Projects we’ve funded

National Museums Scotland worked with the Glasgow Gurdwara and Sikh Sanjog to explore Sikh heritage through the history of the boy Maharaja.

Within days of the outbreak of the First World War, the YMCA had established 250 tea huts in the UK providing refreshments for soldiers heading to war. As the war progressed, these huts evolved to serve hospitals, POW camps and training centres.

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

School pupils explored Birmingham archives to discover more about how protesters helped win women the vote.

Hackney Remembers explored the lives and stories of the soldiers, with particular emphasis on serving British Jewish soldiers and their families during the First World War in Hackney.

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

Awareness of Greater Manchester's LGBT+ heritage was raised through participation and learning events with communities across the county.

The Three Solway Churches Development Project used a Your Heritage grant to complete a series of capital works to St Michael's Church, Burgh-by-Sands.

Young people celebrated the heritage of Scottish woodlands by learning traditional wood-based skills and developing woodland-based enterprises.

The Woodland Futures project connected young people aged 11 to 18 years old with the natural heritage sector by learning rural skills and heritage crafts.

E.D.E.N. Film Productions recorded what it was like historically to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or queer (LGBTQ+) in the East Midlands.

Young people recorded stories of their successful Birmingham hockey club, the Barford Tigers, to celebrate its 50th anniversary.