England, North: delegated decisions September 2026
Grant reviews
Haigh Woodland Park: Heritage, Nature and People Project
Applicant: Wigan Council
Decision: Agree change in approved purposes
National Lottery Heritage Grants £10,000 to £250,000
#HP Nine Towns, Nine Histories, one unified vision for Tameside’s Heritage
Applicant: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Decision: Award grant of £244,750 (86%)
From Pit Floor to Dance Floor
Applicant: North East Dance Community Interest Company
Decision: Award grant of £123,761 (100%)
“The Road to Resilience” reflecting our journey by strengthening collections, people, partnerships and sustainability. Inspired by the Brontës' own resilience, it will safeguard their internationally significant heritage for generations to come.
Applicant: The Brontë Society
Decision: Award grant of £232,058 (80%)
Breaking Rhythm
Applicant: Breaking Beats Ltd
Decision: Award grant of £19,103 (100%)
Walking with the past: looking to the future?
Applicant: THE FRIENDS OF ST JOHN'S CHURCHYARD GT MARSDEN
Decision: Award grant of £98,926 (100%)
Saltburn Valley Gardens Renewal Stage 1
Applicant: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Decision: Award grant of £245,000 (98%)
A Road Well Travelled - 50 Years of M6 Theatre Company
Applicant: M6 Theatre Company Ltd
Decision: Award grant of £73,500 (49%)
Getting shipshape
Applicant: Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre Limited
Decision: Award grant of £43,373 (94%)
Hidden Voices
Applicant: Arising Futures
Decision: Award grant of £137,319 (100%)
The Lead Works Nature Reserve
Applicant: Ouseburn Farm Charity Limited
Decision: Award grant of £30,620 (94%)
Wainsgate: Placed/Displaced
Applicant: Wainsgate Chapel
Decision: Award grant of £98,247 (100%)
REELMCR@25 — Saving the Stories Behind the Stories
Applicant: REELMCR C.I.C.
Decision: Award grant of £62,675 (100%)
Yorkshire Museum 200 Feasibility Phase (YM 200 Feasibility Phase)
Applicant: York Museums and Gallery Trust
Decision: Award grant of £241,349 (86%)
The Caesar Summerhouse Restoration Project
Applicant: Knutsford Town Council
Decision: Award grant of £15,000 (100%)
Roots Across Generations
Applicant: Bilton Hall Community Trust
Decision: Award grant of £19,217 (100%)
Discover Hadrian’s Wall West
Applicant: Cumberland Council
Decision: Award grant of £240,000 (35%)
Hidden Voices
Applicant: Action for Autism Barnsley
Decision: Award grant of £44,102 (94%)
Rewet, Rewild, Reconnect: Riparian Revival for North Lincolnshire
Applicant: North Lincolnshire Council
Decision: Award grant of £250,000 (100%)
Celebrating 40 Years of Chol Theatre (1989-2029)
Applicant: Chol International Arts
Decision: Reject
The Protest Songbook (formerly Sing Your Heart Out as per project enquiry)
Applicant: Heart of Glass St Helens Ltd
Decision: Reject
Freedom Voices
Applicant: Freedom Festival Arts Trust
Decision: Award grant of £148,500 (88%)
Celebrating and Sustaining the Heritage of St Mary's Church Kirkby Fleetham
Applicant: Kirkby Fleetham Local Church Council
Decision: Award grant of £108,738 (100%)
The Mersey Miracle of ‘86
Applicant: Liverpool City Council
Decision: Reject
Sekers Couture: How West Cumbria Influenced the Golden Age of Haute Couture and Present-Day Communities
Applicant: Handpicked Productions CIC
Decision: Reject
Ghosts at the Old Library: Last Orders
Applicant: Levenshulme Old Library CIO
Decision: Reject
Remember: An Gorta Mór/the Great Hunger and Liverpool
Applicant: Liverpool Irish Festival
Decision: Reject
Nhaka Yevakadzi — (Women's Heritage / Women's Legacy)
Applicant: Woman United
Decision: Reject
The Yorkshire Heritage Canal Network - Roadmap 2033
Applicant: The Canal & River Trust (Yorkshire & North East)
Decision: Reject
Securing the future of the Pontefract Hermitage.
Applicant: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Decision: Reject
'Let’s Celebrate 300 Years of Causey Arch’.
Applicant: Building Self Belief CIO
Decision: Reject
Reflection, resurface, recovery, belonging and renewal – kickstarting Trafford’s Heritage Framework
Applicant: Trafford Council
Decision: Reject
Liberation Route Yorkshire
Applicant: Liberation Route UK Ltd
Decision: Reject
Kitara Children's Oral Literature project
Applicant: Manchester Nile Valley Conservation and Education Network
Decision: Reject
Super Space for Seacombe
Applicant: Seacombe United Reformed Church
Decision: Reject
Threads & Soles
Applicant: Nurturefy CIC
Decision: Reject
Igbo Roots, Shared Futures
Applicant: OGBAKO NDI IGBO UK & IRELAND LTD
Decision: Reject
Our Crowning Heritage: safeguarding African and Caribbean haircare traditions in Greater Manchester
Applicant: Joyful You Beauty and Wellbeing CIC
Decision: Reject
Whitaker Park Heritage Project
Applicant: Proffitts - Investing in Communities (CIC)
Decision: Reject
Opening Pathways to Participation
Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael and All Angels Bramhall
Decision: Reject
The Haven Project
Applicant: Celestial Church Of Christ Ileri Oluwa Parish Manchester
Decision: Reject
INTERTWINING
Applicant: Sensoria Festival
Decision: Reject
Love, Laugh, Live-erpool: Preserving Liverpool’s Variety and Comedy Heritage
Applicant: Royal Court Liverpool Trust Limited
Decision: Reject
Wild Shoots
Applicant: reWilding Roots
Decision: Reject
Maintaining the Memory - Doncaster's Victoria Cross and George Cross Heritage
Applicant: The Victoria Cross Trust
Decision: Reject
Celebrating 20 years of Thought Bubble - the Yorkshire Comic Art Festival!
Applicant: Thought Bubble Festival Limited
Decision: Reject
The Peckett - Back on Track
Applicant: Darlington Railway Preservation Society
Decision: Reject
Zeppelins over Northern England
Applicant: Sheffield Zeppelin Study Group
Decision: Reject
Beauchief Gardens: a Sheffield philanthropic legacy
Applicant: THE ROTARY CLUB OF SHEFFIELD VULCAN TRUST
Decision: Reject
Preserving Gurkha Heritage in the UK: From Service to Settlement
Applicant: COMMUNITIES AND NATURE INTERNATIONAL
Decision: Reject
Warm Heritage: Sustaining St Mary’s Church, Dodleston for Future Generations
Applicant: St Mary’s Church Dodleston
Decision: Reject
AMEN SAM ROMA / WE ARE ROMA
Applicant: EUROPEAN DROM C.I.C.
Decision: Reject
The Places That Made Us
Applicant: Access to Essentials CIC
Decision: Reject
The heritage and identity of the Sheepfolds Stables in Sunderland
Applicant: Southpaw Dance Productions
Decision: Reject
Hensall Community Hall Stronger Together
Applicant: Hensall Parish Council
Decision: Reject