Projects we’ve funded

The Rhondda (Cold Knap) Lifeguard Club led an 18-month project to record memories to celebrate 50 years of the club.

Communities across Hertfordshire explored their county’s experience of the First World War, engaging the public by creating an exhibition and website.

Through this project, men and women in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia will be recalling and sharing their memories of working and living in Liverpool.

Sheffield’s long association with industry and trades is epitomised at the important site of Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet. The site has been restored to its former glory with improved interactive interpretation to share its fascinating story more widely.

This project provided a lasting legacy to Second World War hero Noor Inayat Khan (1914-1944), marking the centenary of her birth in 2014.

Turton Tower Trust used their grant to assess the options for renovating Turton Tower stables in Lancashire.

From Ghana-born Arthur Wharton in the 1880s to Togolese Spurs star Emmanuel Adebayor, African footballers have been bringing their incredible skills to the UK's professional football leagues for nearly 130 years.

Yorkshire locations for artworks by famous British painter Joseph Turner were brought to life through an interactive Turner Trail.

From Russia with Love was a learning programme about the Walpole Collection of masterpiece paintings at Houghton Hall, based on the highly successful exhibition, Houghton Revisited.

Volunteers worked with their local branch of Mind to collect and share the stories of people who have used the charity’s mental health services over the last 50 years.

Volunteers of all ages found out about Huddersfield’s sporting history during the First World War, producing a website, town trails, an exhibition, a book and new resources for primary schools.

Young women from different ethnic backgrounds investigated and learned about the changing role of women over the past 100 years.