Projects we’ve funded

A project to enhance the visitor experience of one of the few remaining London Southwest Region signal boxes was achieved with wide ranging support from the local community.

Young people investigated the medical developments from the First World War and the impact they have on their lives today.

The hidden history of the Caribbean’s contribution to the British war effort during the First World War was revealed thanks to this project.

The Celebrate project will collect memories, stories, photographs and objects in order to explore the heritage of LGBT communities in Cumbria.

This project celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the formation of the Peace Hospice Care Charity.

The Cutty Sark conservation project has helped to save one of the world’s last surviving tea clippers and provided generations to come with a new way to engage with the ship and explore her history.

The Lilleshall Project secured public ownership of, and transformed access to, the records of the Lilleshall estate, one of the most important of Shropshire’s estate collections.

This project helped to transform the iconic A-listed building of the Glasgow School of Art, which is internationally recognised as Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece.

A volunteer-run charity acquired Grade II* listed Richmond Station in North Yorkshire and transformed it into a self-sustaining heritage and leisure attraction for the local community.

HLF awarded its largest ever grant in Scotland for the creation of a new Riverside Museum and a second phase of the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre.

Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums enhanced sensory access across five sites, transforming the visitor experience for people with visual and hearing impairments.

Helpston Parochial Church Council used this grant to restore and convert the Grade II listed Botolph’s Barn into a community facility and exhibition space celebrating the 19th century poet John Clare.