England, North: delegated decisions August 2026
National Lottery Heritage Grants £10,000 to £250,000
Hull Fishing Heritage and Migrant Cultural Food: A Culinary and Cultural Journey – Phase 1
Applicant: Bameen CIC
Decision: Award grant of £61,925 (100%)
Tapestry of Black Britons: North England + Scotland + Wales
Applicant: Tapestry of Black Britons CIC
Decision: Award grant of £86,218 (87%)
Moving with Mary Ann: How to Get Free
Applicant: Earth Sea Love CIC
Decision: Award grant of £21,700 (100%)
Common Threads: How Fashion Connects us all at Archives: Wigan & Leigh
Applicant: Wigan Borough Council
Decision: Award grant of £91,000 (88%)
Gateway to Warrington Heritage
Applicant: GateWay Language CIC
Decision: Award grant of £13,289 (100%)
Sounds of Home: Memories of Entertainment and Identity in East Lancashire
Applicant: One Voice Blackburn
Decision: Award grant of £30,345 (100%)
Roots, Rites & Remembrance
Applicant: Retreat 2 Rebirth Project CIC
Decision: Award grant of £57,800 (87%)
From the Hancock to the Fields: Preparing for NHSN’s bicentenary in 2029
Applicant: The Natural History Society of Northumbria
Decision: Award grant of £64,895 (81%)
Beyond the walls: Developing a Community-led Vision for Wentworth Castle’s Historic Walled Garden
Applicant: The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
Decision: Award grant of £29,175 (85%)
Humari Kahani Heritage Project
Applicant: Aawaz
Decision: Award grant of £46,244 (100%)
#HP Shildon and Newton Aycliffe Shaping the Future Through Heritage
Applicant: Durham County Council
Decision: Award grant of £249,975 (94%)
Archaeology Connected: Participation in Practice
Applicant: Council for British Archaeology
Decision: Award grant of £234,398 (72%)
Darnall Oral Histories and Heritage (DOHH)
Applicant: Bright Box Makerspace
Decision: Award grant of £92,830 (84%)
Going to the Chapel
Applicant: Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust
Decision: Award grant of £180,000 (35%)
Save Our Spire
Applicant: St John the Evangelist, Ranmoor
Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (24%)
St Andrew's Church, Bebington: Illuminating Heritage
Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bebington
Decision: Reject
Disability Heritage in North Tyneside: The NTDF Story
Applicant: North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd
Decision: Award grant of £47,250 (100%)
European Year of the Normans: Stormin’ Durham’s Castles
Applicant: Architectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland
Decision: Award grant of £98,376 (100%)
(Re)Discovering Rimrose Valley: Celebrating 25 years of our Natural & Cultural Heritage
Applicant: Rimrose Valley Friends
Decision: Award grant of £167,690 (89%)
Weaving together a strategic textile heritage for Kirklees
Applicant: Incubating Arts CIC
Decision: Award grant of £157,284 (84%)
Saint Michael’s Lodge: A Sustainable Future for an Historic Church – Data Gathering
Applicant: The Saint Aelred's Pilgrim Trail Society CIO
Decision: Award grant of £122,760 (96%)
Echoes of Africa: Preserving African Heritage in the North East
Applicant: Perfect Solution Foundation
Decision: Reject
The Hidden Voices of Scarborough Fair
Applicant: The National Literacy Trust
Decision: Reject
Seen and Heard, Season 2 – launching a National Children’s History Day to promote the voices of children through history
Applicant: Investing in Children
Decision: Award grant of £116,715 (97%)
Built to Last: Strengthening the Modernist Society for the Next Generation
Applicant: The Modernist Society CIC
Decision: Award grant of £186,525 (94%)
Morley WMC – Application For Grant Funding Towards Disabled Access Platform Lift
Applicant: Morley Working Men’s Club & Institute
Decision: Reject
The Heritage of NIAMOS: Many Rivers to Cross
Applicant: Hercules Productions Enterprise CIC
Decision: Reject
Roots & Horizons: Young People Exploring Nature, Heritage and Belonging
Applicant: Young Africans Aflame
Decision: Reject
A Resistance Retrospective: Genetic Engineering (ARR:GE)
Applicant: GM Freeze
Decision: Reject
The Last Miners
Applicant: Fairy Water Trust
Decision: Reject
Habitat & Hearth – Natural Landscape & Intangible Cultural Heritages – the land & its people.
Applicant: Harwes Farm CIC
Decision: Reject
Heritage Community Centre Manager
Applicant: Stainland and District Community Charity
Decision: Reject
Restoration and Stabilisation of the Historic Church Roof and External Fabric
Applicant: St Mary & St Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church
Decision: Reject
Bromborough Pool Enterprise Centre: Restoring Heritage and Connecting Communities
Applicant: Autism Together
Decision: Reject
Journeys to Sunderland: Hidden Histories, Shared Futures
Applicant: Holding-Hands (North East) CIC
Decision: Reject
Rugby League Heritage Portal – Sharing and Celebrating the social and sporting heritage of Rugby League
Applicant: Looking Back CIC
Decision: Reject
The Fulwell Mill Apprentice
Applicant: Fulwell Community Library CIC
Decision: Reject
NOW Fellows – Connecting North Manchester’s Past to its Future
Applicant: SICK! Productions Ltd
Decision: Reject
20 Years of Voices – Blackpool’s Living Heritage
Applicant: Tram Shed Theatre Company Limited
Decision: Reject
Elements: A History of North East Street Art
Applicant: Building Culture CIC
Decision: Reject
First Footprints: Nigerians in Manchester, 1900–1939
Applicant: Igniting Possibilities Initiative
Decision: Reject
The Black Timeline Project
Applicant: T.A.P. Project CIC
Decision: Reject
Save Thwaite Mills Museum
Applicant: Thwaite Mills Museum CIC
Decision: Reject
Another Take
Applicant: Mad Alice Theatre Company
Decision: Reject
Sheffield's Little Chicago: 150 years of crime, policing and gangs
Applicant: National Emergency Services Museum
Decision: Reject
Threads Through Time
Applicant: Blue Sky Connections CIC
Decision: Reject
Save Thwaite Mills Museum
Applicant: Thwaite Mills Museum CIC
Decision: Reject
Echoes of the Past: Preserving and Sharing the Heritage of the West African Talking Drum (Gangan)
Applicant: Creative Hands Foundation
Decision: Reject
Our Heritage, Our Home: Celebrating Culture Through Supplementary Schools
Applicant: Young Manchester
Decision: Reject