England, London & South: delegated decisions October 2022
SCFF - Sickle Cell Family Festival
Applicant: Africanise UK Ltd
Project description: raise awareness of sickle cell disease, fitting in with the local authority’s cultural strategy and programming.
Decision: Reject
St Mabyn Peace Memorial Hall Centenary Tapestry Project
Applicant: Saint Mabyn Peace Memorial
Project description: mark the centenary of the opening of St Mabyn Peace Memorial Hall. Create a commemorative tapestry and hard back book, record oral histories and hold workshops.
Decision: Award grant of £7,500
Persistence and Change: The continuing story of the British Adventure Playground
Applicant: Assemble Studio CIC
Project description : create a film focusing on the contemporary and historic importance of adventure playgrounds. A range of interviews across four generations will be showcased in venues across Britain.
Decision: Reject
Animazing Studio Experience
Applicant: Animazing C.I.C.
Project description: create a permanent home for a collection of memorabilia from UK children's television by renovating and reopening a derelict former family entertainment centre on Eastbourne seafront.
Decision: Reject
Sharing our Future
Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Annunciation Bryanston Street, St Marylebone
Project description: improve the resilience of the church through organisational reviews, surveys and plans, producing a robust business plan to increase revenues.
Decision: Reject
Garden Guardians
Applicant: Stroud Valleys Project
Project description: engage local people with their natural environment, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to protect and care for it in the long term.
Decision: Award grant of £70,120
Victorian Heyday! Celebrating Bexhill's St Barnabas
Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of St. Barnabas, Bexhill
Project description: research, record and celebrate the heritage of the church and Bexhill-on-Sea, in East Sussex, with the longer-term aim of transforming the church into a community hub.
Decision: Reject
Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith - Library and Ancestry Research Project
Applicant: Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith Ltd
Project description: A year-long library development and ancestry research project.
Decision: Reject
Knowing My Roots
Applicant: Diaspora Ivoirienne UK
Project description: use oral history collection to connect older and younger generations of Ivorians in the UK.
Decision: Reject
Voices of Change
Applicant: Immediate Theatre
Project description: work with Hackney Museum and Archives and Newham Archives to uncover and explore the stories of migrant communities and celebrate their contribution to the local area.
Decision: Reject
Re:sound Festival
Applicant: Streetwise Opera
Project description: support 50 adults in Manchester, London Nottingham who have experienced homelessness to explore their city’s heritage. Includes eight history workshops/talks, five guided museum tours and six archive sessions.
Decision: Award grant of £75,000
Wren's London 300
Applicant: Urbanwise.London Limited
Project description: introduce new audiences to the work of Sir Christopher Wren, particularly highlighting his perseverance in the face of opposition to St Paul's Cathedral, and focusing on themes of resilience and life in 17th century London.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000
Historic Fountain Restoration
Applicant: Priddy Parish Council
Project description: restore a fountain dating from 1865 situated on the communal green in the centre of the village.
Decision: Reject
#DYC Object Lessons: Youth Culture Takes Shape
Applicant: YOUTH CLUB Ltd
Project description: A Dynamic Collections project to strengthen collections management, object handling, cataloguing, access, skills-development and conservation techniques, alongside delivering a programme of activities.
Decision: Award grant of £72,316
Wildlife Champions
Applicant: Avon Wildlife Trust
Project description: recruit a network of Wildlife Champions across Bristol, Bath, and North Somerset to co-develop local programmes to encourage community action for nature.
Decision: Award grant of £235,742
A history of Rosslyn Park Football Club
Applicant: Rosslyn Park Football Club Limited
Project description: explore and celebrate the history of Rosslyn Park Football Club. This heritage will be showcased through activities for 25 participants including weekly talks, visits to two venues, a short film, exhibition and launch event.
Decision: Award grant of £8,960
Each One, Teach One: The History of Black British History
Applicant: The Young Historians Project
Project description: explore and celebrate the key figures and moments that have shaped Black British History as an academic discipline over the past 75 years.
Decision: Reject
Padstow People's Autobiography
Applicant: awen productions CIC
Project Description: work with young people and members of the local community to digitise and safeguard the Doc Rowe archive of audio-visual materials documenting life in Padstow from 1963-2000, particularly 'Obby 'Oss May Day customs.
Decision: Award grant of £92,000
Connecting Lewisham to its Migration Heritage
Applicant: Migration Museum Project
Project description: explore and share the history of UK migration, particularly of people who settle in London Borough of Lewisham. Project outputs to include an exhibition, tour programme, a map with self-guided trail, and an activity and events programme.
Decision: Award grant of £218,599
Tale of Tawaifs
Applicant: Kalakar Limited
Project description: explore the hidden cultural heritage of north Indian taiwafs.
Decision: Reject
Back on the Farm
Applicant: Studio KIND. Community Interest Company
Project Description: Young people in North Devon will be interviewed by a local videographer and photographer, culminating in a week-long event.
