5 December 2022

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Applicant: Mitchell Memorial Youth Arts Centre Ltd

Project description: Monthly sessions to research the history of local buildings/spaces and share findings through a trail, photography, poetry, artwork/mural, exhibition and launch.

Grant request: £6,500 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant 

8 December 2022

Berwick Victorian Kitchen Gardens Refurbishment and Preservation

Applicant: Berwick House Ventures LTD

Project description: Restore the kitchen gardens and Victorian greenhouses of a Grade II listed estate near Shrewsbury in Shropshire. The estate would be opened as a public attraction for the first time with commercial and heritage activities.

Grant request: £99,000 (63% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Eagle Community – Bring together the women

Applicant: Eagle Community

Project description: To bring together international families living within Norwich for social activities and educational opportunities.

Grant request: £10,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

The Heritage of the Boys' Brigade Movement in the UK

Applicant: Sawston Youth Group LTD

Project description: To examine the history of how the Boys' Brigade (BB) formed after 1883, using archival research and interviews with members of BB groups in the UK and globally to present that history, explore recent decline and examine its relevance today.

Grant request: £17,020 (80% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Walsall (and Wider) Women's Wellbeing Project

Applicant: Rosetinted Financial Services C.I.C

Project description: Explore the stories of women from Walsall who lived through times of struggle and inequality. The workshop and exhibition programme is aimed at under-served women from diverse ethnic communities in Walsall.

Grant request: £41,476 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Restoration of historic gates on The Avenue, Beccles

Applicant: Beccles Fenland Charity Trust

Project description: Restore historic gates which are the main pedestrian access to the common in Beccles from the town centre.

Grant Request: £10,000 (25% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Holbrooks community book

Applicant: Holbrooks Community Care Association Resource and Information Centre

Project description: To produce information on community history, raise awareness of the current services available and chronologically map the progression in the area illustrating how robust the Holbrooks community is. The aim is to support community cohesion, share memories and celebrate community development. 

Grant request: £10,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Hats to the future: Luton's hat history through new technologies

Applicant: Little Big Things CIC

Project description: Develop an understanding of Luton's heritage to engage young people from areas with high deprivation and low educational attainment. It will explore Luton's hat industry through technology, such as Virtual Reality(VR) and 3D filming and an interactive map-based game.

Grant request: £43,930 (97% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Robin Hood Line Heritage Interpretation

Applicant: Bolsover District Council

Project description: To research the history of the Robin Hood train line and produce interpretation boards, an exhibition and booklets.

Grant request: £5,950 (33% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Warwickshire Sport Through the Ages

Applicant: The Positive Impact Foundation

Project description: Investigate the tradition of the Atherstone ball game which takes place on Shrove Tuesday. It will explore how it started, why it took place, how it has changed over the years and why it is only one of the three games left of this type throughout England.

Grant request: £9,600 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Derby Computer Museum

Applicant: Derby Computer Museum

Project description: To support the installation of further exhibits and furnishings in the newly founded Derby Computer Museum, along with piloting an offering of sessions for schools that will be led by young people.

Grant request: £20,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Stained Glass and Stonework Restoration

Applicant: PCC Ruyton XI Towns

Project description: Repair and conserve the Grade I listed church St John the Baptist in Shrewsbury, and deliver some community-based activities.

Grant request: £41,573 (77% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

History of Radio heritage project

Applicant: gateway community media

Project description: An exhibition of the history of local radio in the Basildon area, working with Gateway 97,8  and Basildon hospital radio.

Grant request: £3,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Urgent structural repairs to the church tower

Applicant: Saint Peter's Church, Blaxhall

Project description: Repairs to the structure of a Grade II* church tower.

Grant request: £170,000 (85% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

D6700 Overhaul

Applicant: The Heavy Tractor Group 37714

Projects description: Taking place in Loughborough and Derby, the project will carry out necessary maintenance on the D6700 – a Class 37 diesel-electric locomotive and the first of its class. The work will focus on the locomotive's engine, generator and the exterior body to restore it to peak condition.

Grant request: £216,000 (90% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Ingworth Commemorative Milestone

Applicant: Ingworth Parish Council

Project description: To replace a 19th century concrete milestone that has recently been uncovered in the village, after being hidden in a hedge for over 20 years. The project will also commission a new milestone in commemoration of the Queen Elizabeth II reign, helping to create a central point for the village and act as a piece of modern artwork for the local community. 

