National Lottery Heritage grants

Morlands and Baily's: Industry and community in Glastonbury

Applicant: Red Brick Building Centre Limited

Project description: To record, share and celebrate the heritage of Morlands and Baily’s, two former factories for sheepskin, leather and suede goods in Glastonbury, Somerset.

Decision: Award grant of £81,169

I Am My Ancestor

Applicant: Healthy Heritage

Project description: This one-year project based in Brent (an Area of Focus) will support heritage engagement amongst young people aged 15 to 25, particularly ethnically diverse groups with little previous experience of heritage activity.

Decision: Reject

The Museum of Transology's 10 Year Anniversary Trans Pride UK Collection & Exhibition

Applicant: Museum of Transology

Project description: To enhance a strong network of museums across the UK, improving collecting activity, creating a more representative archive and providing improved access to trans heritage. Activities will also help to mark the Museum of Transology’s 10th anniversary in 2025.

Decision: Award grant of £249,983

The Shevchenko Library and Archive – A Resource For All

Applicant: The Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain Limited

Project description: To digitise The Shevchenko Library and Archive’s collection, create new publications and deliver a programme of exhibitions, schools outreach, talks and digital content. Project activity will take place cross-territory in London & South, Midlands & East and North areas, and in Scotland.

Decision: Reject

'One Moment in Time': Celebrating the 200-year history of St Peter's Brighton.

Applicant: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brighton, St Peter

Project description: A large capital and activity project which will take place over 12 months, starting in May 2024. The launch of the project will coincide with the bicentenary of the laying of the building’s foundation stone. 

Decision: Award grant of £250,000

Bristol Protest: Colston Statue

Applicant: Bristol City Council

Project description: To complement the Protest display of Colston’s statue at Bristol Museum’s M Shed, this project will deliver a range of activities and enable a greater range of voices to be heard. Outputs include a co-created film show and gallery interactive, seminars and difficult-conversation training for museum staff.

Decision: Award grant of £69,248

102 Not Out – Consuelo's legacy – Marlborough Sports Garden

Applicant: Bankside Open Spaces Trust

Project description: To deliver opportunities for volunteering and enable local people to develop new skills whilst improving a sports garden in Southwark, South London. Capital works include the development of a community hub and café, site-wide greening and heritage interpretation boards.

Decision: Reject

Women in Prison's 40th Anniversary

Applicant: Women in Prison Limited

Project description: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of women-led applicant Women in Prison, exploring the heritage of the national movement to decriminalise women. The project will create new oral histories of women with lived experience of the criminal justice system, including Women in Prison's founders, alongside creating a call to action to shape and influence future policy around female imprisonment.

Decision: Award grant of £201,950

People and Nature Together

Applicant: Commonwork Trust

Project description: This project centres on the management and development of the natural environment of Bore Place, Chiddingstone, Kent, alongside volunteer programmes and educational initiatives.

Decision: Award grant of £247,365

Into the Wild: Reconnecting children with nature

Applicant: Wildwood Trust

Project description: To expand residential facilities at their wildlife park in Devon and run a programme of environmental education.

Decision: Reject

Pioneers of Black British Ballet

Applicant: Libraries Connected

Project description: To produce a touring exhibition that celebrates, and spreads awareness about, the experiences of Black British ballet dancers in the last century. The exhibition will utilise oral histories and images already collected from dancers. The exhibition is being produced by Libraries Connected, Oxygen Arts and up to 24 library services across the country and will tour from October 2024 to October 2025.

Decision: Award grant of £245,500

The arcadias project

Applicant: Fuseperformance Ltd

Project description: To explore environmental and wellbeing themes at Fyne Court, Somerset, a semi-ruined National Trust (NT) property. The project aims to deliver a series of installations on the grounds including immersive trails, visual performances, exhibitions and sculptures as well as workshops and webinars.

Decision: Reject

Building a more sustainable Benjamin Franklin House

Applicant: Friends of Benjamin Franklin House

Project description: This 12-month project involves repairs, resilience activities and feasibility studies towards submitting a delivery grant application.

Decision: Award grant of £250,000

1st Generation Brent Windrush Descendants

Applicant: Revo Seccus Ltd

Project description: To create a three-year annual festival of short films, plays and musical reinterpretations based upon interviews with 30 influential Brent residents. Themes such as school, food, employment and role models will be explored. Residents from India, Pakistan and Africa will also be included in the activities.

Decision: Reject

Memories for the Future

Applicant: Peckham Platform Ltd

Project description: An oral history and activity project to amplify marginalised voices in the area of Rye Lane in Peckham, South London. 

Decision: Award grant of £213,277