Projects we’ve funded

The Sharing Sindhi Crafts project used crafts as a way to bring people together and share long held traditions.

The project featured a structured programme of education and training to an exhibition which has toured outside London to mark the 150th anniversary of the great Hindu philosopher and visionary, Vivekananda.

Scottish Traveller history was explored through the eyes of a group of young Travellers based in Aberdeen during the winter months.

The project is identifying and recording the stories of Arctic convoy veterans.

Rotherfield Millennium Green Trust worked with Rotherfield Primary School to introduce local children to the heritage of their local landscape.

This project generated interest from the Canvey Island community and artists alike by creating a mural of the 1953 flood that affected the area.

The Dissenters Graveyard in Exeter contains significant physical heritage related to the nonconformist tradition and includes a wealth of family and local history. It has been closed for public access for many years and had become very neglected and overgrown.

Young people carried out research at Priest's House Museum, East Dorset, into stories about the village fire of May 1892.

School pupils explored Birmingham archives to discover more about how protesters helped win women the vote.

South West Youth Parliament members took part in a project to learn about people who campaigned for change in their communities and in politics.

Young women from different ethnic backgrounds investigated and learned about the changing role of women over the past 100 years.

Beat Routes enabled young people to discover the history of recording music in the 20th century, experimenting and recording with pre-digital technology.