Midlands and East

The role of spices in shaping local culture, cuisine and customs has been captured thanks to a community history project in Smethwick, Sandwell in the West Midlands.

The construction of a demonstration light railway has preserved vital engineering skills, and helped young people get in touch with their heritage.

The Friends of Barclay Park were awarded funds to carry out extensive restoration work to the park and lake with support from the local community.

A project to make the Ipswich Town Football Charitable Trust archive more widely accessible, and uncovering the heritage of the club through individual stories and artefacts.

This project aimed to increase understanding of the historic environment of Peterborough’s City Centre Conservation Area.

The project celebrated 100 years of the Women’s Institute (WI) in the Isle of Ely.

The aim of The Family Adams Project was to develop a community archive of a Victorian shop found in the historic heart of Littleport town.

Volunteers explored and shared nine decades of history through Hadleigh and Thundersley Community Archive’s All Our Stories project.

The Tracks in Time project enabled the people of Netherfield in Nottinghamshire to celebrate and explore the town’s unique history.

An HLF Skills for the Future grant enabled the CBA to offer year-long workplace learning bursaries.

From Ghana-born Arthur Wharton in the 1880s to Togolese Spurs star Emmanuel Adebayor, African footballers have been bringing their incredible skills to the UK's professional football leagues for nearly 130 years.

Longstone Local History Group carried out further archaeological work on an Iron Age Hill Fort near Bakewell, covering the full extent of Fin Cop.