugby League Football
Project Description: To provide a series of workshops and create a website to capture and record the history of West Bank Bears ARLFC.
Decision: Reject
Project Overload 80
Applicant: 2192 Appleby Grammar School Squadron Air Training Corps
Project Description: To take young people from Whitehaven Air Cadets on a seven-day trip to Normandy to visit Second World War sites and produce research booklets.
Decision: Reject
St Margaret’s Church Boundary Wall
Applicant: South Elmsall Parochial Church Council
Project Description: To repair a boundary wall on the church grounds.
Decision: Reject
Artistic Investigation and Reinterpretation of Migration and Innovation in Darnall
Applicant: Bright Box Makerspace
Project Description: Researching how Darnall Ward’s cultural and industrial heritage relates to migrant communities through various events and focus groups.
Decision: Reject
15 years of Innovation – The Elsie Whiteley Innovation Festival
Applicant: Halifax Opportunities Trust
Project Description: To hold a festival event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Elsie Whitely Innovation Centre, exploring the history of the building and surrounding area and linking to Calderdale 2024 Year of Culture.
Decision: Reject