6 January 2023 – Grant Increase Application

In the footsteps of St Felix: Exploring Soham's early history to inspire new generations and develop pride of place

Applicant: The PCC of St Andrew's, Soham

Decision: Award grant increase of £48,000 to make a total grant of £247,751 at 71% of total costs

20 January 2023

HOLT HIVE

Applicant: NORTH NORFOLK RAILWAY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

Project description: To undertake consultation, stakeholder involvement, design and development for Holt HIVE a 'Heritage Interactive Visitor Experience'.

Grant request: £7,200 (100% of total costs)

Wirksworth Reaches Out

Applicant: Wirksworth Heritage Centre

Project description: Deliver a programme of exhibitions on local heritage, employ staff, contribute to overheads, and generally develop the centre's offer.

Grant request: £249,970 (90% of total costs)

Decision: Defer

Conservation of a painting 400–500 years of age

Applicant: St Katharine's Church, Ickleford, (Diocese of St Albans)

Project description: To repair and conserve a 500-year-old painting, owned by St. Katherine's Church, Ickleford.

Grant request: £9,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

70 Years, 70 Stories

Applicant: Century Theatre

Project description: Combine the exciting 70-year history of the theatre with 70 stories from local people about their connection with the theatre.

Grant request: £10,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Tales of Orisa

Applicant: IFA Yoruba Contemporary Arts Trust

Project description: A community project to explore Birmingham people's links to West Africa and the African Diaspora, through engagement and discussions around the collection of artefacts housed at Birmingham University, called The Danford Collection.

Grant request: £10,000 (85% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Exploring the life of Anwar Jalal Shemza

Applicant: Tasveer Shemza

Project description: Launch the 'shemza.digital hybrid exhibition', bringing migrant voices to the forefront of British arts and culture. The exhibition is an accessible digital offer that will encourage audiences back into a physical space post the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Grant request: £9,350 (15% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

A History of Women's Rugby in the West Midlands

Applicant: Stourbridge Rugby Football Club Limited

Project description: Explore history and heritage of women's rugby in the West Midlands.

Grant request: £9,720 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Peoples of Essex

Applicant: 'Signals' Essex Media Centre Ltd

Project description: To explore Essex's migrant communities, both past and present, increasing awareness of how they have contributed to the local economy and culture. The project will focus on 16th century Flemish refugees, known as 'Dutch Weavers'.

Grant request: £93,500 (97% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Celebrating Newcastle's 850th anniversary

Applicant: GROW North Staffs

Project description: One stream of a wider range of activities that celebrate 850 years since the borough received its first Royal Charter in 1173. Activities with primary school pupils and local volunteers focus on town history and the significance of charter documents, with exhibitions and demonstrations at the museum and community venues.

Grant request: £12,700 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Celebrating Diversity: Suffolk Chamber 140

Applicant: Suffolk Chamber Of Commerce Industry and Shipping Incorporated

Project description: Timed to coincide with the Suffolk Chamber's 140th Anniversary in 2024, the project aims to better understand and make use of existing archival information held by the Chamber and others. Reaching out and engaging with wider audiences in Suffolk.

Grant Request: £85,300 (77% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

A peal for Mary Tudor

Applicant: St. Margaret's PCC of Westhorpe

Project description: Install new bells and refurbish an old bell in a Grade I listed church, bringing bellringing back into operation whilst providing skills opportunities and interpretation on local heritage.

Grant Request: £142,033 (84% of total costs)

Decision: Defer

Restoration of Refectory

Applicant: Emmaus Norfolk & Waveney

Project description: Based at Abbé Pierre House near Ditchingham, Norwich, the project will transform a furniture salesroom into a public restaurant and involve residents in exploring the building's history.

Grant Request: £190,939 (85% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Heritage – Behind The Scenes

Applicant: The Bipolar Lift CIC

Project description: Publicise, recruit and run 10 bespoke behind-the-scene group tours and object handling with 120 people living with Bipolar disorder at three heritage experiences in Nottinghamshire. 

