Projects we’ve funded

This project is exploring the histories and traditions of drag as part of Manchester’s rich LGBT+ heritage.

Preserving the heritage of St Mary's church through community engagement and capital building work.

Preserving part of Lancashire’s heritage for the benefit of future generations.

St John’s Hoxton received a grant to make governance improvements, whilst also preparing it to undertake a future capital redevelopment project.

This partnership training scheme provided opportunities for people to take on work-based placements across the South West Wildlife Trusts.

Evidence of Roman settlement in Bromborough has been uncovered thanks to a community archaeology project.

The Marine Graduate Training Programme provided work-based training in marine conservation and community engagement for recent university graduates.

This project captured the unrecorded and less well-known experiences of the Nigerians who came to Manchester between 1940 and 1960.

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

A history of Thanet Road Cycling Club was completed in time for the organisation’s 70th anniversary in 2017.

Young people have uncovered the history behind social justice in Tyneside.

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.