Projects we’ve funded

Four communities researched, documented, and shared the cultural and social history of tower blocks in the city.

Our grant helped secure John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows for the nation.

York Gate Gardens is supporting volunteers to interpret the history of the Arts and Crafts-style garden for the benefit of visitors.

Young people from Brierfield and Nelson in Lancashire explored the role of their local community and the Indian Army in the First World War.

The Tunbridge Wells Grosvenor and Hilbert Park, designed in 1889 by Rupert Marnock, is one of the town's oldest parks and is being redeveloped to benefit the community and nature.

This project focused on actively engaging local community groups and schools in Portsmouth City Council’s internationally important Conan Doyle Collection.

An oral history project recording the memories and experiences of people who moved from Bangladesh to Birmingham between 1940 and 1971.

The Fire station project will help to regenerate the Sunderland city centre as part of a wider project to create a music, arts and cultural quarter

Volunteers recorded residents' memories to create a trail around their local park

This community-led project aimed to expand digital archives and discover the stories of every soldier whose name appears on a Flintshire First World War memorial.

Young people from Central Youth Theatre produced a film and exhibition to tell the story of soldiers executed for perceived cowardice in the First World War.

The history of the pioneers of Birmingham’s Bangladeshi-owned ‘Indian’ restaurants was uncovered and shared through an immersive exhibition, events, website and book.