Projects we’ve funded

Sensing Culture enabled blind and partially sighted people to access and participate in their local cultural heritage.

This project helped to restore Peterborough’s Central Park back to its Victorian splendour.

Restoring and enhancing three linked town centre parks in Gosport: Falklands Gardens, Bastion No.1 and Walpole Park.

Helpston Parochial Church Council used this grant to restore and convert the Grade II listed Botolph’s Barn into a community facility and exhibition space celebrating the 19th century poet John Clare.

The Valence House Museum received a grant of £1,843,000 to enhance the Grade II* building and its surroundings, improve access, and create learning and involvement activities as well as new resources.

Broxbourne Borough Council, with assistance from a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant, has restored Cedars Park in Cheshunt. It has also succeeded in revealing more of its history for visitors to enjoy.

Driven by the legacy of the UK City of Culture 2017, Hull has been using the story of its maritime history to become a world-class visitor destination.

A grant from Collecting Cultures helped the National Centre for Children's Books to improve its resilience and literary reputation, and to make long-term strategic changes in collections planning.

Despite challenges during the pandemic, The Wilderness project shows how older people’s wellbeing can be improved by actively restoring and engaging with natural heritage.

Staff, volunteers and participants on the Pollinating the Peak project are gaining a wellbeing boost from caring for bumblebees.