10 March 

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

Seeing Nature, Shaping Culture: Art and Identity in Prehistory

Applicant: Celtic Harmony

Decision: Award grant of £229,929 (100%)

Grant changes

Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust: Saving our heritage for everyone

Applicant: Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust

Decision: Award grant decrease of £36,727 to make a total grant of £170,165 and agree change in grant percentage from 78% to 83%

19 March

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

Voices Unlocked: The Spirit & Sound Community Music Project

Applicant: Spirit and Sound CIC

Decision: Reject

Hereford Historical Festivals Start Up Phase

Applicant: Hereford Historical Festivals CIC

Decision: Reject

Stewards of Bradgate: Uniting Partners through Biodiversity Action

Applicant: The Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood Charity

Decision: Reject

Home, Identity, and Belonging: A British South Asian Journey

Applicant: UK South Asian Digital Archive

Decision: Award grant of £149,889 (100%)

All Hallows Community Organ Project 2026

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of Wellingborough Parish Church, All Hallows

Decision: Reject

Pigs, Rails and Tales

Applicant: Obsessive Recessive Roots CIC

Decision: Reject

Heritage in Our Hands: An Empowerment-Led Programme for Women

Applicant: Intersectionality Women's Programmes CIC

Decision: Reject

Washroom for St John the Baptist Church Ditton Priors

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of Ditton Priors with Wheathill and Loughton

Decision: Reject

From Field to Future: Growing and Protecting Mixed Farming Heritage

Applicant: Time to Grow and Farm CIC

Decision: Reject

Our Tower: Our Story

Applicant: Earls Colne Heritage Museum

Decision: Award grant of £241,000 (91%)

Safeguarding the Great Central Railway: People, Heritage and a Sustainable Future

Applicant: Great Central Railway PLC

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

Great Yarmouth and the Gloucester shipwreck, 1682: Co-creation of maritime heritage and history walks with digital and augmented reality features

Applicant: University of East Anglia

Decision: Award grant of £249,776 (86%)

City of Many Voices: Sparkbrook Community Heritage

Applicant: Edu Give CIC

Decision: Reject

From the Spanish Flu to Covid 19: Sharing Birmingham’s Pandemic Stories

Applicant: Friends of Birmingham Archives and Heritage

Decision: Reject

St Paul’s Church Bedford: Tower, Clock and Bells Appeal

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Bedford

Decision: Award grant of £209,948 (20%)

Crafting the Future: Traditional Building Skills for Lincolnshire’s Heritage

Applicant: Millstone Heritage Training

Decision: Reject

The Derby Music Project

Applicant: Baby People Limited

Decision: Reject

Nine Wells, Whittlesford – Roman Villa Estate Project

Applicant: Cambridge Independent Archaeology

Decision: Reject

The Women in War Norwich Community Heritage Project

Applicant: Black Dog Theatre Creation

Decision: Award grant of £12,200 (89%)

Hunkington Moat Research Reserve

Applicant: praise bee

Decision: Award grant of £79,988 (96%)

Rail-Blazer: Leicester, Next Stop the World – the Thomas Cook Story 

Applicant: Leicester Theatre Trust Limited

Decision: Reject

Rebel Frequencies: The Untold Story of Birmingham's Unlicensed Airwaves

Applicant: ViewfinderUK CIC

Decision: Reject

Preserve The George for Future Generations

Applicant: Ashley Parish Council

Decision: Reject

M1 – 60th anniversary of two villages memories

Applicant: East Peak Countryside Associates Community Interest Company

Decision: Reject

Rutland's Historic Churches: Preserving the Past for the Present and the Future

Applicant: Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust

Decision: Award grant of £84,900 (100%)

The Ellastone Fastener

Applicant: Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Decision: Award grant of £37,198 (24%)

All Saints’ Elm: A Church; A Community: Keeping the water out – Welcoming everyone in

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of Elm

Decision: Award grant of £249,959 (97%)

The Living Heritage of Kirtan (LIHEK)

Applicant: Dharam Seva Records

Decision: Reject

Holy Trinity Church, Thrussington – Tower Relaunch 2027

Applicant: Parochial Church Council of Thrussington with Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake

Decision: Award grant of £218,174 (89%)

Hemsby church below ground drainage project – preserving and sharing a local heritage landmark

Applicant: Hemsby Parochial Church Council

Decision: Award grant of £37,127 (52%)

Crosses and coins: Seeking the Anglo-Saxons in Winfarthing and Waveney

Applicant: Winfarthing Anglo-Saxon Project

Decision: Award grant of £45,268 (98%)

St Peter’s Horningsea: From beneath the floor to the top of the tower

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of St Peter's Church Horningsea

Decision: Award grant of £100,239 (73%)

Falkenham Living Heritage 2026

Applicant: Falkenham Parochial Church Council

Decision: Award grant of £69,147 (89%)

St. Andrew's Partnership Project

Applicant: Parochial Church Council Little Massingham

Decision: Award grant of £249,392 (93%)

Stories of Resistance: Women's Labour and Collective Act in the Black Country 

Applicant: Multistory

Decision: Award grant of £249,063 (100%)

Preserving the Brew 150 Years of Wolverhampton Brewing Heritage

Applicant: Your Helping Hands

Decision: Reject

Promoting and Securing the Heritage Value of Eagle Hall

Applicant: Eagle & Swinethorpe Parish Council

Decision: Reject

AI Literacy Lab

Applicant: Arts Marketing Association

Decision: Reject

Restoring Lincoln’s Hidden Greek Orthodox Heritage: Urgent Roof Repairs, Community Access & Bilingual Engagement

Applicant: Greek Orthodox Church of St Basil and St Paisios in Lincoln

Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (85%)

Crown, Cloth & Community: Preserving Cultural Heritage Through Hair, Fashion, Food and Storytelling

Applicant: Exclusive Women of Influence Circle CIC

Decision: Reject

Stepping Stones

Applicant: Association for Suffolk Museums

Decision: Award grant of £230,382 (69%)

Recipes of Our Roots: The Community Food Heritage of Bedfordshire

Applicant: Hands of Help CIC

Decision: Reject

Phase II Securing DHT’s future 

Applicant: The Dronfield Heritage Trust

Decision: Defer

27 March 

Grant changes

Alvechurch Tower – tales of heritage and sawfish

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Alvechurch

Decision: Agree change in grant percentage from 67% to 72%