National Lottery Heritage Grants

Merlons and Lady Chapel Roof Repairs with digital records and guide for the church

Applicant: St Michael & All Angels, Hathersage

Project description: This project will carry out urgent structural repairs, make the building more environmentally sustainable and create physical and digital outputs for visitors to engage with the church's heritage.

Decision: Award grant of £50,266 (48%)

HEART of Serpentine. HEART is (Heritage, Environment and Resources Team) – Foundation Phase

Applicant: Serpentine Community Garden Society CIO

Project description: This resilience project will strengthen the governance of Serpentine Community Garden, develop a business plan and undertake consultation.

Decision: Award grant of £43,750 (81%)

Early Life in the Lincolnshire Fens

Applicant: Higher Opportunities Limited

Project description: This project will engage young people and families to explore the history of the Lincolnshire Fens pre-1700.

Decision: Reject

More City Stories – the history and heritage of Peter's Church and the City of Nottingham

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of Nottingham Saint Peter And All Saints

Project description: This project will assess the scope and costs required to undertake capital repairs on the North Aisle Roof.

Decision: Reject

#HP Leicester Inclusive Heritage Programme

Applicant: Leicester City Council

Project description: This project will see Leicester City Council develop its understanding of the heritage needs of the city. A Story of Change model will be established in preparation for future applications under the Heritage Places strategic initiative.

Decision: Award grant of £249,995 (100%

Clock repair

Applicant: Bishop's Castle Town Council

Project description: This project will undertake repairs to Bishop's Castle Town Hall clock alongside creating an information board to share the clock’s history and restoration journey.

Decision: Award grant of £17,596 (100%)

Deaf Perspectives, Past, Present and Future

Applicant: The Offshoot Foundation

Project description: This project will engage young people (D/deaf and hearing individuals) from two schools to explore D/deaf history and the changes to the education system within Suffolk from the 1870s to present day.

Decision: Award grant of £63,202 (100%)

'Our Naseby, Our Heritage'

Applicant: The Naseby Battlefield Project

Project description: This project will introduce a new programme of learning and engagement, co-curated with and for schools, youth groups and veterans. The project will raise awareness of this important battle and site to new audiences.

Decision: Award grant of £99,850 (100%)

St Peters Church – Reredos Restoration works and Heritage Activity Programme

Applicant: Grandborough Parochial Church Council

Project description: This project will restore the reredos at the Grade II* listed St Peter's Church, Grandborough, and engage the community.

Decision: Award grant of £12,620 (44%)

Restoring the stained-glass window in the chapel at Shutlanger Village Hall

Applicant: Shutlanger Village Hall

Project description: This project will carry out essential structural repairs and run engagement activities focusing on the window.

Decision: Reject

"The Ukrainian Heartbeat: Preserving Language, Art, and Tradition in Dacorum"

Applicant: EDUCARTEVENT

Project description: This project will allow the Dacorum Ukrainian community to engage with their traditions.

Decision: Reject

Love Stoke 100

Applicant: Framescape Limited

Project description: This project will focus on young people creating short films around the heritage of Stoke-on-Trent and sharing these digital materials with the wider community.

Decision: Award grant of £96,500 (100%)

Celebrating Albanian Heritage: Engaging Youth for a Vibrant Future.

Applicant: Albanian Cultural Association

Project description: This project will deliver a range of activities that will allow members of the Albanian diaspora in the East Midlands connect with their unique intangible cultural heritage.

Decision: Reject

The Democracy of Dumplings

Applicant: Silver Road Community Centre

Project description: This project aims to preserve recipes and stories related to dumplings from local people in Norfolk.

Decision: Reject

Silver Wings & Leather Jackets: The US Army Air Forces in WWII Norfolk

Applicant: The Forum Trust Ltd

Project description: The project will record stories related to the presence of the United States Army Air Forces in Norfolk during the Second World War and host a 10-day exhibition, along with a series of talks, to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the war's end.

Decision: Award grant of £59,320 (86%)

Lychgate protection and community access

Applicant: Kibworth Harcourt Parish Council

Project description: This project will construct a new storage and workshop facility and repair the Grade II listed lychgate, opening it to the public.

