Projects we’ve funded

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

Chiltern Open Air Museum received a Skills for the Future grant from us to offer training for people to build careers in heritage.

In 2010 and 2012, the National Lottery Heritage Fund supported the Sustaining Traditional Building Skills in Northern Ireland project.

An HLF Skills for the Future grant enabled the CBA to offer year-long workplace learning bursaries.

The funding will further the work at the Heritage Boatyard, training more people in the necessary heritage skills so they can help conserve the historic collection.

The Grimsay Boatshed and Am Bàta received a Skills for the Future grant to provide traditional boatbuilding workshops to local schools.

Metroland researched and shared the story of Amersham-on-the-Hill during the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Railway.

Volunteers explored six centuries of history through the lives of local personalities, sharing their discoveries through the ‘Woking’s Story’ display at The Lightbox.

Securing funds for an endowment aimed to provide income in the long term to support two posts, that will help the Watts Gallery Trust to manage the heritage.

The project involved the design of a set of period gardens, to reflect the fact that Old Durham Gardens has evolved over time.

Volunteers researched and recorded the longstanding history of deaf tennis in the UK, and brought it to life for a wider audience.