Projects we’ve funded

Outside their lesson time, a group of students investigated the lives of people from Havant during the First World War and created a film, website and book.

Young people in Crewe connected with the heritage of their town using digital gaming.

The City and County of Swansea (CCS) celebrated the centenary of Dylan Thomas’ birth through the redevelopment of the Dylan Thomas Centre.

This HLF-supported project took on seven trainees in 2011 for 12 months of work-based training focusing on heritage building skills and historic landscape management.

In 2010 and 2012, we supported the Sustaining Traditional Building Skills in Northern Ireland project.

An exhibition featuring Pride and Prejudice, which Jane Austen penned in north Hampshire, travelled around the country during the novel’s 200th anniversary year.

Beacon Hill Arts worked with Newcastle Castle to help young disabled and autistic people engage with their local heritage through film and music.

LGBT+ young people in Wiltshire explore fashion and identity.

Young people from the communities of Muirhouse and Pilton in Edinburgh have been exploring the traditions and evolution of travelling circuses.

The Routes2Roots campaign inspired the City of Colours youth panel to explore Birmingham’s musical history.

Experiencing financial difficulty, the Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust employed a mentor to help them develop a new business plan.

Young people captured, preserved and shared the Coming Out Stories of Birmingham’s LGBT community.