Projects we’ve funded

Young women from different ethnic backgrounds investigated and learned about the changing role of women over the past 100 years.

Beat Routes enabled young people to discover the history of recording music in the 20th century, experimenting and recording with pre-digital technology.

The Routes and Rhythm project was created by a group of young people who wanted to know more about their cultural heritage through the history of music.

Luton Cultural Services Trust and a youth group purchased and decorated a traditional Romani vardo (wagon) in an original folk art style.

The Right Track allowed young people to come together in a range of exciting outdoor activities whilst exploring the importance of railway and mining heritage in the North East.

Young people researched 50 years of Caribbean music and culture in Bristol and shared their findings via radio, film and online.

Inspired by the archives held at the Lincolnshire Museum of Life, young people explored Lincoln’s history to develop a radio play about life in the First World War.

A group of young volunteers worked with local people to preserve the heritage of North Tyneside's beach resorts.

Young people in Hampshire gained research skills, collected oral histories, created films and curated an exhibition.

Young people learned about ancient Welsh music and were taught how to use modern digital devices to create their own new compositions.

Young people recruited through Stockton Council’s Youth Service worked with Preston Hall Museum to research local stories relating to the First World War and shared them with the local community.

Young people connected with their circus heritage through archive investigations and oral history interviews, and brought their discoveries to life in performance, an exhibition, website and project newspaper.