England, Midlands & East: delegated decisions May 2022
Indian Summer Mela
Applicant: Ipswich and Suffolk Indian Association
Project description: To deliver a Summer Mela event at Christchurch Park, Ipswich, celebrating Indian culture.
Grant Request: £6,500 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Reject
They Came Before Us – The History of Female Identifying and Non-Binary Creatives, Activists and Pioneers of Colour in the UK
Applicant: Collage Arts
Project description: To explore and share the history of nine female identifying and non-binary creative, pioneer and activist people of colour.
Grant Request: £248,048 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Reject
St Mary's conservation project
Applicant: St. Mary's the Blessed Virgin West Stockwith Parochial Church Council
Project description: To repair a Grade II listed church.
Grant Request: £21,306 (81% of total costs)
Decision: Reject
Uncovering the Lost History of Northycote Farm
Applicant: Archaeology in Mind (AiM)
Project description: To increase knowledge of the 17th century site by finding and recording any remains of buildings in the paddock area and its surrounding landscape. The project will use non-invasive archaeological techniques, such as geophysics, and encourage under-served members of the wider community to get involved with the heritage of the site.
Grant Request: £17,880 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Reject
Exchange Through Time
Applicant: Fourth Wall (Longbridge 11–18)
Project description: To run a drama-based summer school for young people in Birmingham. It will explore heritage themes from the former Birmingham Municipal Bank, resulting in two days of drama performances and an exhibition.
Grant Request: £30,197 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Reject
Heritage Trips for Disadvantaged Young People
Applicant: Plasma of Hope
Project description: To remove 30 disadvantaged young people and their carers from isolation and expose them to Walsall and the Black Country's heritage, which is unknown to them.
Grant Request: £9,873 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Award Grant
The Wellow Heritage Rights of Way & Archaeology Project
Applicant: Wellow Church Schoolroom
Project description: To investigate, protect, and promote the heritage features which surround Wellow village – located in Nottinghamshire, nine miles east of Mansfield.
Grant Request: £35,700 (98% of total costs)
Decision: Award Grant
Xu Zhimo in England
Applicant: Mun-Kit Choy
Project description: To carry out academic research, as part of a production of publications, on Chinese romantic poet Xu Zhimo. The research would focus on the influence of his study visits to King's College Cambridge in 1921–1922 on his writing. As well as the connections that were developed between English and Chinese culture as a result. Xu's poem - Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again – is well-known in China.
Grant Request: £3,000 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Reject
Transforming Narratives – Birmingham
Applicant: Culture Central
Project description: To deliver a scheme of community events to preserve and share the traditional heritage crafts of women from the South Asian diaspora in Birmingham – specifically Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Kashmir.
Grant Request: £49,403 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Award Grant
Every Journey Matters (EJM)
Applicant: Legacy WM
Project description: This Birmingham-based project aims to capture oral histories from the migrant community who moved to Birmingham after the Second World War.
Grant Request: £132,978 (66% of total costs)
Decision: Award Grant
Heritage Impact Accelerator 2. Heritage Futures Elevator and 3. Heritage Skills and Learning Hub
Applicant: University of Northampton
Project description: To support local heritage practitioners and organisations to receive personalised expert training and mentoring in heritage skills.
Grant Request: £249,994 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Award Grant
Carbrooke community heritage project
Applicant: Carbrooke Village Hall
Project description: To create a display area within the Village Hall, to explain and showcase the heritage of Carbrooke village to the community. The project will record stories of elderly residents and provide educational resources for the local primary school.
Grant Request: £6,750 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Award Grant
New Boiler for Grade II listed building
Applicant: CAISTOR METHODIST CHURCH
Project description: This project, based in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, aims to replace an old boiler in this Grade II listed Church.
Grant Request: £9,400 (94% of total costs)
Decision: Reject
We Need New Stories
Applicant: Fifth Word Theatre
Project description: To record the oral histories of first generation Zimbabwe migrants living in Nottingham. The stories will be shared in libraries and theatres across England.
Grant Request: £69,977 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Award Grant
Lennox Street Unlocked
Applicant: Nonsuch Theatre Limited
Project description: To share the social history of Hockley, Nottingham, through undertaking research, holding community engagement sessions and creating a digital archive and exhibition.
Grant Request: £10,000 (100% of total costs)
Decision: Award Grant