Projects we’ve funded

This 12-month project collected objects and historical information that are important to people and the history of their country, ranging from objects on childbirth to marriage.

B-type Battle Buses restored to working order, using last known surviving B-type parts, and incorporated into London Transport Museum's (LTM) permanent collection.

Lightshaw Meadows was purchased in order to conserve and protect a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and increase public access to it.

The Thurrock Mobile Explorer phone application allows people to learn about Coalhouse Fort Park and the area around the former Bata shoe factory in east Tilbury.

A Sense of the Past researched and recorded the first social history of blindness in Northern Ireland, covering the period from the 1800 to the present day.

Future Living Hertford supported 19 client-volunteers as they explored and shared the stories of women from Hertfordshire who were part of the Suffragette movement.

The archive project engaged new audiences with social heritage in Slough, especially those from South Asian communities.

Project exploring the street photography of Shirley Baker and collecting oral histories of those who lived through the historical period captured in her images.

SS Nomadic, the tender vessel to the Titanic and the last remaining White Star Line ship in the world, was restored and opened as a visitor attraction in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast.

Young people took leading roles to share the story of Yorkshire’s first Asian cricket leagues.

Young people at Pentrehafod School explored the experiences of 'Windrush generations' in the UK since 1948.

Local school children explored the stories of Tom Hickathrift, the giant who hailed from the marshland between Kings Lynn and Wisbech.