Projects we’ve funded

Our £780,800 grant will help restore a famous main-line steam locomotive based on the Keighley and the Worth Valley Railway.

A partnership project to improve wellbeing for participants in an innovative volunteering programme in Manchester.

The GalGael Trust partnered with the Clyde Maritime Trust to engage local people to help preserve Glasgow’s boat building heritage.

BAM!Sistahood! was a ground breaking digital heritage project, documenting 70 years of black and minority (BAM) women's heritage in North East England.

Providing a rare insight into the history of British aviation at Filton, the Bristol Aerospace Centre project tells the story of one of the birthplaces of aviation in Britain.

Sandycombe Lodge, the home of painter JMW Turner, has been fully restored thanks to National Lottery funding.

Blyth Tall Ship is establishing itself as a nationally significant maritime centre, leading the field in traditional maritime skills training.

Communities explored the impact and legacy of the First World War, the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising by creating two exhibitions.

The project transformed the eastern end of The People’s Palace, following its founders’ original vision to “entertain, inform and educate”.

Our grant helped secure John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows for the nation.

Families are now able to step back into the world of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s children at Osborne on the Isle of Wight.

This project was to host the Lindisfarne Gospels and St Cuthbert Gospel at Palace Green Library in Durham.