Projects we’ve funded

This project recorded deaf history from the mid 1800s to the present day, as seen through the eyes of deaf people.

The restoration of a medieval vestment from St John's RC Church, Lancashire

Yorkshire Museum of Farming worked with volunteers to create an exhibition for their previously unseen Women’s Land Army Collection.

Thanks to a National Lottery grant, the Woodland Trust improved visitor infrastructure at Skipton Castle Woods.

Volunteers and local residents have gathered information on 1,700 local men from Tynemouth, all of whom died in the First World War.

Volunteers researched the history of The Croft in Nottingham, a non-institutional home for lone mothers during the 1960s and 1970s.

A pair of peregrine falcons inspired a community project managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.

Volunteers investigated the impact of the First World War on the people of Leicester and shared their research through exhibitions, school workshops and online.

The Marine Graduate Training Programme provided work-based training in marine conservation and community engagement for recent university graduates.

Raising awareness of Scotland’s internationally significant geological natural heritage.

Persecution and survival helped participants piece together the social history of refugees living in Oxford during the Second World War.

Heritage can be found in unexpected places and the inner city Leeds area of Little London boasts one of the widest range of communities to be found anywhere in the city.