Children and young people
Since 1994, we are proud to have invested over £60million across the UK in projects working with children and young people. This includes the £10m Kick the Dust programme.
We are committed to supporting greater inclusion, diversity, access and participation in heritage – including for younger generations. We know that children and young people can play a significant role in creating innovative and exciting heritage projects that speak to them.
Explore some of our work below and find inspiration for your project, then discover whether your idea is eligible for funding.
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Providing access to archaeology for young people in Harrow
A sixth form college in northwest London involved local students in digs on school grounds to investigate a lost tower.
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Celebrating Newham's music legacy
Sound Waves: Music in Newham is exploring 60 years of rich and diverse music heritage across the borough and introducing it to a new generation.
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Telling the untold story of the care-experienced campaigning movement
The project will bring together documents, artefacts and stories of people who have experienced care and their activism to create the UK’s first national archive of its kind.
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Luton nature engagement project creates paid traineeships for young people
The Wilder Luton project is helping local people connect with and care for green spaces in the town and the surrounding chalk hills landscape.
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Preserving a historic fishing boat and maritime skills in Fife
Our £1.2million funding will help restore Manx Beauty – one of the last surviving boats built in the village of Cellardyke – and create training and learning opportunities for young people.
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Putting young people at the heart of heritage-led regeneration in Grimsby
The Grade II listed West Haven Maltings and Migar House have been transformed into the state-of-the-art Horizon Youth Zone through our Heritage Enterprise programme.
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We’re investing to protect the maritime heritage that’s shaped our shores
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Helping young people into heritage craft careers
This project is supporting under-served communities to learn and protect heritage skills and crafts that are at risk.
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The kids saving Scotland’s seas
On the coast of Wester Ross Marine Protected Area, young people aged 7–16 are taking action to care for their local seas.
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Expanding learning opportunities at the Tower of London
Its historic Waterloo Block will be home to a new learning and community centre, creating modern and accessible facilities for schools and groups.
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Protecting the heritage of Highgate Cemetery
Our funding is conserving the Grade I listed site in North London and improving access, biodiversity and community engagement.
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Transforming the Poor Priests’ Hospital in Canterbury
The 800-year-old Grade I listed building and wider site will be repaired and repurposed as a free, accessible space for the community.