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

Carnival of Cultures - Many Voices One City

Applicant: Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Festival Ltd.

Project Description: This project aims to document, celebrate and safeguard the intangible heritage of Edinburgh’s global majority communities through the leadership of young people.

Decision: Award grant of £80,000 (67%)

Jags Through the Ages: 150 Years of Partick Thistle Football Club

Applicant: Partick Thistle Charitable Trust

Project Description: Through exhibitions, oral histories, events and educational outreach, the project seeks to capture and share the story of the club and its role in shaping Maryhill’s local identity.

Decision: Reject

The Gairloch Museum Roundhouse

Applicant: Gairloch & District Heritage Company Ltd

Project Description: The project aims to create an educational and interpretive structure that brings prehistoric life in Wester Ross into tangible form.

Decision: Reject

Community Land Scotland’s Cultural & Archive Programme – “Building the Legacy of Community Ownership”

Applicant: Community Land Scotland

Project Description: This project aims to collect, safeguard and encourage learning from lived experiences of Scotland’s community-ownership movement.

Decision: Reject

Shine by International Women's Group

Applicant: International women's Group

Project Description: The project seeks to preserve the cultural heritage of women currently awaiting asylum and seeking employment in Scotland. The project aims to capture cultural recipes and document the stories of these women, including the role of food in certain cultural celebrations.

Decision: Reject

Tinker Experiment Living Archive and Exhibition

Applicant: Making Rights Real

Project Description: This project aims to preserve and share a vital but largely hidden part of Scotland’s heritage; the lived experiences, voices, artefacts and creative expressions of Scottish Gypsy Traveller communities affected by the Tinker Experiments.

Decision: Reject

Planting Change: Scotland’s Food Forest Assemblies & Movement

Applicant: Earthself Initiatives Ltd

Project Description: This project aims to protect and reimagine Scotland’s biocultural food forest heritage by enabling more people and communities to value, shape and steward it for the future.

Decision: Reject

Lighting up the Hynish Shore Station - Anchoring Heritage, Building Resilience

Applicant: Hynish Trust

Project Description: This project seeks to recruit two essential roles to lead the next phase; embedding heritage into everyday life, celebrating Tiree’s Gaelic-speaking legacy and unlocking the site’s full potential.

Decision: Award grant of £198,600 (91%)

Kells Reimagined

Applicant: Tarbat Historic Trust

Project Description: This project aims to expand the reach, deepen the research and help secure the sustainability of the Tarbat Discovery Centre.

Decision: Reject

Making Marionettes

Applicant: Vision Mechanics

Project Description: This project aims to revive the endangered craft of marionette making through hands-on learning, mentorship and digital resources.

Decision: Reject

Kirkyard Phase 3

Applicant: Crail Preservation Society

Project Description: This project seeks to start restoration and conservation work on kirkyard mural monuments in order to conserve their cultural heritage.

Decision: Reject

Kalemouth Suspension Bridge - Refurbishment

Applicant: Scottish Borders Council

Project Description: The aim of the project is to restore the historical asset to ensure it is in a safe working condition and can continue to be enjoyed by regular users and visitors alike.

Decision: Award grant of £249,999 (23%)

Alyth Boer War Memorial Plaza Regeneration

Applicant: Alyth in Bloom

Project Description: This project aims to conserve and enhance the Boer War Memorial plaza, a key part of the town’s heritage, ensuring the memorial, historic fountain and millennium sculpture are preserved for future generations.

Decision: Reject

One further item yet to be announced.