Projects we’ve funded

We have awarded nearly £12.5million to a life-changing project aiming to preserve the UK’s biggest National Park, bringing communities together to help nature and improve wellbeing.

Community group An Tobar have been awarded a £61,900 National Lottery grant to help connect people with heritage in Brian’s Wood, Silverbridge.

A group of young people from a local school worked with Bradford UNESCO City of Film (BUCF) to plan and deliver a heritage project alongside Bradford Industrial Museum, National Media Museum and Yorkshire Film Archive.

Experiencing financial difficulty, the Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust employed a mentor to help them develop a new business plan.

The project brought together young and older people to explore the built heritage of Hulme and Moss Side from the 1950s to the present day.

The Scottish Wildlife Trust worked with local schools and community groups to connect people to the green spaces in their town.

The Recipes From Me to You project captured previously unrecorded information about the culinary heritage of Somali families living in the Granby area of Liverpool.

Outside their lesson time, a group of students investigated the lives of people from Havant during the First World War and created a film, website and book.

Volunteers across Lincolnshire became stewards for their local historic environment by completing a survey of the county's heritage assets to identify those at risk.

This HLF-supported project took on seven trainees in 2011 for 12 months of work-based training focusing on heritage building skills and historic landscape management.

Young people captured, preserved and shared the Coming Out Stories of Birmingham’s LGBT community.

Young people from the communities of Muirhouse and Pilton in Edinburgh have been exploring the traditions and evolution of travelling circuses.