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

St Oswalds West End Reordering and Social History Project 

Applicant: Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Fulford, York 

Decision: Award grant of £68,091 (36%)

The Golcar Chapel Heritage Restoration & Sensory Garden Project

Applicant: BJSR Limited

Decision: Award grant of £94,400 (95%)

St Leger 250: Celebrating Doncaster's Horse Racing Heritage

Applicant: City of Doncaster Council

Decision: Award grant of £97,176 (71%)

Doncaster on Stage: Uncovering 250 Years of Theatre in Doncaster

Applicant: Doncaster Performance Venue Ltd

Decision: Award grant of £50,778 (46%)

Dyevolution - a discovery of textile colour and sustainability

Applicant: Sunny Bank Mills Museum and Archive Limited

Decision: Award grant of £243,449 (100%)

My Memories

Applicant: Multicultural Resource Centre

Decision: Award grant of £41,500 (100%)

40 years of Lancashire Women's Voices

Applicant: Lancashire Women

Decision: Reject

Paul O'Grady Be Inspired

Applicant: Switchflicker CIO

Decision: Award grant of £241,484 (92%)

Greater communities: care, connection and community action through nature

Applicant: The National Trust

Decision: Reject

Hull's Hidden Heroes

Applicant: Hessle Road Network

Decision: Award grant of £165,340 (94%)

Wigan Museum: Our Northern Soul

Applicant: Wigan Borough Council

Decision: Award grant of £249,000 (85%)

The Burnley and Nelson Big Dig

Applicant: Bluestone Archaeology CIC

Decision: Award grant of £108,050 (100%)

Roots, Rites & Remembrance

Applicant: Retreat 2 Rebirth Project CIC

Decision: Reject

E2M Heritage Festival 2026

Applicant: Escape2Make

Decision: Award grant of £91,750 (81%)

Bradford Community Led Heritage

Applicant: The Leap Bradford CIC

Decision: Reject

Bridging Generations: Passing on Manchester's deaf heritage and celebrating 180 years of legacy.

Applicant: The Manchester Deaf Centre

Decision: Award grant of £147,608 (100%)

Uncovering St Helens Heritage Offer

Applicant: The World of Glass (St Helen's) Limited

Decision: Award grant of £131,126 (84%)

Charting a Future for HMS Bronington

Applicant: HMS Bronington Preservation Trust Ltd

Decision: Reject

Big Top

Applicant: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

Decision: Award grant of £247,355 (55%)

St Michael: The Church in the Market Place

Applicant: St Michaels PCC New Malton

Decision: Award grant of £249,090 (54%)

Djibaka: Congolese Wedding Rituals & Symbolism

Applicant: Manchester Congolese Organisation LTD

Decision: Reject

Ìgbéyàwó Manchester: Youth-Led Yorùbá Wedding Heritage

Applicant: Manchester Youth Empowerment Club

Decision: Award grant of £60,652 (100%)

Repositioning St George's Hall as the people's hall for the 21st Century

Applicant: St George's Hall Charitable Trust

Decision: Reject 

Hull Fishing Heritage and Migrant Cultural Food: A Culinary and Cultural Journey

Applicant: Bameen CIC

Decision: Reject 

'Pioneers and Passion' - Three Decades of Women's Liverpool Football

Applicant: Liverpool Women Supporters Club

Decision: Reject 

Firm Foundations

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary with St John & St Anne, Lancaster

Decision: Reject 

Utopia Heritage Project: Ethiopian Refugee Basket Weaving

Applicant: Utopia

Decision: Reject 

Community Heritage Programme

Applicant: Two Ridings Community Foundation

Decision: Reject 

The Changing Landscape of the Bolton Market in the Lens of Diversity

Applicant: Bolton Community Development Partnership

Decision: Reject 

4 Bridges of Halton 

Applicant: Gateway Community LTD

Decision: Reject 

Capacity:Building - Empowering creatives to reimagine and revitalise Bradford's Heritage Buildings

Applicant: Bradford Producing Hub Limited

Decision: Reject 

The Last Miners

Applicant: Fairy Water Trust

Decision: Reject 

Vermuyden 400: Landscapes of Change

Applicant: North Lincolnshire Council

Decision: Reject 

Reimagining St Philips: A Heritage-Led Vision for the next 200 years 

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Philip's with St Stephen's, Salford

Decision: Reject 

Freedom Voices

Applicant: Freedom Festival Arts Trust

Decision: Reject 

African Family Community Picnic - Celebrating African Diversity & Cultural Heritage

Applicant: Mancunian Aidable CIC

Decision: Reject 

Humanising: Memories of Home

Applicant: Intercultured Festival CIC

Decision: Reject 

Shared Spaces - Our Stories of Blackburn, Burnley & Pendle

Applicant: One Voice Blackburn

Decision: Reject 

FLY: The Amy Johnson Festival of Inspiration 2026-2027- 'Connections'

Applicant: FLY Festival CIC

Decision: Reject

Grant reviews

A Treasury of Tyneside Tales

Applicant: Moving Parts Arts CIO

Decision: Agree change in grant percentage from 53% to 65% 

The Arcadea Archive: Uncovering the History of Disability Arts and Activism in the North East

Applicant: Arcadea CIO

Decision: Agree change in approved purposes