North

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.

Our support will help an East Yorkshire community to restore the iconic feature of a treasured and architecturally significant 12th-century church.

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 transformational grant of £4million will help a partnership of local and national organisations restore and protect at-risk habitats across the county.

The Roma Heritage Project will work with local people in Manchester to share traditional dishes and record oral histories from Roma communities.

Talking to the people of Leeds about their shared love of everything from football to table tennis has made a vital contribution to the city’s collections.

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.

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.

Sow the City will explore the natural heritage of Moss Side, believed to derive its name from historic mosslands that once covered large areas of Greater Manchester.

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.

The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh National Nature Reserve is a site of significant ecological, historical and community value reclaimed from industrial use.

Lowry stands at the heart of Salford Quays, an area that has transformed from a post-industrial landscape into a vibrant cultural and creative hub.