Projects we’ve funded

The project is identifying and recording the stories of Arctic convoy veterans.

A £2.7million grant scheme in Keighley is transforming the Yorkshire market town, through a mix of streetscape and building improvements, and reminding visitors and locals of its proud heritage.

The Pontypool Townscape Heritage Initiative is contributing to Torfaen County Borough Council’s regeneration strategy and vision for Pontypool town centre.

Bedford High Street is in a designated conservation area, but before our grant for the restoration of some of its historic buildings, it was looking shabby and unloved.

The Empire Cinema in Blackburn was one of the first purpose-built cinemas in the UK.

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

An HLF Skills for the Future grant enabled the CBA to offer year-long workplace learning bursaries.

The Yemeni Roots project captured the story of the Yemeni community in Eccles through a variety of oral history interviews, reminiscence work and creative art.

Clydebank has a huge pride in its heritage from shipbuilding on the Clyde to its global position in the production of sewing machines.

The construction of a demonstration light railway has preserved vital engineering skills, and helped young people get in touch with their heritage.

The Dissenters Graveyard in Exeter contains significant physical heritage related to the nonconformist tradition and includes a wealth of family and local history. It has been closed for public access for many years and had become very neglected and overgrown.

This community-guided research project, Welling Will Remember Them, told the stories of people from Welling and East Wickham in South East London who fought in the First World War.