Heritage Lottery Fund Schedule of Decisions under delegated powers to Head of HLF on 30 August 2017

First World War Item Project Title Project Description Applicant Decision

The project will focus in particular on the development of Coventry as a manufacturer for the Award Grant of 1 war effort, and the Western Front and the role its Lest We Forget Culture Coventry Trust £10,000 (100%) people played in the battles of Passchendaele and Cambrai in 1917.

The heritage of Willenhall Memorial Park including the stories of soldiers who helped create the Park, Walsall Council Award Grant of 2 Willenhall Memorial Park will be recognised through a number of activities, Greenspaces £10,000 (100%) WW1 Then and Now culminating in a Commemorative Event in 2018. Improvement Service

A 14 month project exploring the FWW roots of this Award Grant of £9,900 3 Brindley Village – A Staffordshire Village. Outputs include an exhibition, Brindley Village Legacy (100%) Legacy of the Great War oral histories and workshops for young people. Group

The project will focus on how WWI transformed in South-West , with a 4 Weoley Castle in World People’s Heritage Co- Reject primary focus on the war graves in Lodge Hill War one operative Cemetery.

Razzle Dazzle is a 12 month project which aims to increase understanding and awareness of a 5 Countershade Community Reject Razzle Dazzle technique to camouflage ships, used in the First Interest Company World War.

Through an interactive installation, performance and Award Grant of 6 The Kitchen Goes to talks, this 18 month project will explore wartime Libraries & Arts Service £10,000 (91%) War rationing in Staffordshire. It aims to increase awareness and understanding of the contribution

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Item Project Title Project Description Applicant Decision

women and children made to the war effort on the home front.

City of Birmingham School (COBS) wish to provide Award Grant of 7 City of Birmingham in learning opportunities to their students about life for City of Birmingham School £9,800 (100%) the First World War Birmingham families during the FWW

Sharing Heritage Item Project Title Project Description Applicant Decision

Twenty Reminiscence Theatre workshops will 8 collect memories spanning 70+ years within Balsall SOAL Theatre Reject Generational Thinking Heath and Moseley from older people and re-work these into two theatrical performances by children. A five month project in Stoke-on-Trent. Aims to bring together the local community to participate in The Portland Inn Project 9 The Portland Street Reject workshops, story-sharing and research sessions. A CIC Carnival carnival celebrating this heritage will be delivered.

An eight-month project about Birchfield (PDA), 10 Young birchfield ATHAC Reject focusing on two venues and the birch tree. Explorers 9 month project focusing on local Cookley children and young people creatively exploring the history of Connecting Award Grant of 11 Bringing Local Cookley their local school, Cookley Sebright Primary, built in Neighbourhoods CIC £10,000 (100%) School History To Life 1894

Our Heritage Item Project Title Project Description Applicant Decision

Marking the 500th Lench’s Trust wish to research and document the 12 Anniversary of Lench’s development of what is believed to be Birmingham’s Lench’s Trust Reject Trust oldest charity to mark its 500th anniversary 2

Item Project Title Project Description Applicant Decision

An 18 month project to repair and clean the Henry Award Grant of 13 All Saints Church, Clive ‘Father’ Willis organ and deliver a varied All Saints’ Church, Clive £21,900 (62%) – Organ Restoration programme of activities to engage the community.

A 26 month project which aims to discover, record and share a lesser known aspect of the UK's The History of Edgbaston Guinea 14 gardening heritage: the story of ordinary people Reject Edgbaston Guinea Gardens Society who gardened to grow fruit, vegetables and Gardens ornamental plants in detached town gardens.

The applicant requests funding to repay the Esmee Award Grant of 15 Protecting Upland Fairbairn Foundation for 30 acres of former Staffordshire Wildlife Trust £57,300 (50%) Wading Birds farmland in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

This three year project will raise awareness of the Award Grant of 16 Discovering the Battle of historical importance of the Battle of Mortimer’s Battlefields Trust £84,400 (97%) Mortimer’s Cross 1461 Cross that occurred during the War of the Roses.

The project will mark the 60th anniversary of Dudley- The Black Country 17 The Duncan Edwards born footballer Duncan Edwards in the Munich air Sporting Heritage Reject Tribute disaster. Foundation

Resilient Heritage Item Project Title Project Description Applicant Decision

18 Foundations for This is the second phase of a review of the Escape Community Arts in Award Grant of Heritage–Phase 2 applicant’s operation to plan an effective future Action £31,500 (100%) strategy as the organisation evolves and expands.

They will develop a five year strategic plan to outline how they get from a being a small community concern to a county-wide heritage

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Item Project Title Project Description Applicant Decision

organisation with a sustainable future and safeguard their base the Old Slaughterhouse

19 Bringing Bournville’s A 12 month project that focuses on key pieces of Bournville Village Trust – Award Grant of History to Life work that will make Museum more Selly Manor Museum £14,000 (96%) sustainable and financially resilient. Proposals include producing a 5 year Business Plan, Volunteer Programe and Income and Fundraising plan. :

Young Roots Item Project Title Project Description Applicant Decision

The project will explore the heritage of the playground games over the past century, what they 20 Centre Spot CIC Reject Playground Games were, rules, who played them, what kind of social and historical context they were played in and what happened to them. This is a one year project that will explore history of Kings Norton Park using the River Rea and the five Award Grant of 21 Northfield Arts Forum Crossing Bridges bridges that span the river though the park as focal £40,300 (100%) points for project activities.

The project will capture, interpret and make Whitecross Hereford, High Award Grant of 22 Shared Freedom – accessible the history of Polish settlement in School and Specialist £47,600 (94%) Shared Future Hereford since WWII Sports College

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Grants for Places of Worship Item Project Title Project Description Applicant Decision

St Helen Worcester - Urgent repair works are needed to high level All Saints and St Helen, Award Grant of 1. Repair, conservation, masonry, roof and rainwater goods. The church Worcester £221,500 (69%) cultural enhancement is on the Heritage at Risk register. and accessibility

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