Grant request: £3,610 (93% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

The Record Store & Black Music: A UK History

Applicant: 2Funky Arts Ltd

Project description: Document the role of UK independent record stores specialising in Music of Black Origin as cultural hubs, focusing on Black, African and Caribbean experiences from the 1950s onwards.

Grant request: £247,494 (94% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

NHSRF Community Heritage Project

Applicant: NHS Retirement Fellowship

Project description: To present the social reforms of health and education – since post Second World War era up until today – in ways that educate and achieve impact in community settings.

Grant request: £10,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

People and Land – Highbury Heritage

Applicant: HIGHBURY ORCHARD COMMUNITY CIC

Project description: Involving local young people to explore the heritage of a restored orchard and it’s surrounding park in Moseley, south Birmingham.

Grant request: £9,890 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Leicestival

Applicant: Focus Charity

Project description: A Leicester-based project to support young people and create a series of community development activities based on the city's Heritage. Young people involved will develop transferable skills while organising festivals and cultural events to attract a wider audience.

Grant request: £174,153 (95% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Thomas Wolsey 550

Applicant: Ipswich Borough Council

Project description: To explore and build a new legacy for Thomas Wolsey in Ipswich, and in locations connected with Wolsey's life and career across England. The project will run public events, an exhibition, a schools programme, and wide consultation.

Grant request: £249,975 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Chatteris Twenties

Applicant: The Chatteris Museum Trust

Project description: To deliver a 1920s-themed activity programme in Chatteris, coinciding with the reopening of the museum in a new location. 

Grant request: £97,950 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

The Parish Biodiversity Heritage Project

Applicant: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Project description: To involve rural parishes in south Cambridgeshire in establishing the ecological condition of natural heritage sites in their management, and supporting engagement with local communities on their improvement and future use. 

Grant request: £100,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Exploring the transportation landscapes of North East Derbyshire – canals, railways and motorways

Applicant: East Peak Countryside Associates Community Interest Company

Project description: To work with volunteers at community venues to explore and share north east Derbyshire's transport heritage.

Grant request: £52,720 (99% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

King Edward VI Pipe Organ

Applicant: Old Burians' Association

Project description: To renovate and re-install a 1962 classical pipe organ, enabling it to be played again and potentially inspire students.

Grant request: £42,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Learning through Nature

Applicant: Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Project description: Providing four nature-based training schemes across Derby City, Chesterfield, High Peak, Ilkeston and South Derbyshire.

Grant request: £222,120 (87% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Renovating South Porch and Priest's Door plus Upgrading Historical Information

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Michael's and St. Luke's Beccles

Project description: To renovate and clean the South Porch of a Grade I listed Church in Beccles, Suffolk.

Grant request: £10,000 (14% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

In the footsteps of St Felix: Exploring Soham's early history to inspire new generations and develop pride of place

Applicant: The PCC of St Andrew's, Soham

Project description: A Soham-based project to carry out urgent repairs on St Andrew's church's roof, support heritage skills sessions, and improve the churchyard.

Grant request: £199,751 (57% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

The Pilgrim Way Church Trail – The Final Phase

Applicant: St Michaels and All Angels, Tatenhill Parochial Church

Project description: The final part of The Pilgrim Way Church Trail which runs from St Michael and All Angels Church in Tatenthill to Lichfield Cathedral and visits six churches along the way. Producing interpretation for the final two churches on this trail.

Grant request: £6,950 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

St John's Colchester Quinquennial Works

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical of St John Colchester​

Project description: To deliver a scheme of capital repairs to a Grade II listed Church in Colchester.

Grant request: £45,000 (75% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Oakley Pre-school Nature Reserve

Applicant: Oakley Pre-school Playgroup

Project description: Bedford-based project to restore an area of disused land at a local preschool by creating a wildflower meadow, a forest school and a pond habitat as well as restoring farming equipment which will be displayed on the grounds.

Grant request: £9,999 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

15 December 2022

Maintaining Ironbridge

Applicant: Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Limited

Project description: A resilience project to tackle a variety of maintenance tasks on the Ironbridge gorge estate.

Grant request: £250,000 (48% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

19 December 2022

Belper Mills: World Heritage Matters

Applicant: Derbyshire County Council

Project description: Through the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Co-ordination team, the project will develop a viable restoration scheme for the conservation and repurposing of the at-risk Belper Mills Complex. 

Grant Request: £71,000 (64% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant 

20 December 2022

Cromford Mills – sustaining the spirit of revolution

Applicant: The Arkwright Society Limited

Project description: A resilience project with interlinked areas, driven by sustainability, inclusion and wider engagement.

Grant Request: £249,599 (81% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant