Projects we’ve funded

The project transformed the eastern end of The People’s Palace, following its founders’ original vision to “entertain, inform and educate”.

Our grant helped secure John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows for the nation.

This project aims to restore and raise awareness of an important biodiversity habitat, home to a range of rare species.

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

Communities explored the impact and legacy of the First World War, the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising by creating two exhibitions.

The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust acquired the Meadow Farm site in Oxfordshire to preserve the untouched medieval meadows.

The project will see the conservation and restoration of the Old Magnus Buildings, and its transformation into a new museum.

The Wildwatch project encouraged local people and visitors alike to map and record the wildlife that is hopping, buzzing and flying all over this area of outstanding natural beauty.

The Grade II-listed Darlington Civic Theatre has been restored to its former glory as an Edwardian variety theatre.

Ten unique and important heritage folk collections were conserved and made digitally accessible to the public thanks to this project.

Lightshaw Meadows was purchased in order to conserve and protect a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and increase public access to it.

SS Nomadic, the tender vessel to the Titanic and the last remaining White Star Line ship in the world, was restored and opened as a visitor attraction in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast.