Projects we’ve funded

A grant from HLF brought the heritage of the Huddersfield Canal to life, helping people to learn about the waterway in a fun and imaginative way.

The project focuses on the 100-year history of St Bede Primary School, the first county school in Winchester.

The project celebrated 100 years of the Women’s Institute (WI) in the Isle of Ely.

This project aimed to increase understanding of the historic environment of Peterborough’s City Centre Conservation Area.

Young people from refugee communities discover the pastimes of Victorian children through nursery rhymes brought to life by Walter Crane.

Through a combination of funding from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Worcestershire County Council, Bromsgrove District Council is enabling a range of repairs and conservation works to regain Bromsgrove's historic character.

In June 1948, the SS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury bringing the very first migrants from the Caribbean to settle in Britain. There are many in the Watford community who arrived then, or in the ten years that followed, in what has subsequently become known as the “Windrush Decade”.

Willingale Parochial Church Council was awarded a grant for the restoration of the bells at St Christopher's Church, which allowed the return of traditional change ringing.

The origins of traditional Indian games, the rules and how they changed after players traveled to the UK, were recorded in this intergenerational oral history project.

The Machars – a 20 mile long peninsula in the south-west of Scotland – is a treasure trove for archaeologists and historians of every period.

A group of young volunteers worked with local people to preserve the heritage of North Tyneside's beach resorts.

This 18-month project focused on informing and educating about the importance of pollinators.