Projects we’ve funded

The Portsmouth Museums and Records Service encouraged local community groups to explore their family, community and local history.

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.

A project to enhance the visitor experience of one of the few remaining London Southwest Region signal boxes was achieved with wide ranging support from the local community.

The Three Solway Churches Development Project used a Your Heritage grant to complete a series of capital works to St Michael's Church, Burgh-by-Sands.

Young people from Lincolnshire explored their area's rich built heritage and gained an insight into traditional building skills.

By collecting, preserving and making accessible the many artefacts found in the area, the museum aims to bring the history of Lyme Regis to as diverse an audience as possible.

This three-year project recorded the oral histories of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland's LGBTQ+ communities, from before partial decriminalisation in 1967 to the present day.

A two-year project explored, collected and shared the social and cultural history of people with learning disabilities in the Liverpool and the Merseyside region.

The project researched and curated collections and archives and gathered oral histories relating to the heritage of people with spina bifida/hydrocephalus.

A community engagement programme helped to raise awareness of and interest in protecting a declining seabird species.

Young people gained new skills while preserving and raising awareness of Pakistani/Kashmiri heritage in Luton.

Awareness of Greater Manchester's LGBT+ heritage was raised through participation and learning events with communities across the county.