Projects we’ve funded

Young people recruited through Stockton Council’s Youth Service worked with Preston Hall Museum to research local stories relating to the First World War and shared them with the local community.

The Scottish Waterways Trust’s Canal College project helped young people and their local canal heritage.

The Green Light Trust improved individuals’ wellbeing using a programme of traditional woodland skills.

Sussex schoolchildren were introduced to stoolball, a medieval forerunner of cricket, in a wide-ranging sport and rural history project.

Turton Tower Trust used their grant to assess the options for renovating Turton Tower stables in Lancashire.

This project explores the diary of Jack Pulman, a first-hand account of life as an overseas serviceman during the First World War.

Volunteers and school children used archaeological techniques to discover the lost heritage of Abberley, Worcestershire.

Volunteers used the Otley Museum archives to create a digital map showing the address of every person on the town’s war memorial.

Young people worked with a community arts organisation to discover the medieval heritage of their local area and build a stronger sense of community cohesion.

Restoring the historic landscape and course of the river Wandle was a key part of Croydon’s vision to improve this urban public park.

The project will see the conservation and restoration of the Old Magnus Buildings, and its transformation into a new museum.

The Mental Health, Past, Present, Future project is exploring the history of mental health treatment for young people.