Projects we’ve funded

To see impressive giant redwood trees or 200 varieties of alpine plants, the people of Yorkshire can either take a plane to California and the Alps or they can visit Whinfell Quarry Gardens.

The Glasgow Building Preservation Trust ran an exciting programme of events to enable children to get involved in Glasgow’s built heritage.

The Friends of Churchfield, Denby Dale have created a wildlife haven and public amenity on their doorstep.

Marlborough Productions CIC created an LGBT+ History Club to explore Brighton’s LGBT+ heritage and wider changes in social attitudes.

Heritage can be found in unexpected places and the inner city Leeds area of Little London boasts one of the widest range of communities to be found anywhere in the city.

This intergenerational project explored links between work and leisure, focusing on the Rotherham mining industry and football club, during the 1940s and 1950s.

Cornfield Flowers Project has a clear mission to save rare plants in north-east Yorkshire’s arable fields by engaging local people.

The Thurrock Mobile Explorer phone application allows people to learn about Coalhouse Fort Park and the area around the former Bata shoe factory in east Tilbury.

The Friends of Raikes Road Burial Ground reconnected people with the wildlife and local stories housed in the burial ground.

The Tracks in Time project enabled the people of Netherfield in Nottinghamshire to celebrate and explore the town’s unique history.

Stories from Indian Mythology worked with local school children to create a lantern procession to share the historic Hindu story of The Defeat of Narkasur.

Young and older people worked together to record the history of this 100-year-old agricultural show, which has traditional rural activities at its heart.