Projects we’ve funded

Evidence of Roman settlement in Bromborough has been uncovered thanks to a community archaeology project.

The Friends of Raikes Road Burial Ground reconnected people with the wildlife and local stories housed in the burial ground.

YouthLink Scotland worked with five youth groups to celebrate Scotland’s forgotten women and research the achievements of influential women in their communities.

This citizen science project involved local people collecting vital information on upland peat landscapes while learning habitat monitoring skills.

Ellis Humphrey Evans, better known by his bardic name, Hedd Wyn, was raised at Yr Ysgwrn and is best known for his poems that reflect on the horrors of the First World War. This project will ensure its conservation.

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

Volunteers of all ages found out about Huddersfield’s sporting history during the First World War, producing a website, town trails, an exhibition, a book and new resources for primary schools.

Volunteers worked with their local branch of Mind to collect and share the stories of people who have used the charity’s mental health services over the last 50 years.

Three of the eight species of bats present and breeding in East Cleveland are rare and of national conservation importance.

The lives of young people aged 17-20 at the time of the 1948 London Olympics were compared with young people today, in this 2012 project.

Young people worked with creative practitioners, historians, curators and local residents to uncover the history of Ancoats Art Museum.

Brighton’s Royal Pavilion and Museums used HLF funding to save a rare treasure hoard, building a valuable network for local museums in the process.