Projects we’ve funded

Restoring the historic landscape and course of the river Wandle was a key part of Croydon’s vision to improve this urban public park.

The Raphael Park project involved the restoration and improvement of the park's historic structures and landscape and removal of features that detracted from the park's character.

This inspiring community heritage project explores the fascinating lives of Carlisle’s ‘Cracker Packers’ through the ages.

Patrin focused on recording gypsy heritage through GPS mapping, photography and oral history interviews.

The area of Gorton, situated to the south east of Manchester, celebrated its centenary of joining the City of Manchester through the Gorton 100 project.

This project celebrated the work of a forgotten legend of Indian cinema, Niranjan Pal (1889-1959).

The Anglo Polish Society created a touring exhibition, book and archive of reminiscences to raise awareness of the importance of Polish culture and heritage to Bristol’s diverse community.

Volunteers worked with their local branch of Mind to collect and share the stories of people who have used the charity’s mental health services over the last 50 years.

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

The project celebrated 100 years of the Women’s Institute (WI) in the Isle of Ely.

When her son brought home a German POW for tea, Annie Day befriended him. Annie, now 100 years old, tells her story in 'The German Who Came to Tea', one of two short documentaries for this oral history project.

Sussex schoolchildren were introduced to stoolball, a medieval forerunner of cricket, in a wide-ranging sport and rural history project.