Projects we’ve funded

Volunteers researched the history of The Croft in Nottingham, a non-institutional home for lone mothers during the 1960s and 1970s.

Yorkshire Museum of Farming worked with volunteers to create an exhibition for their previously unseen Women’s Land Army Collection.

This community-guided research project, Welling Will Remember Them, told the stories of people from Welling and East Wickham in South East London who fought in the First World War.

Volunteers investigated the impact of the First World War on the people of Leicester and shared their research through exhibitions, school workshops and online.

This project provided opportunities for people to learn and engage with the story of Llanyrafon Manor and the surrounding area.

Thanks to a National Lottery grant, the Woodland Trust improved visitor infrastructure at Skipton Castle Woods.

This two-year project is exploring the story of Merton and its people over the past 150 years through the medium of photography.

The origins of surfing in Britain - and the role of a Cornish surf life saving club in the sport's development - was digitally documented and preserved in this project.

The Friends of Barclay Park were awarded funds to carry out extensive restoration work to the park and lake with support from the local community.

Clydebank has a huge pride in its heritage from shipbuilding on the Clyde to its global position in the production of sewing machines.

The Bona Eek project focused on rediscovering and documenting the largely lost language of Polari, examining its origins and its influence in contemporary language and life in LGBT+ communities and beyond.

The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford illuminated the astonishing history of globe-making for thousands of children and families.