Projects we’ve funded

Volunteer researchers helped uncover the true stories behind the successful Horse at War 1914-18 exhibition at The Lightbox in Woking.

Cardiff People First delivered a two year project working with people with learning disabilities from predominantly BAME cultural backgrounds, to learn about Welsh heritage in both Newport and Cardiff.

The Dyfi 360 observatory gives people the opportunity to learn about and observe nature up close.

Women’s Health in South Tyneside spent a year discovering the profound role women playing during the First World War in their area.

Bournemouth Borough Council secured funding to open a new visitor centre in an existing historic thatched barn at the popular Hengistbury Head site in Bournemouth.

The Mindful Changes project explores the shifts in public perceptions and attitudes towards mental health over the last 100 years.

Chevin Forest Park’s fascinating stories are being told through heritage trails, spotters’ guides, podcasts and their interactive website.

Milfield Heavy Horse Association at Hay Farm in Berwick-upon-Tweed is set up to celebrate and preserve rare breed heavy horses and keep traditional farming skills alive.

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.

Chiltern Open Air Museum received a Skills for the Future grant from us to offer training for people to build careers in heritage.

Young people, historians and artists explored court cases of criminalised homosexuality in 1950s Bristol.

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