National Lottery Heritage Grants

FC: Past, Present, and Future 

Applicant: Hull FC Rugby Community Sports and Education Foundation 

Project description: To celebrate Hull Football Club’s history and support vulnerable community members with a memorabilia sharing app, memorabilia donation, intergenerational activities and adult upskilling. 

Decision: Award grant of £164,940 (93%)  

Manchester Dashehra Diwali Heritage 2024 

Applicant: Indian Association Manchester 

Project description: Sharing Dashehra Diwali heritage with families and entrepreneurs across Greater Manchester with storytelling, skill shares, online showcases and a new heritage team. 

Decision: Award grant of £27,700 (91%)  

Finding North East Women in the Liberation Movement 

Applicant: Pink-Collar Gallery C.I.C 

Project description: To research and create 10 displays with the community to discover and commemorate the role of unacknowledged north-eastern women in the Women’s Liberation Movement. 

Decision: Award grant of £22,500 (100%)  

Enhancing Life Through Heritage 

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Beverley 

Project description: To combine essential building restoration with consultation of the community to enable broader participation with heritage and provide heritage work experience for disadvantaged community members.

Decision: Award grant of £152,348 (93%)

Securing the future of Dryham Farm – The Beating Heart of North Cave Wetlands 

Applicant: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust 

Project description: To purchase Dryham Farm, centred in the North Cave Wetlands, in order to protect the natural heritage and wildlife on its land and prevent other threats to the wetlands from potential new owners. 

Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (35%)  

National Poetry Centre: Connecting poetry's past to its present and future 

Applicant: National Poetry Centre 

Project description: To create the first national headquarters for poetry and rescue a historic building as a base, enabling increased exhibiting, archiving and engagement capabilities. 

Decision: Award grant of £223,066 (100%)  

Brink 

Applicant: Brink Productions 

Project description: Celebrating the history and positive impact of youth clubs and projects with art, podcasts, interviews, music, photography, graffiti and film to bridge connections across disadvantaged social groups. 

Decision: Reject

Conservation of Owlthorpe Fields 

Applicant: Owlthorpe Fields Conservation Group 

Project description: To improve site accessibility, repair and maintenance, whilst reviving old heritage maintenance skills for interested community members to learn and participate in. 

Decision: Award grant of £101,990 (94%)

The Perception Busters 

Applicant: Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust 

Project description: To demonstrate and showcase best practice in the heritage sector, engage more young people with heritage and produce a strong digital heritage strategy.  

Decision: Award grant of £132,800 (77%)  

SAVTE's Heritage Tapestry: Celebrating 50 Years of Sheffield's Multicultural Heritage 

Applicant: Sheffield Association for the Voluntary Teaching of English 

Project description: To exhibit and host public activities celebrating the narratives and contributions of the association’s volunteers and English learners to Sheffield’s multicultural history. 

Decision: Reject

Beautiful Oldham – Where Next? 

Applicant: NORTHERN ROOTS (OLDHAM) LTD 

Project description: To co-involve the community in the improvement, maintenance, protection and sustainability of the Northern Roots site and broader Oldham, while collecting stories on the heritage most important to them. 

Decision: Award grant of £249,723 (74%) 

Geordie Gaol Girls 

Applicant: Workie Ticket Theatre CiC 

Project description: To create a historically accurate play with diverse groups of local women commemorating the 100th year since Newcastle Gaol’s closure, to convey its enduring impact and tell stories of the female prisoners and staff. 

Decision: Award grant of £46,967 (96%)  

South Pennine Archives Development Project 

Applicant: Pennine Heritage Limited 

Project description: To build a website, digitise collections and create Hebden Bridge’s first museum to improve access, awareness of and engagement with the South Pennine Archives. 

Decision:  Award grant of £54,827 (90%)  

Whitehead Gardens Improvement and Education Project 

Applicant: Bury Borough Council 

Project description: To repair and restore the park, improve its accessibility and begin hosting interactive activities to engage the community more with its nature, wildlife and memorial history.  

Decision: Award grant of £151,993 (88%)  

Ella's Peas 

Applicant: Chol International Arts

Project description: To celebrate the achievements of Ella Hudson-Gaskin for British food manufacturing, teaching history, socioeconomic and environmental issues to children through imaginative play and growing. 

Decision: Award grant of £41,715 (81%)  

Sustaining Soils 

Applicant: Manchester Environmental Education Network 

Project description: To help four inner-city schools understand and improve their soil health, educate on soil’s historical context and importance and empower students lead soil action plans and become community educators. 

Decision: Award grant of £49,720 (100%)  

Revitalisation of Elswick's Garden Cemeteries: The Story of Westgate Hill and St John's 

Applicant: Newcastle City Council 

Project description: To improve and restore their two sites through community engagement, professional surveys and support for caretakers and residents, while developing long-term arts, nature and heritage strategies. 

