Projects we’ve funded

Through a programme of community engagement and learning activities, the RSPB inspired people to help conserve hen harriers across their remaining breeding strongholds in northern England.

From the architecture of Robert Adam to the fashion of Bill Gibb, Scotland has an outstanding creative heritage stretching back centuries in studio, industrial and technological design.

A mental health organisation and its service users marked its 25th anniversary through a year of creative activities and research.

Chiltern Open Air Museum received a Skills for the Future grant from us to offer training for people to build careers in heritage.

Young people, historians and artists explored court cases of criminalised homosexuality in 1950s Bristol.

A community-focused project celebrating the new town of Livingston's 50th birthday, enabling residents young and old to understand more about the development of their local area.

This two-year project is exploring the story of Merton and its people over the past 150 years through the medium of photography.

Longstone Local History Group carried out further archaeological work on an Iron Age Hill Fort near Bakewell, covering the full extent of Fin Cop.

The Friends of Barclay Park were awarded funds to carry out extensive restoration work to the park and lake with support from the local community.

This three-year project was designed to re-house the museum and archive, increasing public access to the history of mental illness.

Sunderland’s 600-year-old ship building heritage is celebrated by the enthusiastic volunteers of Sunderland Maritime Heritage (SMH).

Primary and secondary school children engaged with the stories of local soldiers during the First World War through workshops with local museums and an artist, culminating in an exhibition and open day event for the wider community.