England, Midlands & East: delegated decisions August 2026

England, Midlands & East: delegated decisions August 2026

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Schedule of decisions under delegated powers for England, Midlands & East at The National Lottery Heritage Fund in August 2026.

4 August

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

Dudley Zoo: 90 years of Community Memory

Applicant: Black Country Visual Arts CIC

Decision: Award grant of £99,127 (100%)

5 August

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

Repairs to Chancel roof and to brickwork and roof of Clergy Vestry at All Saints Church Rayne

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of Rayne

Decision: Award grant of £105,504 (56%)

20 August

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

Connecting Young People with British Heritage Through Evidence-Led Debate

Applicant: Parallel Histories

Decision: Reject

Oxcombe Woodcraft Centre

Applicant: Oxcombe Woodcraft CIC

Decision: Reject

Segelocum Archaeology Project

Applicant: Segelocum Group

Decision: Award grant of £24,168 (96%)

Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre: Foundation & Preservation

Applicant: Purfleet Heritage and Military Centre

Decision: Award grant of £34,812 (100%)

Shodfriars Hall: A Home for Boston’s Heritage, Creativity and Community

Applicant: Scorer Hawkins SSAS

Decision: Reject

Reel Memories: Scala Worcester—From Cinema Heritage to Digital Futures

Applicant: Scala Arts Centre Worcester

Decision: Award grant of £104,118 (95%)

Reviving the Kursaal: Conserving Southend’s Historic Seafront Landmark

Applicant: Remblance Leisure Limited

Decision: Reject

Ely Church Buildings Maintenance Partnership: Wisbech and West Norfolk

Applicant: The Ely Diocesan Board of Finance

Decision: Award grant of £249,540 (85%)

Birmingham Voices: Living Heritage - Community Stories, Memory and Place

Applicant: VIBRANT VOICES CIC

Decision: Reject

Memorial Gardens Heritage Project: Preserving our past, nurturing our future

Applicant: Friends of the ODA (Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe and Acresford) Memorial Gardens

Decision: Reject

The Church of Saints Peter and Thomas, Wormbridge, Hereford

Applicant: Wormbridge & St Devereux Parochial Church Council

Decision: Reject

Upton Baptist Church – Welcome Home

Applicant: Upton Upon Severn Baptist Church

Decision: Reject

The Shoe & The City: The British Shoe Corporation and Leicester’s Footwear Heritage

Applicant: Nottingham Trent University

Decision: Award grant of £147,984 (99%)

Voices from Dawber Garden

Applicant: Taylor Made Arts LTD

Decision: Award grant of £15,680 (84%)

#HP Walk in my Shoes

Applicant: Pedestrian Ltd

Decision: Award grant of £144,760 (100%)

The Basque Children at Ninety - the lives of the twenty nine refugee children who made their lives in England following their exile during the Spanish Civil War.

Applicant: The Basque Children Association37 UK

Decision: Reject

Give Us a "Little" Lift

Applicant: Leicester Drama Society Ltd

Decision: Reject

Being deaf at Lexden Primary School: The first 50 years

Applicant: The Offshoot Foundation

Decision: Award grant of £51,801 (100%)

Bringing our heritage to life and preserving it for the future

Applicant: 1st Albrighton Scout Group

Decision: Reject

Recounted Chronicles

Applicant: Gospel Link 360 C.I.C.

Decision: Reject

Maintenance/repair of St Botolph's and Promotion of the Murals.

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Michael’s and St. Luke’s Beccles

Decision: Reject

The Essex Shire Hall

Applicant: Essex Shire Hall Trust

Decision: Award grant of £150,800 (88%)

From Windmill to World Sharing Alford's Heritage Through Digital Storytelling

Applicant: Alford Town Council

Decision: Reject

Essential roof and masonry repairs to All Saints Church, Hawton

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of All Saints Hawton With Cotham

Decision: Reject

Punk Voices & Threads: Women's Revolution in Suffolk & Norfolk

Applicant: Take a Deep Breath CIC

Decision: Reject