Decision: Reject

Rocket 2030 

Applicant: Manchester Histories 

Project description: To celebrate the 200th anniversaries of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 2025 and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 2029/30 through a series of events and initiatives leading up to 2030. 

Decision: Award grant of £180,421 (51%)

The Hatters and the Sharks - Sheffield's Basketball Pioneers 

Applicant: Sharks Basketball Trust CIC 

Project description: To uncover and share the heritage of the Sheffield Hatters and Sheffield Sharks through various mediums and to embed this heritage in all aspects of the clubs’ activities and outreach. 

Decision: Award grant of £167,400 (94%)

Migration Stories England 

Applicant: Global Link (Lancaster) 

Project description: To upscale a previously successful project showcasing migration stories, sharing them through workshops and education and supporting creative participation from young people. 

Decision: Reject

The Runner's Archive: The Story of Reebok and Running Clubs in Bolton 

Applicant: Bolton Council 

Project description: To record interviews and curate an exhibition and events programme about Bolton sports shoe manufacturers, local running clubs and athletes. 

Decision: Award grant of £37,200 (82%)

Exploring Intangible Cultural Heritage in the UK: Cultural Encounters - Celebrating Minority Heritages 

Applicant: University of Liverpool 

Project description: To safeguard Irish, Cornish and Syrian heritage with a documentary film and online resources which will be co-produced with the community in workshops and activities. 

Decision:  Reject

Out of the Archive: Tuesday Techne and the Hatton Gallery Exhibition Poster Archive 

Applicant: Tuesday Techne 

Project description: A dementia-friendly older people’s group will work with art and museum professionals to revive and showcase the gallery’s exhibition poster archive. 

Decision: Reject

Traditional Play and Games Heritage of Zimbabwe 

Applicant: Msakhane CIC 

Project description: To share and destigmatise Zimbabwean game and play heritage and convey the legacy of Zimbabwe’s indigenous knowledge through traditional games, song and folktales.  

Decision: Reject

Develop Thru Sport CIC: Embracing 150 Years of Rugby Excellence @ New Brighton Rugby Club  

Applicant: Develop Thru Sport CIC 

Project description: To celebrate the history and legacy of the New Brighton Rugby Club with the creation of a 150th anniversary book, Wall of Fame and historical game re-enactments. 

Decision: Reject

Daffodil: The People's Mersey Ferry Museum 

Applicant: Liverpool City Ship Limited 

Project description: To research, archive, exhibit and conduct engagement activities to preserve the impact of the Daffodil Ship on the lives of people in the local area. 

Decision: Reject

RGS Newcastle's 500th Anniversary 

Applicant: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Royal Grammar School 

Project description: To put on a year-long celebration of the school’s 500th anniversary, enabling students and community members to interact with the institution’s history, heritage and legacy. 

Decision: Reject

West End Nature Champions 

Applicant: Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited 

Project description: To deliver regular nature-based activities, environmental community events and nature restoration projects over 18 months, to connect the community with the natural environment.

Decision: Reject

Stories to bring us together 

Applicant: BAMEEN CIC 

Project description: To collate and exhibit native heritage stories from Hull’s minority, migrant and refugee communities. 

Decision: Reject

ReDenH: Recording the Dental Heritage of Manchester Dental School and Hospital 

Applicant: University of Manchester 

Project description: To record and share the history of Manchester Dental School and Hospital to celebrate its 140th anniversary, showing its role in shaping dentistry with a digital collection.  

Decision: Reject

'Help Us Preserve Our Heritage and Keep it Warm' 

Applicant: Gorton Evangelical Church 

Project description: To repair the church roof, reverse and repair damage, renovate the interior and improve the energy efficiency of its facilities. 

Decision: Reject

Building Resilience: Our Digital Revolution 

Applicant: Woodhorn Charitable Trust 

Project description: To streamline data systems, enhance stakeholder relationship management and recruit IT specialists to improve infrastructure, income and visitor experience issues and financial sustainability.  

Decision: Reject

Beneath Burmantofts – untold stories of earth, clay, industry and migration 

Applicant: East Street Arts 

Project description: To bring together residents, local organisations, artists and heritage experts to uncover and revive the local industrial and social history of Burmantofts Pottery. 

Decision: Reject

Looking Back to Looking Forward – A New Chapter 

Applicant: The Vulcan Centre 

Project description: To produce a film recording the history of migrant experience in Hull to challenge anti-migrant attitudes. 

Decision: Reject

Grant Increase

Heritage at the Heart of our Community: 17–21 Bethlehem Street, Grimsby

Applicant: Our Big Picture Limited  

Project description: To acquire and develop the building into a community arts and heritage centre, with creative spaces, capital improvements and activities.

Decision: Award change in grant percentage from 72% to 74%