Projects we’ve funded

Transforming a historic building and giving new hope, skills and self-confidence to homeless participants.

Bournemouth Borough Council secured funding to open a new visitor centre in an existing historic thatched barn at the popular Hengistbury Head site in Bournemouth.

Finchingfield Guildhall in Essex was on the Buildings at Risk Register until National Lottery funding helped secure its restoration.

The Piece Hall in Halifax has been transformed into a nationally recognisable heritage asset.

The Pennines are known as the 'hills that shaped the modern world' and with their 1,000-year history of rural and industrial heritage, their story has now been documented and preserved forever through a £573,400 project.

The project involves the re-imagining of New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth.

SS Nomadic, the tender vessel to the Titanic and the last remaining White Star Line ship in the world, was restored and opened as a visitor attraction in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast.

This project told the story of the UK's first professional black footballer, with free educational resources exploring Arthur Wharton's heritage.

A church organ with rare and historically important connections, including Georg Frederick Handel, has been fully restored and its heritage explained.

Protection of the marine environment received a huge boost along the South East England coastline.

This three-year project was designed to re-house the museum and archive, increasing public access to the history of mental illness.

Painshill Park Trust returned a breathtaking crystal cave to its 18th-century glory.