Projects we’ve funded

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) wanted their audiences and offer to better reflect the city’s diversity, and to change the organisation’s culture, putting audiences at its heart.

A derelict Grade II* listed smithery at the heart of Chatham Historic Dockyard was conserved and transformed creating a home for the National Model Ship Collection.

A local museum and archive worked together to reach wider audiences by developing an exhibition exploring the transatlantic slave trade through the papers of a Victorian cotton spinner.

A team of 50 volunteer bat wardens worked to increase the population of horseshoe bats in South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset through monitoring, habitat management and education.

Inspired by the history of a local park, a youth group researched the heritage of their area and shared this with the wider community.

A group of young disabled people explored the heritage of South Wales to develop a sense of their identity.

Inspired by Kent's agricultural heritage, disabled children and young people created a vegetable garden, fruit orchard, and bee and insect sanctuary in their school grounds.

Through new partnerships with diverse ethnic communities, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (V&A) sought to encourage cultural ownership of its collections and develop heritage skills for people within and outside the museum.

More than 150 Deaf volunteers worked to research, record and preserve the history of the Deaf community in Northern Ireland for the first time.

Aberdeen's flagship Duthie Park benefitted from conservation and improvement works, including the restoration of original Victorian features, while taking into account modern community needs and uses.

An 18th-century Anglo-Dutch water garden was transformed from a neglected and underused park, into an amazing outdoor space which is now enjoyed by local people and visitors alike.

The project conserved over 40 heritage sites along the River Wye, helping visitors and locals to understand and enjoy these sites and become involved in the sustainable management of the area.