Projects we’ve funded

The focus of the project was to ensure the survival and maintenance of this important vessel for maritime heritage.

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.

Opened in 2017, The Sill is the Landscape Discovery Centre for the Northumberland National Park.

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.

Oakham Castle has reopened its doors to the public following a project to restore and improve the 12th-century building.

Ellis Humphrey Evans, better known by his bardic name, Hedd Wyn, was raised at Yr Ysgwrn and is best known for his poems that reflect on the horrors of the First World War. This project will ensure its conservation.

B-type Battle Buses restored to working order, using last known surviving B-type parts, and incorporated into London Transport Museum's (LTM) permanent collection.

Phase I of the conservation of the Painted Hall saw the west wall and upper hall ceiling restored to their former glory.

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.

Durham Cathedral is undertaking a project called Open Treasure – a major development that will transform the way in which the cathedral buildings are experienced, understood and used, both as working buildings and to the benefit of those who visit.

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.