Projects we’ve funded

Three of the eight species of bats present and breeding in East Cleveland are rare and of national conservation importance.

Yorkshire Museum of Farming worked with volunteers to create an exhibition for their previously unseen Women’s Land Army Collection.

Rescued from the Sea aimed to excavate and rescue what is left of the Bronze Age cemetery site, and underlying Neolithic and Mesolithic deposits, at Low Hauxley, Northumberland before they are eroded into the sea.

Communities explored the impact and legacy of the First World War, the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising by creating two exhibitions.

Young people researched 50 years of Caribbean music and culture in Bristol and shared their findings via radio, film and online.

Designed to connect learning disabled people with their heritage, this project delivered a training programme, website and exhibition, sharing the social history of learning disability in an accessible way.

Volunteers from Come Alive at 55 helped transform a derelict Victorian kitchen garden into a working example of historic techniques and food varieties.

A fascinating view of Bath’s Georgian history has been opened up thanks to the restoration of No 1, Royal Crescent.

Three hundred school children across East Anglia became Vikings for three days when they learnt about life during Viking times.

Persecution and survival helped participants piece together the social history of refugees living in Oxford during the Second World War.

Kent Orchards for Everyone has brought together the local community and orchard experts to help restore and conserve 13 traditional orchards, saving this important natural heritage for the future.

The origins of surfing in Britain - and the role of a Cornish surf life saving club in the sport's development - was digitally documented and preserved in this project.