5 August

National Lottery Heritage Grants £10,000 to £250,000

The Sikh Military Archive

Applicant: The Sikh Military Foundation

Decision: Award grant of £15,497 (99%)

Islington’s Living History, Stories Art & Community

Applicant: MeiMei Social CIC

Decision: Award grant of £30,000 (100%)

Seventy Years of Free Play: Preserving the Living History of Triangle Adventure Playground

Applicant: Triangle Adventure Playground Association

Decision: Award grant of £41,616 (100%)

An Animated History of London

Applicant: Animating Education CIC

Decision: Reject

Celebrating and Preserving Francophone African Heritage in South London

Applicant: French African Welfare Association (FAWA)

Decision: Award grant of £69,862 (100%)

Ways of Seeing: The Study of Black British Leaders

Applicant: Southside Young Leaders' Academy

Decision: Award grant of £70,461 (100%)

From Conflict to Community: Documenting the Settlement Heritage of Sudanese Refugees in Westminster (1980–2025)

Applicant: Wings of Hope Community Association

Decision: Award grant of £85,535 (100%)

Roots & Voices: Preserving South Asian Heritage in South London

Applicant: You Be You Ltd

Decision: Award grant of £89,540 (100%)

Dig for Victory – Stories, Skills, and Sustainable Food Heritage: A community-led, living history project using Dig for Victory lessons to save at-risk stories and skills while building healthier, more resilient, connected & sustainable communities today.

Applicant: Hands of Hope

Decision: Award grant of £154,807 (63%)

Milton Keynes on film – A Sustainable Future for Living Archive in the New City

Applicant: The Living Archive Project

Decision: Award grant of £168,050 (75%)

Looking Back in Anger: Working‑Class Theatre 1956–63

Applicant: Ardent Theatre Company

Decision: Reject

The Nick Fraser Archive: Art, Labour and Life in East London

Applicant: Imaginative Reaction CIC

Decision: Reject

Woodland Care in Action: Community-Led Woodland Management

Applicant: Forest of Avon Trust

Decision: Reject

Doors Wide Open: Phase 1

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Pimlico St Peter with Westminster Christ Church

Decision: Award grant of £240,000 (46%)

The Georgian Group: Building a Legacy

Applicant: The Georgian Group

Decision: Award grant of £242,000 (80%)

#HP_ROOTS&FRUITS – unearthing, sharing and celebrating the diverse rural heritage of Barking and Dagenham

Applicant: Company Drinks CIC

Decision: Award grant of £244,980 (89%)

Turning Around the Bursledon Windmill

Applicant: Hampshire Buildings Preservation Trust Limited

Decision: Award grant of £247,700 (87%)

Sacred Heart Loret Organ Restoration Project

Applicant: Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith

Decision: Award grant of £247,788 (76%)

Warrior Reborn: Restoring a Dunkirk Little Ship Through Community and Craft

Applicant: Red Fox Marine Ltd

Decision: Reject

Building a Sustainable Future for the UK’s Biodiversity Data Heritage

Applicant: National Biodiversity Network Trust

Decision: Award grant of £249,029 (100%)

Cowdray Ruins: A New Chapter

Applicant: Cowdray Heritage Trust

Decision: Reject

Modern Heritage, Future Stewards: Transforming the C20 Society for the 21st Century

Applicant: Twentieth Century Society 

Decision: Award grant of £249,751 (98%)

The ACORN Project – making our service Accessible, Caring, Open, Representative and Nurturing

Applicant: Gloucestershire County Council

Decision: Reject

The Heart of Mullion: Saving St Mellanus to Serve our Community

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of Mullion

Decision: Reject

The Power of Water: building resilience for cultural and natural heritage in the Tamar Catchment

Applicant: University of Exeter

Decision: Reject

Community Fruit Garden

Applicant: Chiswick House and Gardens Trust

Decision: Reject

#LC Chichester Harbour Landscape Connections

Applicant: Chichester Harbour Conservancy

Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (100%)

St Mary’s Shalford – Phase 1 Repairs

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Shalford in the Diocese of Guildford

Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (73%)

Opening the Pipe Organ to a New Generation of Diverse Young Musicians

Applicant: East London School Of Classical Music

Decision: Reject

Natural Wealth: Reconnecting People, Nature and Place – Digital App. Working app title: Zongo (Zone + Go) – the working name is designed to encourage curiosity, participation and connection with nature and heritage, particularly among younger people.

Applicant: Aspire Community Works CIC

Decision: Reject

Southampton National Park City Urban Nature Map

Applicant: National Park City Foundation

Decision: Reject

Nepali Narratives: Women’s Voices and New Perspectives

Applicant: University for the Creative Arts

Decision: Reject

Our Borough, Our Legacy: Preserving Black British, African and Caribbean Heritage in South London

Applicant: Community Sparks Change Ltd

Decision: Reject

Sonic Horizons

Applicant: Refugee Radio Limited

Decision: Reject

SALO SALO: Come Together! A British Filipino home

Applicant: Voice ESEA Ltd

Decision: Reject

Kalan Gwav – The First Day of Winter

Applicant: Dark Folklore Ltd

Decision: Reject

Blue Plaque Figures – opening untold history to new audiences

Applicant: Outside In Pathways Ltd

Decision: Reject

Her Voice: Then, Now, Next

Applicant: end2end TV CIC

Decision: Reject

Theo Brown’s Stories of Devon Folklore

Applicant: PaddleBoat Theatre CIC

Decision: Reject

The Lake of Immortal Nectar

Applicant: Akaal Heritage Ltd

Decision: Reject

Remembering Partition: Community Memory, Archive and Learning

Applicant: Partition Memorial Trust

Decision: Award grant of £143,900 (99%)

Our Lives, Our Legacy: Preserving the stories of People with Learning Disabilities and Their Fight for Rights, Recognition and Change

Applicant: The Advocacy Project

Decision: Reject

Digital Ancestors

Applicant: Temple Of Kulture CIC

Decision: Reject

Spire repair, Pond Square Chapel, Highgate – Phase 2

Applicant: Highgate United Reformed Church

Decision: Reject

Phase 2 Development Project. Having opened as an arts centre in December 2016 we feel it is now time to build on our success so far and ensure that The Goods Shed goes from strength to strength and maintains its important role in the community.

Applicant: Tetbury Rail Lands Regeneration Trust Limited

Decision: Reject

Renovating Scrapstore House: from industrial past to creative future

Applicant: Children's Scrapstore

Decision: Reject

The Toy Project Museum of Play

Applicant: The Toy Project

Decision: Reject