Projects we’ve funded

The restoration aimed to preserve key features of Christ Church in Ayton, North Yorkshire, while promoting community engagement.

Young people researched the experiences of the Accrington Pals in the First World War, developing a short film and workshop for secondary schools and encouraging others to make their own films.

In 2009, Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust used an HLF grant to help protect the ospreys on the Cors Dyfi reserve.

The restoration of a rare set of chiming bells hung in 1925 in memory of 197 local heroes connected to the Memorial Community Church in Plaistow, London.

Young people worked with a community arts organisation to discover the medieval heritage of their local area and build a stronger sense of community cohesion.

Sharing stories of families and the community in Dorset during 1944 as they prepared for the D-Day landings in France.

Highgate Baptist Church researched the remarkable life of Peter Stanford, Birmingham’s first black minister.

The lives of young people aged 17-20 at the time of the 1948 London Olympics were compared with young people today, in this 2012 project.

An oral history project recording the memories and experiences of people who moved from Bangladesh to Birmingham between 1940 and 1971.

Recording memories before they were lost and preserving valuable social history were just two of the aims of this project, run by Luton Irish Forum.

This project collected and recorded the histories of women who came from different parts of the world to build a life in Sunderland.

Restoring and arranging for the permanent exhibition of the Lanercost Priory Dossal wall hanging.