Scotland: delegated decisions May 2026
National Lottery Heritage Grants £10,000 to £250,000
The Bressay Stone: A one thousand year journey
Applicant: Bressay History Group
Decision: Award grant of £37,818 (97%)
160 Years of VisionPK: Stories of Sight, Sound and Community
Applicant: Perth and Kinross Society for the Blind
Decision: Award grant of £23,670 (100%)
The Kilt Museum Stage 1 Development and Feasibility Project
Applicant: The Kilt Museum
Decision: Reject
Hutton Unearthed: A new National Soils and Peat Map Archive
Applicant: The James Hutton Institute
Decision: Award grant of £146,485 (70%)
Ruchazie Community Centre: Restoring Heritage, Growing Community
Applicant: Growing 21 Ltd
Decision: Reject
Stronafian Heritage Interpretation Project (SHIP)
Applicant: Dunoon & Cowal Heritage Trust
Decision: Award grant of £11,217 (100%)
The Gairloch Museum Roundhouse
Applicant: Gairloch & District Heritage Company Ltd
Decision: Award grant of £67,169 (24%)
Saving Ellon Castle and revealing our heritage through community connections
Applicant: Ellon Castle Gardens
Decision: Reject
Beyond Tourism: From Interpretation to Intervention – Repositioning Whithorn as a Traditional Skills and Climate Hub
Applicant: The Whithorn Trust
Decision: Award grant of £212,069 (49%)
The International Festival of Stone 2027
Applicant: Dundee Historic Environment Trust
Decision: Reject
Saving Rosefield Mills – Dumfries’ Last Victorian Woollen Mill
Applicant: Dumfries Historic Buildings Trust
Decision: Reject
The Nature of Collecting
Applicant: Inverclyde Council
Decision: Reject
Coats & Clarks: A walk through the Centuries
Applicant: Paisley Peoples Archive
Decision: Reject
Teampull Pheadair Conservation Project: A Partnership Between Ness Cemetery Association and Galson Estate Trust
Applicant: Ness Cemetery Association
Decision: Reject
The Heritage Garden
Applicant: Sacro
Decision: Reject
Unlocking Scotland’s LGBTQ+ Heritage
Applicant: Lavender Menace CIC
Decision: Award grant of £140,857 (67%)
Dumbarton project
Applicant: Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland
Decision: Reject
#HP Orkney – Heritage Places – Communities and Culture – Exploratory Phase
Applicant: Orkney Islands Council
Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (100%)