England, North: delegated decisions May 2025

Grant Changes
Transforming Heritage at Kala Sangam
Applicant: Kala Sangam
Project description: To celebrate, archive and bring to life the stories of the communities that have shaped St. Peter's House and build a bright, accessible future for this landmark building. The redevelopment will remove physical barriers and enable greater heritage delivery, along with wide-ranging interpretation and activities for diverse audiences to link with Bradford 2025 City of Culture.
Decision: Award grant increase of £249,924 to make a total grant of £2,541,871 and agree change in grant percentage from 32% to 34%
The Piece Hall’s Next Chapter: Building Resilience for a Sustainable Future
Applicant: The Piece Hall Trust
Project description: To enable the Trust to build organisational and commercial resilience through the development of new strategies, structures and approaches.
Decision: Award grant increase of £250,000 to make a total grant of £1,150,600 and agree change in grant percentage from 72% to 77%.
National Lottery Heritage Grants £10,000 to £250,000
Scene But Not Heard: Uncovering HU3's Queer Heritage
Applicant: Three Ways East Limited
Project description: To collate and make public a photography archive of currently private pictures from Hull’s LGBTQ+ and Drag heritage for online and local in-person exhibition.
Decision: Award grant of £159,971 (89%)
25/5
Applicant: Thunk-It Theatre CIC
Project description: To celebrate the heritage of Burnby Hall and the life of Katherine Stewart, with activities and installations for the community led by industry professionals.
Decision: Award grant of £26,298 (52%)
The Champs Camp Archive Project: preserving the legacy and telling the stories of the UK's first black-led boxing gym
Applicant: Moss Side Boxing and Athletics Association
Project description: To produce a digital film and photography archive to showcase Black British oral histories and the story of the UK’s first Black Boxing Gym, providing activities for young people of the local area and to challenge negative perceptions of Moss Side.
Decision: Award grant of £143,907 (99%)
#HP Grimsby Print Heritage Project: Making a Good Impression
Applicant: What If We Create CIC
Project description: To revive and create a heritage space for Grimsby’s printmaking heritage and teach traditional printing skills to ensure the craft is not lost.
Decision: Award grant of £114,810 (96%)
Future Preparedness: Climate-Related Environmental Management Programme
Applicant: York Museums and Gallery Trust
Project description: To deliver a programme for Northern museums in their network to confidently face forecast climate change related challenges and remain sustainable and active in their occurrence.
Decision: Award grant of £135,050 (91%)
Threads of Heritage: Reviving Kurdish Clothing Traditions
Applicant: Tavga
Project description: To preserve the traditional clothing and embroidery practices of Tyne and Wear’s Kurdish Community in teaching and story exchange sessions, and sharing with the community in two celebrations.
Decision: Award grant of £35,484 (100%)
At the Roaring Stream: Archaeological Investigations at Bremenium Roman Fort, High Rochester, Northumberland
Applicant: Redesdale Archaeology Group
Project description: To expand their ongoing community archaeology activities to engage more people and children from the local community, with new activities and site visits to increase engagement with the Roman Bremenium Fort’s archaeology.
Decision: Award grant of £48,789 (74%)
IOU at 50 - Building the North's Hidden Super City
Applicant: IOU Ltd
Project description: To celebrate IOUs contributions to the Northern art scene at it’s 50th anniversary with an exhibition and improve its archival facilities to protect its legacy.
Decision: Award grant of £197,390 (77%)
Two Lads at Smithills
Applicant: The Woodland Trust
Project description: To restore Two Lads Cairn, produce a digital record of the local Estate’s history gathered through community archaeological digs and an oral history project, and monitor visitor glow and numbers to complete an access plan to ensure safe visitation for a range of audiences.
Decision: Award grant of £241,747 (80%)
BluePRINT: Creating a regional centre of printmaking
Applicant: West Yorkshire Print Workshop
Project description: To produce an organisational sustainability plan and identify a suitable new space for the organisation in a heritage building, enabling increased participation with print heritage and supporting growth of creative jobs.
Decision: Award grant of £45,315 (90%)
NS800 Celebrations
Applicant: Linskill and North Tyneside Community Development Trust
Project description: To celebrate 800 years since the establishment of the village which became North Shields with activities which will share the area’s history in engaging ways to all ages and backgrounds in the local community.
Decision: Award grant of £132,160 (87%)
Cycling Through Time: Manchester's Cycling Heritage in the 1800s
Applicant: MAXTRAX CIC
Project description: To celebrate Openshaw’s cycling heritage by producing a collection, delivering workshops and culminating in a festival.
Decision: Reject
Carnival 2025 Promoting Cultural Identity in Hartlepool
Applicant: TransformersHPL
Project description: To celebrate Hartlepool’s breadth of cultural diversity and build Afro-Caribbean culture into the Hartlepool Carnival.
Decision: Reject
A Deeper Dive
Applicant: Our Lido Ltd
Project description: To build a sector-wide knowledge exchange to strengthen the resilience of lidos in the UK and ensure they remain accessible to the public for their benefit.
Decision: Reject
Deaf Connect
Applicant: Deafersify CIC
Project description: To connect young Deaf people with Deaf sports professionals to share stories of Deaf sports history, develop oral history skills, and learn interviewing and filmmaking techniques to support them to develop future skills.
Decision: Reject
Byker Community Archive
Applicant: Northern Cultural Projects (NCP) Community Interest Company
Project description: To revive the hobby room in the Grade II* Listed estate, capturing the estate’s evolution, retelling its history and integrating new narratives in a community-led archive which will create local volunteering and employment opportunities.
