England, North: delegated decisions August 2026

England, North: delegated decisions August 2026

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Schedule of decisions under delegated powers for England, North at The National Lottery Heritage Fund on 13 August 2026.

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

Hull Fishing Heritage and Migrant Cultural Food: A Culinary and Cultural Journey – Phase 1

Applicant: Bameen CIC

Decision: Award grant of £61,925 (100%)

Tapestry of Black Britons: North England + Scotland + Wales

Applicant: Tapestry of Black Britons CIC

Decision: Award grant of £86,218 (87%)

Moving with Mary Ann: How to Get Free

Applicant: Earth Sea Love CIC

Decision: Award grant of £21,700 (100%)

Common Threads: How Fashion Connects us all at Archives: Wigan & Leigh

Applicant: Wigan Borough Council

Decision: Award grant of £91,000 (88%)

Gateway to Warrington Heritage

Applicant: GateWay Language CIC

Decision: Award grant of £13,289 (100%)

Sounds of Home: Memories of Entertainment and Identity in East Lancashire

Applicant: One Voice Blackburn

Decision: Award grant of £30,345 (100%)

Roots, Rites & Remembrance

Applicant: Retreat 2 Rebirth Project CIC

Decision: Award grant of £57,800 (87%)

From the Hancock to the Fields: Preparing for NHSN’s bicentenary in 2029

Applicant: The Natural History Society of Northumbria

Decision: Award grant of £64,895 (81%)

Beyond the walls: Developing a Community-led Vision for Wentworth Castle’s Historic Walled Garden 

Applicant: The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty 

Decision: Award grant of £29,175 (85%)   

Humari Kahani Heritage Project

Applicant: Aawaz 

Decision: Award grant of £46,244 (100%) 

#HP Shildon and Newton Aycliffe Shaping the Future Through Heritage

Applicant: Durham County Council

Decision: Award grant of £249,975 (94%)

Archaeology Connected: Participation in Practice 

Applicant: Council for British Archaeology 

Decision: Award grant of £234,398 (72%) 

Darnall Oral Histories and Heritage (DOHH) 

Applicant: Bright Box Makerspace 

Decision: Award grant of £92,830 (84%) 

Going to the Chapel 

Applicant: Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust 

Decision: Award grant of £180,000 (35%) 

Save Our Spire 

Applicant: St John the Evangelist, Ranmoor 

Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (24%)

St Andrew's Church, Bebington: Illuminating Heritage 

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

Decision: Reject

Disability Heritage in North Tyneside: The NTDF Story 

Applicant: North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd 

Decision: Award grant of £47,250 (100%) 

European Year of the Normans: Stormin’ Durham’s Castles 

Applicant: Architectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland 

Decision: Award grant of £98,376 (100%) 

(Re)Discovering Rimrose Valley: Celebrating 25 years of our Natural & Cultural Heritage 

Applicant: Rimrose Valley Friends 

Decision: Award grant of £167,690 (89%) 

Weaving together a strategic textile heritage for Kirklees 

Applicant: Incubating Arts CIC 

Decision: Award grant of £157,284 (84%) 

Saint Michael’s Lodge: A Sustainable Future for an Historic Church – Data Gathering 

Applicant: The Saint Aelred's Pilgrim Trail Society CIO 

Decision: Award grant of £122,760 (96%) 

Echoes of Africa: Preserving African Heritage in the North East 

Applicant: Perfect Solution Foundation 

Decision: Reject

The Hidden Voices of Scarborough Fair 

Applicant: The National Literacy Trust 

Decision: Reject

Seen and Heard, Season 2 – launching a National Children’s History Day to promote the voices of children through history 

Applicant: Investing in Children 

Decision: Award grant of £116,715 (97%)   

Built to Last: Strengthening the Modernist Society for the Next Generation 

Applicant: The Modernist Society CIC 

Decision: Award grant of £186,525 (94%) 

Morley WMC – Application For Grant Funding Towards Disabled Access Platform Lift

Applicant: Morley Working Men’s Club & Institute

Decision: Reject

The Heritage of NIAMOS: Many Rivers to Cross

Applicant: Hercules Productions Enterprise CIC

Decision: Reject 

Roots & Horizons: Young People Exploring Nature, Heritage and Belonging

Applicant: Young Africans Aflame

Decision: Reject

A Resistance Retrospective: Genetic Engineering (ARR:GE)

Applicant: GM Freeze

Decision: Reject

The Last Miners

Applicant: Fairy Water Trust

Decision: Reject

Habitat & Hearth – Natural Landscape & Intangible Cultural Heritages – the land & its people.

Applicant: Harwes Farm CIC

Decision: Reject

Heritage Community Centre Manager

Applicant: Stainland and District Community Charity

Decision: Reject

Restoration and Stabilisation of the Historic Church Roof and External Fabric

Applicant: St Mary & St Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church

Decision: Reject

Bromborough Pool Enterprise Centre: Restoring Heritage and Connecting Communities

Applicant: Autism Together

Decision: Reject

Journeys to Sunderland: Hidden Histories, Shared Futures

Applicant: Holding-Hands (North East) CIC

Decision: Reject

Rugby League Heritage Portal – Sharing and Celebrating the social and sporting heritage of Rugby League

Applicant: Looking Back CIC

Decision: Reject

The Fulwell Mill Apprentice

Applicant: Fulwell Community Library CIC

Decision: Reject

NOW Fellows – Connecting North Manchester’s Past to its Future

Applicant: SICK! Productions Ltd

Decision: Reject

20 Years of Voices – Blackpool’s Living Heritage

Applicant: Tram Shed Theatre Company Limited

Decision: Reject

Elements: A History of North East Street Art

Applicant: Building Culture CIC

Decision: Reject

First Footprints: Nigerians in Manchester, 1900–1939

Applicant: Igniting Possibilities Initiative

Decision: Reject

The Black Timeline Project 

Applicant: T.A.P. Project CIC

Decision: Reject

Save Thwaite Mills Museum

Applicant: Thwaite Mills Museum CIC

Decision: Reject 

Another Take

Applicant: Mad Alice Theatre Company

Decision: Reject

Sheffield's Little Chicago: 150 years of crime, policing and gangs

Applicant: National Emergency Services Museum

Decision: Reject

Threads Through Time

Applicant: Blue Sky Connections CIC

Decision: Reject

Save Thwaite Mills Museum

Applicant: Thwaite Mills Museum CIC

Decision: Reject                 

Echoes of the Past: Preserving and Sharing the Heritage of the West African Talking Drum (Gangan)

Applicant: Creative Hands Foundation

Decision: Reject

Our Heritage, Our Home: Celebrating Culture Through Supplementary Schools

Applicant: Young Manchester

Decision: Reject

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