Cultures and memories

Royal Mencap Society secured funding to record, exhibit and preserve the hidden heritage of people with learning disabilities.

A partnership project to improve wellbeing for participants in an innovative volunteering programme in Manchester.

Volunteers of all ages found out about Huddersfield’s sporting history during the First World War, producing a website, town trails, an exhibition, a book and new resources for primary schools.

A hidden treasury of internationally important documents about Baptist history has been unlocked to the benefit of historians and researchers.

Between 1968 and 2008 Peterborough experienced huge growth, developing from a small historic Fenland town into the modern, culturally diverse commercial centre of today.

This project told the story of the UK's first professional black footballer, with free educational resources exploring Arthur Wharton's heritage.

Transforming a historic building and giving new hope, skills and self-confidence to homeless participants.

West Berkshire Council and Newbury Community Resource Centre worked with local people to revive the fortunes of a neglected river.

The history of Odsal Stadium – home to the Bradford Bulls – was protected for future generations as part of this project.

This project focuses on one of the most poignant histories of the First World War: Birkenhead's 1917 'Black Chair' Eisteddfod.

Community groups and university partners came together to explore how the First World War was won in the market gardens of Worcestershire as well as on the battlefield.

Reflections On The Somme, developed and led by young people, will explore perspectives of soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme.