Projects we’ve funded

Members of the public are now able to view Van Dyck’s last self-portrait, following a hugely successful campaign to save it for the nation.

The Norris Museum, home to a treasured collection of artefacts relating to the history of Huntingdonshire, has been restored.

Held in 2016, the Capability Brown Festival was created to celebrate 300 years since the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown – the ‘Shakespeare of gardening’.

By collecting, preserving and making accessible the many artefacts found in the area, the museum aims to bring the history of Lyme Regis to as diverse an audience as possible.

When it was discovered during local history lessons that a medieval manor house was buried under their classroom, the children of Tinsley Junior School took to archaeology with enthusiasm, some even taking old spoons to set up their own digs in their back gardens at home.

The issue of crime on the home front has often been neglected. This project will focus on the impact of the First World War on crime in Bishop's Stortford and surrounding areas.

A community archaeology project in the village of Rainford, St Helens, Merseyside.

Daventry Town Council oversaw the development of a Grade II listed Georgian town house into a cultural and historical hub for the local community.

Awareness of Greater Manchester's LGBT+ heritage was raised through participation and learning events with communities across the county.

Nostell Priory engaged the community with a compelling programme telling the stories of the men who died in the First World War and those that survived, with an invitation to research their own ancestry and add to a message wall.

The project aims to bring together several generations of South Asians living in Bristol to identify and record their heritage. Desh means Motherland or Homeland in Hindi and Urdu.

Hackney Remembers explored the lives and stories of the soldiers, with particular emphasis on serving British Jewish soldiers and their families during the First World War in Hackney.