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A large group of people stand together outdoors in the newly created nature reserve
A community group talks part in a walk before a tree planting event at the newly created nature reserve, Tina’s Haven. Credit: Michael Burn.

Projects

Reconnecting grasslands along the Durham Heritage Coast

The project has created an improved network of coastal habitats, with a new welcoming green space for people to come together.

A view looking up at the red brick facade and central clocktower of the Keelmen's Hospital.
More than three centuries since its founding, the Keelmen's Hospital will once again provide housing to the people of Newcastle. Photo: Steve Brock.

Projects

Transforming a historic Newcastle almshouse into affordable housing

Our £5million funding will secure the future of the Grade II* listed Keelmen’s Hospital, the city’s most at-risk building.

A drone shot over Lordenshaw Hill Fort landscape.
The Rothbury Estate offers an opportunity to restore nature at scale. Credit: The Wildlife Trusts.

Projects

Supporting nature recovery at the historic Rothbury Estate

Found at the heart of Northumberland, the 3,800-hectare landscape could become one of the most ambitious projects to revive and protect wildlife and habitats in the UK.

Trevor Swinburne talks to a group of the community.
Retired professional football goalkeeper Trevor Swinburne previously played for Sunderland. Credit: Foundation of Light.

Projects

Improving community wellbeing through heritage-based learning

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

An elevated view across the busy market stalls of Alnwick towards Northumberland Hall, which runs along the far side of the market square.
Northumberland Hall, in the heart of Alnwick, on market day. Photo: Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery.

Projects

Reimagining Alnwick's Northumberland Hall as a community museum

The Heritage, Creativity and Community project will restore a historic Georgian building and create a new home for the town's award-winning Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery.

A view of the museum and the glass Winter Gardens across the lake of Mowbray Park.
Our grant will improve the visitor experience and how the site interconnects with the surrounding park environment. Photo: Sunderland City Council.

Projects

Transforming Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

We're supporting Sunderland City Council to rejuvenate a gem at the heart of the city’s cultural scene.

A space in the open store, containing a vintage motorcycle and pram.
The rationalised collection will be housed in a new Open Store. Photo: Preston Park Museum / Stockton Borough Council.

Projects

Creating space: rationalising Preston Park Museum

Our support has helped Stockton’s local museum declutter its collection and involve the community in decision making about its future.

People gather to form the shape of the number 800 on a hill overlooking the mouth of the River Tyne, with the town of North Shields in the background.
Celebrating 800 years of heritage in North Shields Credit: North Tyneside Council.

Projects

Celebrating 800 years of heritage in North Shields

Our funding will support 10 exciting projects as part of the wider North Shields 800 programme, conserving and sharing the town’s past, present and future.

A farmer is on a landscape surrounded by sheep.
Local communities will engage with farms across the landscape. Credit: Joanne Coates.

Projects

Protecting the natural heritage of the North Pennines

Focused on a National Landscape and a UNESCO Global Geopark, this project will reconnect and enhance important habitats across County Durham, Cumbria and Northumberland.

A close up of a red squirrel on a tree branch
The project is supporting local community groups to get involved and run their own red squirrel conservation activities.

Projects

Providing a future for the UK's native red squirrels

Over the next five years the Red Squirrel Recovery Network will work to protect and conserve populations of red squirrels in the north of England and southern Scotland.

A group of Trees for Cities volunteers pose for the camera during a tree-planting session
Volunteers planting trees. Photo: Saoirse Clohessy.

Projects

Tree Equity for Hartlepool

Led by Trees for Cities, this project focuses on restoring Hartlepool's natural heritage by addressing the urgent need for increased tree canopy cover in the city.

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