Projects we’ve funded

Norwich is home to the largest collection of medieval churches in Northern Europe. This project shared their stories with new audiences through a three day, city-wide event.

Women’s Health in South Tyneside spent a year discovering the profound role women playing during the First World War in their area.

The diaries of a wartime teenager were returned to her village community so they could discover her story.

The focus of the project was to ensure the survival and maintenance of this important vessel for maritime heritage.

The Wordsworth Trust will co-ordinate the transformation of the literary heritage site at Dove Cottage in the Lake District.

Volunteers recorded residents' memories to create a trail around their local park

The project offers people experiencing mental health problems, particularly depression and anxiety, the opportunity to connect creatively with heritage.

The history of the pioneers of Birmingham’s Bangladeshi-owned ‘Indian’ restaurants was uncovered and shared through an immersive exhibition, events, website and book.

Never Going Underground: the fight for LGBT+ rights’ was an award-winning exhibition developed by LGBT+ volunteer community curators and staff at People’s History Museum in Manchester.

Students collected stories and discovered what life was like being blind or partially sighted in the past.

Trained volunteers supported people with learning disabilities to explore the industrial and social history of Winlaton in Gateshead.

Volunteers helped migrating toads cross busy roads and raised awareness of declining toad numbers.