Board meeting: May 2023
Schedule of decisions from the Board of Trustees meeting in May 2023.
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Restoration of Helwick (Light Vessel 91)
Applicant: Swansea Museum
Decision: Reject
MFC: Rescuing two medieval churches from ruin
Applicant: Friends of Friendless Churches
Decision: Award grant of £769,309 (74% of total costs)
MFC New Lanark World Heritage Site – addressing the maintenance and repairs backlog
Applicant: New Lanark Trust
Decision: Award grant of £2,395,140 (84% of total costs)
MFC Saving John McDouall Stuart View
Applicant: Fife Historic Buildings Trust
Decision: Reject
CAF: Saving Macclesfield's Heritage: Paradise Mill, Silk Museum & Old Sunday School
Applicant: Silk Heritage Trust
Decision: Award grant increase of £30,158 to make a total grant of £339,133 (95% of total costs)
To save the historic steam tug Cervia from imminent loss and to provide a new home for the vessel
Applicant: The Steam Tug Cervia Restoration Trust
Decision: Reject
HMS Unicorn, emergency Main Wale (hull) Repairs
Applicant: The Unicorn Preservation Society
Decision: Award grant of £1,110,930 (95% of total costs)
Lawrence Alma-Tadema's 'In My Studio' acquisition
Applicant: Leighton House
Decision: Reject