Projects we’ve funded

Volunteers from Newquay Rowing Club worked alongside specialist boat builders to restore three of the country’s oldest pilot gigs using traditional skills.

Young people from diverse backgrounds helped with conservation work at Streatham Common, and raised the local community’s awareness of this natural heritage.

Young people from schools in Fulham used archives to discover how the First World War impacted on their area, creating an exhibition, an animation and a drama piece.

Radstock Museum led an oral history project to identify and record the memories and experiences of former miners who worked in North Somerset coalfield.

The 19th-century tiled floor of Garnethill Synagogue was repaired by a specialist tiler working with a young apprentice, and is now enjoyed by all those who visit.

The project involved the design of a set of period gardens, to reflect the fact that Old Durham Gardens has evolved over time.

The project focused on historic building repair work to Durham Heritage Centre, a Grade II* listed former church.

The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre on the Jurassic Coast has been extended, allowing more people to interact with the heritage of this World Heritage Site.

This project has restored parts of the Kingsway Building in widnes that have historical significance.

St-Martin-in-the-Fields, an internationally renowned church in central London, was restored to its former glory following this inspiring regeneration project.

The Rotherham Churches Tourism Initiative involved 32 local churches, most of which are listed buildings with notable heritage aspects.

Wheal Martyn is home to the UK’s only china clay mining museum. A fully accredited museum, Wheal Martyn cares for and presents a collection of industry-related objects, machinery, photographs and archives.