Inclusive heritage

Sound Waves: Music in Newham is exploring 60 years of rich and diverse music heritage across the borough and introducing it to a new generation.

Traditional celebrations, games, crafts and food are bringing people closer to their Hong Kong heritage and one another.

The project will bring together documents, artefacts and stories of people who have experienced care and their activism to create the UK’s first national archive of its kind.

Our support will help to reinterpret the collections and showcase rare objects for the first time.

28 local people from many different walks of life shared what they want from their museums, and how these institutions can better serve local communities.

A community-led project documented and shared never-before-heard experiences of players, their families and fans from the 1970s to the present day.

This project celebrated the history of women's football and the achievements of players from the 1970s to the present day.

The Wilder Luton project is helping local people connect with and care for green spaces in the town and the surrounding chalk hills landscape.

In 2004, National Lottery players’ support helped The National Trust purchase Divis and the Black Mountain. Now our £3million grant is restoring its natural habitat and improving access for local communities.

An abandoned synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil will open its doors for the first time in two decades as a new hub for Welsh Jewish heritage.

Born in Brynmawr in 1919, rugby league player Roy Francis was the first Black coach in UK sport.

Therapeutic gardening is helping preserve the natural heritage of Kings Heath Park and changing local lives.