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Our Our Day Out encouraged people to explore the Keith Medley photographic archive based at Liverpool John Moores University.

The Friends of Raikes Road Burial Ground reconnected people with the wildlife and local stories housed in the burial ground.

Young and older people worked together to record the history of this 100-year-old agricultural show, which has traditional rural activities at its heart.

The East Peak Innovation Partnership has been working with volunteers to explore the fascinating stories of the south-west Yorkshire hills and industrial valleys.

A team of volunteers received training to survey, document and conserve small ancient woodlands for the benefit of local communities.

A local museum and archive worked together to reach wider audiences by developing an exhibition exploring the transatlantic slave trade through the papers of a Victorian cotton spinner.

A £46,600 grant allowed a glimpse into the world of Victorian crime and punishment by breathing new life into the nineteenth century courtroom in historic Leeds Town Hall.

Victoria Baths Trust and the Friends of Victoria Baths have been working towards the restoration and reopening of Victoria Baths since 1993.

Manchester Art Gallery was revamped and provided with more space, better facilities and increased access.

It was a lucky quirk of fate that Chapeltown missed the 1990s’ housing boom because it meant that the original Victorian and Edwardian buildings were left standing to be ripe for restoration as part of a £802,000 project to inject new life into the area.

Give children a history book and they might struggle to understand the full picture, give them a mop cap to wear or a stick and hoop to play with and they will immerse themselves in their own medieval world.