Community heritage

War memorials, tombs, fountains and sculptures that tell the city’s story are sharing £240,000 in repair and conservation funding – and were largely chosen by a public vote.

A community-led project documented and shared never-before-heard experiences of players, their families and fans from the 1970s to the present day.

We've awarded nearly £12.5million to a transformative project aiming to preserve the UK’s biggest National Park, empowering communities to help nature and improve wellbeing.

In Gwynedd, north Wales, our £1.7million grant is helping put a community at the heart of their natural and industrial heritage.

This project celebrated the history of women's football and the achievements of players from the 1970s to the present day.

Our funding supported hundreds of locals to rescue Wickham Market’s last pub, preserving a valued gathering place.

Our investment has helped bring St Columb's Hall back into community ownership and is funding improvements to make it welcoming, accessible and no longer at risk.

This project brought together communities across the Lower Teifi Valley to celebrate and protect the river's rich natural and cultural heritage.

Educating local communities in Grimsby about neurodiversity throughout human history, including – the development of psychiatry as a discipline, the history of diagnoses and how society treated neurodivergent people.

Birmingham-based social enterprise Believe in Me is transforming young lives by shining a light on forgotten South Asian histories.

Coals to Goals empowered under-served communities to share their memories, knowledge and skills while exploring Sunderland’s rich mining and football heritage.

Newtownabbey Arts and Cultural Network is using digital media to share stories from the Rathcoole estate.