Decision: Award grant of £240,186 (90%)
St Catherine's Organ and Roof Restoration
Applicant: St Catherine's Church
Project description: To restore the damaged roof and 1880 Wadsworth organ, ensuring the building remains safe and usable for worship and community activities, and preventing further deterioration.
Decision: Reject
E2M Heritage Festival 2025
Applicant: Escape2Make
Project description: To host creative workshop for young people to explore the creative and cultural history of Lancashire, culminating in a youth-led heritage festival across significant local heritage sites.
Decision: Reject
Growing People and Place: Preserving and Sharing the Heritage of a Derelict Victorian Walled Garden To Create A Thriving Community Gardens
Applicant: Living Potential Care Farming CIC
Project description: To enable more visitors to enjoy the Walled Kitchen Garden by restoring the space into a community garden, and hosting traditional skills and crafts there, while sharing the sites history.
Decision: Reject
Voices from Skelmersdale
Applicant: Connector Media Community Interest Company
Project description: To capture and share Skelmersdale community heritage with activities to engage young people, people with disabilities, and asylum seekers in the community, producing visual and oral histories.
Decision: Award grant of £39,370 (100%)
Sheffield Buddhist Centre: Heritage Reborn! (Phase 2 of the 'Low Carbon, High Karma' energy efficiency project)
Applicant: Sheffield Triratna Buddhist Community
Project description: To complete essential repairs and improve the sustainability of the group's listed site buildings and deliver celebratory activities and events for the group’s 25th anniversary milestone.
Decision: Reject
Oral Histories: Our Wakefield, Our Story
Applicant: Age UK Wakefield District
Project description: To gather oral histories from 150 working-class residents from five of Wakefield’s former industrial communities, aiming to attract more working-class visitors to heritage, run local exhibitions and preserve recordings digitally.
Decision: Award grant of £111,932 (100%)
The Big D&T Meet: A National D&T Conference
Applicant: Inspiration Trust.
Project description: To fund speakers at the upcoming Big D&T Meet schools event.
Decision: Reject
Bridging the Waters: A Celebration of Gateshead's Black and African Heritage
Applicant: Gateshead African Community Association
Project description: To involve the wider community in educational activities on Gateshead’s Black and African Migrant Heritage, to document stories and break down barriers in the community.
Decision: Reject
Ashton 1945 Project
Applicant: St Michael & All Angels' Church Ashton-on-Ribble with St Mark Preston
Project description: To work with the community to produce permanent print and digital records celebrating the Ashton-on-Ribble community’s efforts and sacrifices in the Second World War, marking 80-Years since its end.
Decision: Reject
The Seven Ages of Women
Applicant: The Equality Practice Ltd
Project description: To celebrate seven stages of womanhood through a historical exhibition built in collaboration between the community, schools, and creatives.
Decision: Reject
Bridging Senses: Building a More Inclusive Cultural Experience for All
Applicant: Anchoreach CIC
Project description: To resolve accessibility barriers to Stockton’s heritage sites for people who have sensory impairments.
Decision: Reject
Threads of Heritage: Celebrating Huddersfield's Cultural Tapestry
Applicant: The Oracle 1 Community Org
Project Description: To celebrate and preserve cultural heritage by fostering inclusive community connections through storytelling, artistic expression, and intercultural exchange.
Decision: Reject
Time to Preserve
Applicant: Glusburn Community & Arts Centre
Project description: To carry out essential repairs and restoration of the Grade II Listed Building to ensure its heritage is not lost, and it can continue to provide a local hub of arts, culture, and community activities as it has for generations.
Decision: Reject
Witch! Unpacking hatred and Promoting Tolerance, Inclusion and Sustainability in our Modern World
Applicant: Broadside Creatives CIC
Project description: To connect the history of the North East Witch Trials with current affairs, engaging 250 participants from marginalised communities in research workshops and learning activities, culminating in a docudrama and exhibition.
Decision: Reject
Preserving Heritage and Strengthening Community: The Restoration and Re-pointing of the New Testament Church of God in Sheffield - A Grade 2 Listed Church Building
Applicant: New Testament Church of God
Project description: To carry out essential structural repairs and maintenance to the Grade II listed church building, ensuring tis safety and sustainability for continual use.
Decision: Reject
Clock Turret Restoration
Applicant: Bishop Burton College
Project description: To repair and restore the historic clock tower on the college building, originally built in 1892.
Decision: Reject
Petuaria Community Centre VE DAY Memorial Garden
Applicant: Brough Community Centre Management Committee
Project description: To create a VE Day memorial garden in the town with contributions from other local groups and community members.
Decision: Reject
Encouraging the next generation of engineers and technicians
Applicant: North East Restoration Club
Project description: To expand engagement with the local community by holding interactive visits for school and college pupils to build interest in pursuit of engineering and technician careers, and complete asbestos removal in the building roof.
Decision: Reject
The Windows Project Archives 1976-2026: Researcher Role
Applicant: The Windows Project
Project description: To hire a researcher to preserve, catalogue, and promote their archive of poetry materials in celebration of 50 years since the group’s formation.
Decision: Reject
Heart of Care
Applicant: Rosetta Life
Project description: To produce a touring digital and online exhibition of the archives of care in Manchester’s Central Library, co-created with carers and engaging those who are unpaid.
Decision: Reject