Projects we’ve funded

Young drama enthusiasts formed the Eden Court Collective, a theatre company that set out to explore and share the untold stories of warfare.

The project sought to prevent the extinction of the globally endangered freshwater pearl mussel, through an innovative conservation process.

Scotland’s National Parks come together to protect the precious natural heritage of their iconic landscapes.

Central Lodge in Middlesbrough is brought back to life through National Lottery funds.

Twenty young people, aged 14-19, researched the lives of Bolton soldiers who had died during the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.

The Burnley LGBT Heritage Project focused on capturing the hidden histories of LGBT+ communities to explore the life stories, experiences and memories of people living in the area.

No game for girls explored how First World War munitionette football teams drew crowds of thousands before they were banned after the war by an anti-women’s football campaign.

Volunteers from Cawood in Selby have been trained as heritage detectives to investigate the archaeology of their local moated manor site and the surprising importance of gooseberries for the development of the village.

The aim of The Family Adams Project was to develop a community archive of a Victorian shop found in the historic heart of Littleport town.

The Water Gardens in Hemel Hempstead have been restored to their former glory as one of the country’s most important post-war landscapes.

An HLF Skills for the Future grant enabled the CBA to offer year-long workplace learning bursaries.

The origins of traditional Indian games, the rules and how they changed after players traveled to the UK, were recorded in this intergenerational oral history project.