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

Crawfordjohn Heritage Museum organ project

Applicant: Crawfordjohn Heritage Venture Trust

Project Description: This project seeks to repair and restore the Henry Hilsdon Organ to playable condition. Trustees of Crawfordjohn Heritage Venture Trust will document the restoration work, creating a video and film and carrying out further research on Hilsdon to create written materials, which will be available to museum visitor during opening hours.

Decision: Reject

Findhorn Church

Applicant: The Findhorn Village Conservation Company

Project Description: This project seeks to bring Findhorn Church into community ownership and restore the building as a multi-purpose venue.

Decision: Reject

The Glebe Bandstand Restoration Project

Applicant: Falkirk Council

Project Description: This project aims to repair and restore the bandstand using original materials to return it to its original design as far as possible.

Decision: Reject

Unlocking the City Observatory's Heritage

Applicant: Artists Collective Gallery Ltd

Project Description: This project aims to improve organisational sustainability and heritage interpretation through a range of measures, including a programme of pilot heritage engagement projects and developing improved signage and interpretation.

Decision: Award grant of £126,974 (80% of total costs)

Garnethill Synagogue - upgrading the heating system in the boiler room.

Applicant: Garnethill Synagogue Preservation Trust

Project Description: This project seeks to improve the environmental performance of the building which will have positive heritage and access benefits, through the replacement of now no longer used heating systems.

Decision: Reject

Supporting Scotland's Sporting Heritage

Applicant: The Lind Foundation SCIO

Project Description: This project seeks to safeguard Scotland’s sporting heritage through surveying archives and collections, providing professional advice to record owners, digitising and repackaging collection materials, and a strong programme of engagement activities.

Decision: Award grant of £182,830 (100% of total costs)

Josh and Anna's Croft

Applicant: Inverness Young Archaeologists Club

Project Description: This project will aim to enable approximately 72 children from the Young Archaeologists Club and Dingwall Primary School to take part in an archaeological excavation over six days, as well as eight desk-based sessions pre and post planning and reporting on the dig.

Decision: Award grant of £11,000 (98% of total costs)

Scottish Seas Roadshow - Expanding Ocean Literacy and Marine Community Engagement Across Scotland

Applicant: The Marine Conservation Society

Project Description: This project will aim to deliver Scotland’s Seas Roadshow, delivering ocean literacy learning and community engagement across Scotland’s central belt and in rural and island communities.

Decision: Award grant of £199,759 (50% of total costs)

Geilston Hall - Echoes of the Past with Strength for the Future.

Applicant: Geilston Hall Management Committee

Project Description: This project will aim to replace and sympathetically repair the Geilston Hall roof in keeping with its listed building status. The project is described as the first phase of a full review and schedule of repair and rejuvenation works for the building.

Decision: Reject

Refugee Festival Scotland 2026-27 - The Heritage Strand

Applicant: Scottish Refugee Council

Project Description: This project aims to celebrate and preserve the intangible heritage of New Scots communities, highlighting their cultural narratives, traditions and contributions to Scotland’s shared heritage.

Decision: Reject

Bannockburn House Conservation and Restoration Phase 1 Project 1

Applicant: Bannockburn House Trust

Project Description: This project seeks to deliver two Heritage Fairs (Inverness and Dumfries), featuring stalls from New Scots artists, community groups and refugee-led organisations with hands-on activities such as banner making and poetry.

Decision: Award grant of £197,556 (79% of total costs)

Green Skills - a pilot internship programme for today's nature crisis

Applicant: Scottish Environment LINK

Project Description: This project will aim to offer 16-week internship placements for up to 28 student interns. Interns are placed in Scottish Environment LINK’s member organisations, who have identified skills gaps within them, while interns will develop skills and experience for future jobs in the sector.

Decision: Reject