Midlands and East

A grant of £1.7million enabled this project to restore over 11 kilometers of streams within the River Lea catchment.

After a 20-year campaign the swimming baths in Balsall Heath are being restored and reopened as a wellbeing, leisure and cultural destination for Birmingham.

Local people got involved in creating urban and semi-natural wildlife corridors for reptiles and amphibians, learning more about the importance of native reptile and amphibian conservation.

We’re helping Caistor and District Community Trust restore derelict historic buildings in the town centre and repurpose them for commercial and community use.

War memorials, tombs, fountains and sculptures that tell the city’s story are sharing £240,000 in repair and conservation funding – and were largely chosen by a public vote.

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.

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

English Heritage are learning more about the Old Hall, revitalising the garden and hosting a range of activities and volunteering opportunities for the local community.

Grade II* buildings on the site of a medieval leper hospital are being repurposed as affordable rent homes after lying derelict for over 50 years.

Our funding supported hundreds of locals to rescue Wickham Market’s last pub, preserving a valued gathering place.

This Landscape Connections project will bring together farmers, communities and young people to improve habitats and strengthen ecological networks across one of England's most treasured landscapes.

In Bury St Edmunds, the ruins of one of England’s great medieval abbeys are being conserved, with new interpretation, access and activities to better connect the abbey with the nearby cathedral and town.