Projects we’ve funded

This project explores the diary of Jack Pulman, a first-hand account of life as an overseas serviceman during the First World War.

Young people explored the origins of the Geordie language and dialect, its preservation through song, poetry and film, and how it could be considered a social barrier by both Geordies and outsiders.

The project aims to bring together several generations of South Asians living in Bristol to identify and record their heritage. Desh means Motherland or Homeland in Hindi and Urdu.

Ellis Humphrey Evans, better known by his bardic name, Hedd Wyn, was raised at Yr Ysgwrn and is best known for his poems that reflect on the horrors of the First World War. This project will ensure its conservation.

Following decreases in their core funding the Birmingham Conservation Trust (BCT) had to look for new models to secure its future.

365 Leeds stories uncovered and shared the hidden history of people with learning difficulties in Leeds by interviewing people who remembered Meanwood Hospital.

A community-based project in Castle Point worked with people with mental health problems, dementia and learning disabilities to create a garden.

Empire, Faith and War will focus on the physical and intangible heritage of Sikh combatants during the First World War and their families, which have been previously neglected by official records and the mainstream media.

Longstone Local History Group carried out further archaeological work on an Iron Age Hill Fort near Bakewell, covering the full extent of Fin Cop.

A community-focused project celebrating the new town of Livingston's 50th birthday, enabling residents young and old to understand more about the development of their local area.

A community archaeology project in the village of Rainford, St Helens, Merseyside.

The Sharing Sindhi Crafts project used crafts as a way to bring people together and share long held traditions.