Decision: Reject

Deaf Gals go back in time across Derby/shire and Nottingham/shire

Applicant: Deaf-initely Women

Project description: This project aims to provide greater accessibility in heritage venues for Deaf-initely Women's service users. Its co-created, thematic approach ensures the visits are focused on the service users’ interests and specific needs.

Decision: Award grant of £178,928 (100%)

SPIRE 1172 – Saving St Peters Church, Horninghold and Involving People with our Heritage

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of Horninghold

Project description: This project will carry out a capital scheme to repair this Grade II* listed church and deliver an engagement programme centred around the use of Collyweston slate.

Decision: Award grant of £174,926 (68%)

Sherwood's No Longer Forgotten Lowland Heathlands

Applicant: The Sherwood Forest Trust

Project description: This project will carry out habitat improvement and conservation work across 11 areas of Lowland Heathland, a total of 125 hectares. It will support increased community participation and connection to nature through its activity programme.

Decision: Award grant of £249,000 (83%)

Early Years in my own Words

Applicant: South Northants Volunteer Bureau

Project description: This project will gather oral histories relating to life in Britain during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath. These will then be compiled into a book and an exhibition of material collected.

Decision: Reject

BILDESTON CLOCK TOWER CLOCK MOTORIZING

Applicant: Bildeston Parish Council

Project description: This project is capital works to remove the heavy weights operating the clock and install a motor and electronic controls that would operate the clock automatically.

Decision: Reject

Fitting Out Woodstone Wharf

Applicant: The Wansford Road CIO

Project description: This project will carry out the internal fit-out of the recently relocated Wansford Road station building.

Decision: Reject

Restoring the Yew-nique Topiaries of Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue

Applicant: Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue Trust

Project description: This project will ensure longer term conservation of the Yew Tree Avenue's trees and rides and maintain it as a heritage visitor attraction. The focus is to save this unique heritage and protect the natural environment of the site and its habitats.  

Decision: Award grant of £114,650 (100%)

Our Heritage Of Caring

Applicant: ConGens Group

Project description: The project will document the experience of NHS nurses from the Windrush generation in Wolverhampton and the West Midlands.

Decision: Award grant of £100,842 (98%)

Sustaining the financial resilience of Lincolnshire's Heritage

Applicant: Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire

Project description: This is a resilience project for Heritage Lincolnshire to enable it to review its operations, business planning and governance in order to improve its organisational sustainability. 

Decision: Award grant of £249,680 (100%)

Lincoln Hidden Histories

Applicant: Threshold Studios Limited

Project description: A project exploring social history, heritage and key figures from Lincoln. Working with heritage experts and city residents, this project will reveal existing stories in the archive and new stories in the city with a focus on inclusion and accessibility.

Decision: Award grant of £248,000 (70%)

Heritage and Community Revitalization Project

Applicant: St George Eritrean Orthodox Church

Project description: This project will involve capital works and an engagement program for the Grade II listed building.

Decision: Award grant of £156,315 (98%)

Black British Voices: Black British Collections

Applicant: The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge

Project description: This co-curated archive project aims to explore and amplify the archives and records of Black British communities through a research and community engagement programme.

Decision: Award grant of £237,601 (91%)

Celebrating George Stephenson's 200th anniversary of rail in Chesterfield

Applicant: Parochial Church Council of Holy Trinity & Christ Church, Chesterfield

Project description: This project will undertake restoration works to the church, alongside an activity programme to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the railways.

Decision: Award grant of £240,605 (75%)

Heritage 2033 development round applications

St Mary's Renewal – a community project

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

Project description: This project would repair and replace the lead roof of St Mary’s to address issues of failing fabric and water ingress. The roof structure would also be reinforced in preparation for installation of solar panels.  

Decision: Reject

SFF grant increases

IGMT Building Resilience 

Applicant: Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Limited 

Project description: This resilience project will help Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust build its medium to long-term resilience, undertaking four specific areas of work in order to secure a sustainable future. 

Decision: Award grant increase of £250,000 to make a total grant of £678,192 (85%)

Charnwood Forest Landscape Partnership Scheme

Applicant: National Forest Company

Project description: This project will identify, conserve and promote the heritage of Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire and will consist of 18 projects divided into three themes.

Decision: Award grant Increase of £250,000 to make a total grant of £3,017,300 (74%)