Projects we’ve funded

The diaries of a wartime teenager were returned to her village community so they could discover her story.

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.

During 2014 The Whitworth underwent the largest physical transformation in its 125-year history with a major capital development that put sustainability at the heart of the project.

The history of Odsal Stadium – home to the Bradford Bulls – was protected for future generations as part of this project.

This project celebrated the work of a forgotten legend of Indian cinema, Niranjan Pal (1889-1959).

Young people from across Nuneaton and Bedworth worked with the local charity, Mercurial Arts, the Borough Council and English Heritage, to create their own unique listing system and identify and record the buildings and sites important to them.

Quay Place is a ground-breaking regeneration project led by The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) and the mental health charity Suffolk Mind.

St John’s Notting Hill have fully restored their organ whilst engaging their community in a programme of activities.

Durham Cathedral is undertaking a project called Open Treasure – a major development that will transform the way in which the cathedral buildings are experienced, understood and used, both as working buildings and to the benefit of those who visit.

This intergenerational project engaged migrant women in sharing the hobbies they had enjoyed back home in the sixties and seventies, ensuring these pastimes weren't lost forever.

The Rhondda (Cold Knap) Lifeguard Club led an 18-month project to record memories to celebrate 50 years of the club.

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