At the lowest point in his life, John Priestley was homeless on the streets of Rochdale. Now, he's a key player at the National Football Museum.

In the workshop of Blyth Tall Ship in Northumberland, the new summer intake of trainees are getting to grips with traditional boatbuilding skills.

A National Lottery funded project for young people gave Jessica the skills and confidence she needed to overcome setbacks and break into her chosen career.

Victoria overcame personal challenges to go from intern to employment, thanks to this National Lottery funded project.

Diverse heritage, shared experiences and hopeful futures – a project made possible by National Lottery players has brought together an incredible group of women.

From having no previous practical experience of archaeology, Antoinette and Wayne became the Preston Hawe Manor’s mainstay volunteers.

A fascination for steam engines has been turned into a career opportunity for Hazel Pennack.

Former tree surgeon Graeme McGrath switched from managing trees to volunteers, thanks to HLF-supported traineeship scheme with the National Trust.

A former Chatham dockyard apprentice discovered that ancestors of his had worked in the same place two centuries earlier.

Sixteen-year-old Channah took part in a HLF-supported youth heritage project which helped her discover her confidence.

An aspiring costume maker is looking to bigger stages after recreating her late grandmother’s wedding dress more than four decades on from the ceremony.

Bringing the work of the disability arts movement to the public has transformed the job landscape for 22-year-old Georgia Macqueen Black.