Projects we’ve funded

The heritage timeline will explore the histories of people and communities who have influenced the only surviving Anglo Saxon dock, Queenhithe dock.

Young people with learning disabilities practiced a variety of ancient crafts and shared new skills with their wider local community through a traditional fair.

The Information Age gallery at the Science Museum is the first permanent gallery in the UK dedicated to the history of information and communication technologies.

Local people investigated how the conflict in Europe affected the community of Basildon in 1916.

The Omagh Hedgerow Heritage Initiative engaged community groups in training, learning and activity to raise awareness on the importance of rich hedgerows.

Volunteer researchers helped uncover the true stories behind the successful Horse at War 1914-18 exhibition at The Lightbox in Woking.

Cardiff People First delivered a two year project working with people with learning disabilities from predominantly BAME cultural backgrounds, to learn about Welsh heritage in both Newport and Cardiff.

Opened in 2017, The Sill is the Landscape Discovery Centre for the Northumberland National Park.

Young people in Wythenshawe worked with their local community housing group to learn about Wilfred Owen, a First World War poet who posthumously won the Military Cross.

The ancient woodland of Frithy Wood was in decline as a natural habitat until the Green Light Trust received a grant to purchase and restore it to its original condition.

The Wales for Peace project focuses on one central question: in the 100 years since the First World War, how has Wales contributed to the search for peace?

Stories from Indian Mythology worked with local school children to create a lantern procession to share the historic Hindu story of The Defeat of Narkasur.