Projects we’ve funded

A programme to improve access to Winckley Square, Preston, and celebrate the significant heritage of the gardens.

This project was designed to give young people the opportunity to preserve the heritage of the African Caribbean community living in Newport.

Inspired by the archives held at the Lincolnshire Museum of Life, young people explored Lincoln’s history to develop a radio play about life in the First World War.

The history of Chinese migrants in Reading, so far undocumented, is now available to all thanks to a heritage project spanning multiple generations.

Young people worked with a community arts organisation to discover the medieval heritage of their local area and build a stronger sense of community cohesion.

The funding will further the work at the Heritage Boatyard, training more people in the necessary heritage skills so they can help conserve the historic collection.

The UK’s rich and diverse quilting heritage, told through the stories of the quilters and their experiences, was documented in this three-year oral history project.

Volunteers used the Otley Museum archives to create a digital map showing the address of every person on the town’s war memorial.

Staff and volunteers uncovered a collection of over 3,000 photographs documenting how nursing care and rehabilitation of servicemen and women has changed since 1919.

A student-led project created a mobile phone app that updates a Jane Austen walking trail in Hampshire to mark 200 years since the author’s death.

Young people celebrated the heritage of Scottish woodlands by learning traditional wood-based skills and developing woodland-based enterprises.

A Grade 2* listed windmill at Mayfield in East Sussex has been saved and restored as a local landmark visible for miles.