Decision: Reject
Bringing St John the Baptist Church, Hatherleigh into the 21st century
Applicant: Hatherleigh Parochial Church Council
Project description: undertake capital works to St John the Baptist Church in Hatherleigh, West Devon, and deliver a programme of activities.
Decision: Reject
Newhaven Heritage Routes
Applicant: Sussex Community Development Association Ltd
Project description: create three heritage routes in East Sussex with the support of the local community. Produce heritage trail information leaflets and deliver volunteer-led guided walks and rides.
Decision: Award grant of £36,449
Communities Protecting Heritage in the South West
Applicant: Plunkett Foundation
Project description: provide support to 20 rural businesses across the Southwest. Test a programme that could be rolled out more widely across the UK.
Decision: Reject
Gazing Upon The Past
Applicant: Windrose Rural Media Trust
Project description: work with small museums in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire and local communities to share archive films based on rural history.
Decision: Reject
Heritage of Displacement: Engaging UK Armenian Communities in Oral Histories and Digitised Heritage
Applicant: Armenian Institute
Project description: preserve the intangible heritage of the UK's Armenian communities. The project, based in London and Manchester, will include volunteer recruitment, oral history recording, a webpage and showcasing activities.
Decision: Award grant of £146,826
Farm to Flour: Windmill Hill Community Milling Project
Applicant: Windmill Hill Windmill Trust
Project description: To undertake preparatory works to set up a milling operation at the site.
Decision: Reject
Echoes of Carnivals Past
Applicant: Carnivals In Somerset Promotion Project
Project description: create an archive of oral histories and podcasts recording reminisces from people involved with the Somerset Carnival scene.
Decision: Reject
sistainABLE
Applicant: Eastside Community Heritage
Project description: oral history project to enable young girls aged 11-14 from underprivileged backgrounds in Newham to gain an awareness of local women's historical contribution to the social and economic life of the area.
Decision: Reject
From Empire Builder to Globe Maker: Discovering the Heritage of Appley Tower
Applicant: Natural Enterprise Ltd
Project description: discover and conserve the heritage of Appley Tower on Ryde's seafront.
Decision: Award grant of £248,552
NASSA Culture on the Court
Applicant: Newham All Star Sports Academy
Project description: deliver cultural heritage workshops with young people to explore and learn about east London's diverse community.
Decision: Reject
Celebrating the Kentish Hooden Horse
Applicant: Canterbury Christ Church University
Project description: document and celebrate the intangible heritage of Kentish folklore custom Hoodening, a form of folk theatre featuring the Hooden Horse (a costumed performer) and other characters from farming practices.
Decision: Award grant of £9,970
Repair of the Stoodleigh Treble Bell
Applicant: St Margaret’s Church, Stoodleigh
Project description: repair the Treble Bell in St Margaret's Church, Stoodleigh.
Decision: Reject
South Camden Ecclesiastical Heritage Strategic Review
Applicant: The London Diocesan Fund
Project description: undertake a high-level assessment of 19 churches in South Camden to optimise their use. It will support the basis of a wider engagement programme, undertake business reviews where necessary.
Decision: Award grant of £67,527
Ribeiro: Painter-Poet-Visionary
Applicant: Antonia Marsha Ribeiro
Project description: host a series of exhibitions centred around the work of the Indian-born British artist Lancelot Ribeiro.
Decision: Reject
Places and faces: this is Croydon's heritage
Applicant: London Borough Of Croydon
Project description: celebrate the heritage of Croydon's diverse communities as well as the built heritage of the borough.
Decision: Award grant of £249,973
Blue Bell Day Centre
Applicant: Lostwithiel Community Centre
Project description: set up a day centre for young adults over 25 years of age with a disability to help build their confidence and self-esteem through offering life skills development.
Decision: Reject
Bristol 650: Our City 1373 - 2023
Applicant: The Bristol Cultural Development Partnership
Project description: provide a range of heritage activities across Bristol and a community grants programme for grass-roots projects that focus on under-served communities.
Decision: Reject
The Road to Sidwell Street
Applicant: St Sidwells Centre
Project description: engage the local community with heritage through activities based on the history of Sidwell Street and its residents.
Decision: Award grant of £10,000
The Great Avon Wood
Applicant: Avon Needs Trees
Project description: provide public access to a new woodland and run a range of public engagement events.
Decision: Award grant of £249,999
ROSALIE
Applicant: Pleasure Dome Theatre Company C.I.C.
Project description: deliver a one-person play based on the life of writer, photographer, collector and artist Rosalie Chichester.
Decision: Reject
The Malangatana Heritage Programme
Applicant: The Africa Centre Limited
Project description: explore the life and work of Malangatana through activities and workshops, using a mural by him as a focal point.
Decision: Award grant of £77,673
Gods House Tower - new communities and a sustainable future (consultation)
Applicant: a space arts
Project description: A resilience project to support future planning, employ a consultant to undertake audience research and engagement work and develop the organisation’s digital offer.
Decision: Award grant of £9,900