Projects we’ve funded

The millstones and machinery of a Grade II listed watermill were restored to full working order enabling a dedicated team of volunteers to share the story of milling with visitors.

Disabled volunteers captured the life histories of people with cerebral palsy to show how society's perception of disability changed during the 20th century.

A partnership between a charitable trust and two major museums opened up the heritage of South Asian music and dance to wider audiences.

The people of Beighton, a former mining village researched and celebrated their heritage though an oral history and archive project that restored a sense of community identity and pride.

A group of young people addressed local concerns about antisocial behaviour at Belfast City Cemetery by cleaning it up, and researching and sharing its history.

Comedy, dancing and music used to ring out triumphantly at Leeds City Varieties Music Hall, but its auditorium had fallen silent and it was threatened with closure under health and safety grounds. It was at this crucial point that a £2,739,000 grant was awarded to ensure its survival.

It was a lucky quirk of fate that Chapeltown missed the 1990s’ housing boom because it meant that the original Victorian and Edwardian buildings were left standing to be ripe for restoration as part of a £802,000 project to inject new life into the area.

A £46,600 grant allowed a glimpse into the world of Victorian crime and punishment by breathing new life into the nineteenth century courtroom in historic Leeds Town Hall.

Volunteers from the Friends of Gloucestershire Archives captured, shared and celebrated the long history of Gloucester Rugby Football Club.

A volunteer-run charity acquired Grade II* listed Richmond Station in North Yorkshire and transformed it into a self-sustaining heritage and leisure attraction for the local community.

Raising awareness of Scotland’s rural heritage by encouraging and enabling people to discover, explore, share and help protect their local heritage through learning and volunteering.

Secondary school pupils conducted oral history interviews with former tenement residents and recent asylum seekers in Glasgow, bringing different generations and communities together.