Projects we’ve funded

Through working with national partners, a team of dedicated volunteers has unearthed remarkable photographic treasures documenting the history of Northern Ireland.

Our funding will support a council-led partnership to protect and celebrate the natural environment of one of Britain’s most important estuaries.

Community spaces, access and restoration are at the heart of the six-year project in one of London’s Magnificent Seven.

Using National Lottery money, The Romani Cultural and Arts Company have been able to record, celebrate and preserve the cultural heritage of Gypsy and Traveller communities in South Wales.

The Roma of Newport, South Wales project is recording and sharing the personal stories, culture and heritage of the area’s Roma community.

People from different cultures and backgrounds came together for workshops and celebration events about Roma and Irish Traveller cultural heritage organised by Armagh Roma Traveller Support.

The Roma Heritage Project will work with local people in Manchester to share traditional dishes and record oral histories from Roma communities.

This pilot project trained volunteers including young Roma people to record heritage and ran a Roma cultural heritage festival.

With our support, Tate and the National Portrait Gallery have jointly acquired the earliest known work of one of the first great British painters.

The people of Leith are planning to take ownership of a much-loved church building, creating a hub for wellbeing services.

Talking to the people of Leeds about their shared love of everything from football to table tennis has made a vital contribution to the city’s collections.

Having come together in 1944 to save these historic buildings from demolition, Abingdon's community joins up again to support a transformational restoration project.