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Our £780,800 grant will help restore a famous main-line steam locomotive based on the Keighley and the Worth Valley Railway.

Opened in 2017, The Sill is the Landscape Discovery Centre for the Northumberland National Park.

Local Sheffield woodlands conserved and consolidated for the benefit of local communities and wildlife.

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

Rescued from the Sea aimed to excavate and rescue what is left of the Bronze Age cemetery site, and underlying Neolithic and Mesolithic deposits, at Low Hauxley, Northumberland before they are eroded into the sea.

Durham Cathedral is undertaking a project called Open Treasure – a major development that will transform the way in which the cathedral buildings are experienced, understood and used, both as working buildings and to the benefit of those who visit.

The York Museums and Gallery Trust transformed the upper floors of a Grade I listed prison building into exhibition space and introduced an ambitious four year programme about the First World War.

The Green Howards Regimental museum received almost £1million to redevelop its galleries and put on a series of family activities.

In just four years, Blyth Tall Ship grew from a germ of an idea and a patch of derelict quayside land, to an inspiring start-up business supporting boatbuilding skills.

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.

Sheffield’s long association with industry and trades is epitomised at the important site of Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet. The site has been restored to its former glory with improved interactive interpretation to share its fascinating story more widely.

The Wildwatch project encouraged local people and visitors alike to map and record the wildlife that is hopping, buzzing and flying all over this area of outstanding natural beauty.