Projects we’ve funded

The Norris Museum, home to a treasured collection of artefacts relating to the history of Huntingdonshire, has been restored.

Local people investigated how the conflict in Europe affected the community of Basildon in 1916.

Suffolk at Play was a three-year intergenerational reminiscence project aimed at encouraging older adults and young people to share their experiences of childhood play.

The Rossendale Valley's fascinating but little known history of footwear manufacturing is now being shared for the first time with a wide and diverse audience.

A rich social archive was preserved for future generations thanks to a community history project across the Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands.

The Firing Line Museum, located in Cardiff Castle are running a project focusing on collections connected to the First World War held by project partners, Cardiff Story Museum, Glamorgan Archives, Western Front Association and Cardiff University.

The UK’s rich and diverse quilting heritage, told through the stories of the quilters and their experiences, was documented in this three-year oral history project.

This project created an online database of records held by the British Red Cross on volunteers during the First World War.

The stories of four Bedford women were celebrated with workshops and an exhibition.

YouthLink Scotland worked with five youth groups to celebrate Scotland’s forgotten women and research the achievements of influential women in their communities.

A community archaeology project in Windermere will uncover the site of a former Second World War housing complex used to house child Holocaust survivors.

Young people have uncovered the history behind social justice in Tyneside.