Board meeting: December 2025
Strategic initiatives development round
#LC Mourne Gullion Landscape Connections
Applicant: The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
Decision: Award development grant of £1,104,940 (80% of total eligible development costs) with the potential delivery grant of £8,746,600 (80% of total eligible delivery costs)
#LC Loch Lomond & The Trossachs Landscape Connections: Restoring our Woodland Mosaic
Applicant: Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority
Decision: Award development round grant of £676,137 (52% of total eligible development costs) with the potential delivery grant of £9,202,355 (62% of total eligible delivery costs)
#HP Window to 1913: Restoring 9–29 Victoria Street, Grimsby
Applicant: North East Lincolnshire Council
Decision: Award development round grant of £62,043 (60% of total eligible development costs) with the potential delivery grant of £2,636,005 (90% of total eligible delivery costs)
#PW Preserving Jewish Heritage, Promoting the Hidden Jewish Story
Applicant: Foundation for Jewish Heritage
Decision: Award development round grant of £141,391 (86% of total eligible development costs) with the potential delivery grant of £1,079,749 (89% of total eligible delivery costs)
Strategic initiatives delivery round
#HP Barking & Dagenham – A Place to be Proud of
Applicant: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Decision: Award delivery grant of £587,511 (95% of total delivery costs of £617,011)
#HP PoC Sauchiehall Street Culture and Heritage District
Applicant: Culture and Sport Glasgow
Decision: Award delivery grant of £2,352,763 (75% of total delivery costs of £3,128,261)
National Lottery Heritage Grants £250,000 to £10million development round
Beer, pubs and people – creating the National Museum of Brewing in Burton upon Trent, the Beer Capital of Britain
Applicant: East Staffordshire Borough Council
Decision: Reject
Ways of Woods and Water – resilience through tradition
Applicant: Nene Rivers Trust CIO
Decision: Reject
Motoring into the Future
Applicant: The National Motor Museum Trust Limited
Decision: Reject
Royal Botanic Garden, Kew – Reimaging the Palm House for a Net Zero Future
Applicant: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Decision: Award a development grant of £240,000 (61%) with a potential delivery grant of £9,760,000 (19%)
National Lottery Heritage Grants £250,000 to £10million delivery round
Transforming Heritage: Community, Creativity & Skills
Applicant: Rother District Council
Decision: Award delivery grant of £7,646,425 (33% of total delivery costs)
National Lottery Heritage Grants grant increase
Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City
Applicant: Hull City Council
Decision: Award grant increase of £4,966,738 to make a total grant of £18,598,238 (including a change in grant percentage from 47.67% to 37.78%)
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Tudor Heart
Applicant: The British Museum
Decision: Award grant of £1,750,000 (50%)
Safeguarding and Sharing Little Sparta
Applicant: Little Sparta Trust
Decision: Award grant of £237,000 (90%)