Projects we’ve funded

Within days of the outbreak of the First World War, the YMCA had established 250 tea huts in the UK providing refreshments for soldiers heading to war. As the war progressed, these huts evolved to serve hospitals, POW camps and training centres.

Young drama enthusiasts formed the Eden Court Collective, a theatre company that set out to explore and share the untold stories of warfare.

This six-month project explored the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activism and liberation from 1960 to 2000.

Three hundred school children across East Anglia became Vikings for three days when they learnt about life during Viking times.

The Cricket Derbyshire Foundation created a visual archive to promote the heritage of cricket across Derbyshire.

A nurse's wartime scrapbook has inspired this project to commemorate the valiant efforts of medical staff during the First World War.

Seeing Our History uncovered the life histories of blind and partially sighted people living in the Edinburgh area between 1903 and 1910.

No game for girls explored how First World War munitionette football teams drew crowds of thousands before they were banned after the war by an anti-women’s football campaign.

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

The project explored and commemorated the significant contribution made by Muslim soldiers in the British Indian Army in the First World War.

The project focused on restoring the Victorian All Saints Cemetery in Nunhead and opening it up to the public.

The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester used this HLF grant to convert its Grade II Lower Byrom Street Warehouse into a new gallery of the textile industry.