Grant Request: £18,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Medieval Miracles

Applicant: Eastern Angles Theatre co. ltd

Project description: Re-imagine and interpret two medieval plays for contemporary audiences: plays 8-20 of the N.Town Cycle, and Mankind.

Grant Request: £53,309 (51% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

'Folktales of the Shire' Newport Youth Theatre (NYT) Project

Applicant: Moonstruck Astronaut C.I.C.

Project description: To connect local children, young people and their community to their Shropshire heritage. The NYT members and volunteers are to co-create original theatre based on research into local folklore and the town's history and stories. 

Grant request: £10,000 (59% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Leicester Cathedral – resilience and capacity building for the future

Applicant: The Cathedral Church of St Martin, Leicester

Project description: Support the cathedral to adapt to changed financial circumstances and prepare for operating its new facilities, planned for autumn 2023.

Grant request: £249,849 (96% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Steel Town Tales: Corby's Industrial Past in Virtual Reality

Applicant: METRO-BOULOT-DODO LIMITED

Project description: To explore the history of the steel industry in Corby, Northamptonshire. The project will create immersive virtual reality experiences to recreate and represent the sights and sounds of steel making factories, with furnaces and machinery.

Grant Request: £249,462 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Defer

A Festival of Irishness – St Patrick's Day and Beyond

Applicant: Birmingham Irish Association

Project description: To involve a wider range of people in Birmingham's Irish heritage and achieve outcomes around interpreting heritage, skills development, and the local economy.

Grant Request: £94,420 (61% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Our Story in Radio

Applicant: Transform Training Limited

Project description: To work with young people across Nottinghamshire, with a particular focus on people with learning disabilities, to celebrate the centenary of the BBC.

Grant Request: £35,668 (59% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Threads of Connection – improving wellbeing through arts and heritage

Applicant: ArtatWork CIC

Project description: Involve participants with chronic and acute mental health problems  in exploration and creative interpretation of Norwich's textile industry and fashion heritage.

Grant Request: £99,991 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

St Margaret's Barrel Organ

Applicant: Great Amwell with St Margaret's

Project description: To restore the Grade I (listed by the British institute of organ studies) William Allen/John Gray Organ and working barrel.

Grant Request: £6,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Letton Mill excavation year 3

Applicant: Leintwardine History Society

Project description: A community archaeological project to encourage children and people not previously engaged in historical research to join a practical and exciting exploration of local heritage.

Grant Request: £10,000 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Manor House conservation and repairs

Applicant: Blackwell Adventure

Project description: Carry out necessary repair and conservation work to the Manor House that forms part of Blackwell Court, an outdoor activity and education centre.

Grant Request: £238,920 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

The School that Grew Wings

Applicant: The Seagull Lowestoft Community Interest Company

Project description: Create a short film to capture stories about the building and peoples' relationships with it, whilst also allowing a new generation of young people to engage with the arts, learn media skills and raise their aspiration.

Grant Request: £10,000 (68% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Clipstone Community History Project

Applicant: Clipstone Community Regeneration Group CIC

Project description: Based around the geographical area of Clipstone, the project will encompass a number of heritage themes, recording, interpreting and exhibiting in different types of media.

Grant Request: £9,981 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant

Uncovering the legacy of Black British Social Workers: Between the personal, the professional and the political

Applicant: CTPSR, Coventry University

Project description: Coventry University's Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations to investigate the contribution of Black social workers to the British care system. This will be done through the collection of oral histories and related ephemera which will tell their stories, their experiences of race and identity, and their impact of policies over the years.

Grant request: £67,733 (100% of total costs)

Decision: Reject

Spalding Reconnected Historic Town and Riverside

Applicant: South Holland District Council

Project description: Reconnect the built heritage of Spalding with the natural environment and riverside. It will develop a sense of pride in place and a shared understanding of Spalding's heritage within the community.

Grant Request: £233,163 (95% of total costs)

Decision: Award grant of £233,163