England, London & South: delegated decisions June 2026
National Lottery Heritage Grants £10,000 to £250,000
BBAM 2026 Prototype Cultural Villages: African & Caribbean Living Heritage
Applicant: TUVAA CIC
Decision: Reject
GDA Heritage Tea Party (Archive Project)
Applicant: Gloucestershire Deaf Association
Decision: Reject
Shared Intergenerational Roots: Surrey's Living Heritage
Applicant: Intergenerational Music Making
Decision: Reject
Dolemeads at 125 years old – the first council housing in Bath
Applicant: Widcombe Association (Dolemeads)
Decision: Award grant of £30,250 (100%)
Tim & Barry – Digitising the Hidden Archive of UK Underground Culture
Applicant: Don't Watch That CIC
Decision: Award grant of £39,780 (89%)
Keeping St Meubred’s Bells Ringing
Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of Cardynham
Decision: Award grant of £55,830 (61%)
Wetwheels Solent Maritime Heritage Project
Applicant: Wetwheels Solent CIC
Decision: Reject
Save the Roof of St Peter's, Little Cheverell
Applicant: St Peter's, Little Cheverell PCC
Decision: Award grant of £88,777 (61%)
In Their Own Words: The story of the Child Health profession in the UK
Applicant: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Decision: Reject
Women’s Stories of Migration in Bristol
Applicant: Acta Community Theatre Ltd
Decision: Reject
The People’s Mosquito: Saving Skills, Stories and Living Heritage
Applicant: The People's Mosquito
Decision: Award grant of £102,080 (100%)
Inherited Strength: Black Women, Survival & Heritage
Applicant: LWS Bakery CIC
Decision: Reject
Clean Steam: Powering the Next Chapter of Industrial Heritage
Applicant: The Kew Bridge Engines Trust & Water Supply Museum
Decision: Award grant of £120,972 (100%)
Restoring the built and natural environment of Bentley Priory Park
Applicant: Harrow Heritage Trust
Decision: Award grant of £124,743 (100%)
KJH2030 From Crises to Confidence – planning for a sustainable future for King John’s House Museum
Applicant: The King John's House and Tudor Cottage Trust Ltd
Decision: Award grant of £137,500 (74%)
Speaking Our Minds: MindOut 25+ Years and LGBTQ Mental Health
Applicant: MindOut LGB&T Mental Health Project
Decision: Award grant of £139,081 (100%)
Making Spaces: Digitally Performing and Preserving the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Diaspora Faith Communities
Applicant: University of Westminster
Decision: Reject
Bringing wildlife and people back to Van Demans Meadow
Applicant: Swallowfield Parish Council
Decision: Award grant of £153,503 (100%)
Seasons of Migration: Preserving Middle Eastern New Year Traditions in Newham
Applicant: Rosetta Arts CIO
Decision: Award grant of £158,454 (99%)
Nympsfield Village Hall Heritage Restoration
Applicant: Nympsfield Village Hall CIO
Decision: Reject
Resilient Heritage: Securing East Dorset’s Stories
Applicant: The Priest's House Museum Trust
Decision: Award grant of £175,622 (80%)
Preserving Braziers Park and Unlocking our Story
Applicant: Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research
Decision: Reject
Streetwise Opera 25: A Living Archive (2002-27)
Applicant: Streetwise Opera
Decision: Award grant of £189,389 (90%)
Footprints for the Future: Revealing Britain’s Hidden Mammals
Applicant: Wildwood Trust
Decision: Award grant of £225,357 (99%)
Cornerstone: Race, Housing and Community Power in Britain
Applicant: Olmec
Decision: Award grant of £235,000 (100%)
Acton Access: Signs, Stories and Skills
Applicant: London Transport Museum Limited
Decision: Award grant of £237,067 (96%)
The Joiners: Securing a Community-Owned Music Heritage
Applicant: Music Venue Properties Limited
Decision: Award grant of £238,540 (51%)
The Redesdale Hall – Phase 2, Raising the Roof
Applicant: Redesdale Hall Trust
Decision: Award grant of £238,730 (34%)
The Level Community Gym Project
Applicant: Brighton & Hove City Council
Decision: Reject
Engaging Children and Local Communities in Heritage – through the use of map-based educational resources (“Engagement in Heritage through Maps”)
Applicant: The Historic Towns Trust
Decision: Reject
Helping communities live-well – one hundred years of heritage
Applicant: Kingsley Hall Church and Community Centre
Decision: Award grant of £248,692 (86%)
Bridging the Gap: Making Swanage Railway fit for the future
Applicant: The Swanage Railway Trust
Decision: Award grant of £249,080 (91%)
The Anniversary Project: 160 years of the Howard League for Penal Reform
Applicant: The Howard League for Penal Reform (Incorporating the Howard Centre for Penology)
Decision: Reject
Creating a National Migration Collection
Applicant: Migration Museum Project
Decision: Reject
Birnbeck Transition
Applicant: North Somerset Council
Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (93%)
The Agnes Yewande Savage Archive: Matriarchal Lineage and Diasporic Heritage
Applicant: Zita Savage
Decision: Reject
Ignatius Sancho – Minuets & Dances for 2 Recorders
Applicant: Banbury Early Music Festival
Decision: Reject
Our Language, Our Heritage, Our Future – this reflects the project’s long-term vision to preserve cultural identity and ensure that heritage languages and traditions remain visible, valued, and actively passed on to future generations
Applicant: Light-Legacy Ltd
Decision: Reject
The Future of Millinery
Applicant: Maxim Collection London CIC
Decision: Reject
Carnival Pioneers: The Notting Hill Big Blue Plaque Project
Applicant: Nubian Jak Trust
Decision: Reject
Rite to Freedom Legacy Archive 2008-2024
Applicant: Creative Pathways - Nature. Arts. Wellbeing.
Decision: Reject
Lynher: A Working Heritage Returns to Plymouth Waters
Applicant: Lynher CIC
Decision: Reject
Heritage Digital Strategy Accelerator (HDSA)
Applicant: Charity Digital Trust
Decision: Reject
Rural Roots: Connecting Young People to Land, Skills and Heritage
Applicant: Made-Well CIC
Decision: Reject
Heritage Square
Applicant: The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy Charitable Trust
Decision: Reject
Handmade Dreams – a heritage programme within The BFG: Giant Dreams
Applicant: Artichoke Trust
Decision: Reject
Securing Blake Cottage’s Future & Celebrating William Blake’s 2027 Bicentenary
Applicant: The Blake Cottage Trust
Decision: Reject