Projects we’ve funded

This project, at Pontypool Museum, was to conserve the historic museum building and ensure that it is set up to permanently house and display collections.

The project involved changing the previous categorisation of displays at Cartwright Hall from culture, chronology and medium, to the three key themes of People, Place and Imagination. This was to allow a mixture of objects from Europe and Asia, which reflect the common heritage of the people of

Hackney’s oldest building was transformed into a popular visitor attraction, learning space and exhibition venue by a local building preservation trust.

Renamed the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, this museum in the heart of the historic city of Canterbury provides state-of-the-art facilities and has chalked up a range of awards since re-opening in 2012.

Quarry Park was restored as part of this programme to repair and reconstruct the Grade II listed parkland.

The project aimed to make the charity sustainable for 50 years, in terms of maintenance and conservation, learning, engagement and curatorial needs.

Erewash Museum, housed in Dalby House in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, benefited from a grant to improve its learning and visitor centre.

One of the South Coast’s principal art galleries, Pallant House at Chichester has seen attendances increase significantly since work was completed on a new wing in 2006.

Kent Orchards for Everyone has brought together the local community and orchard experts to help restore and conserve 13 traditional orchards, saving this important natural heritage for the future.

Rescued from the Sea aimed to excavate and rescue what is left of the Bronze Age cemetery site, and underlying Neolithic and Mesolithic deposits, at Low Hauxley, Northumberland before they are eroded into the sea.

The Patrick Geddes Centre has opened in Riddle Court, in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, to provide an educational programme based on Sir Patrick Geddes’ approach to learning.