Projects we’ve funded

Liberal Judaism, a multi-faith support organisation, discovered that the stories of many of the LGBTQ+ migrants they met were being lost.

While our built and cultural heritage continues to grow, our natural heritage is declining in abundance, diversity and condition at an increasingly fast rate.

The stories of 10 Caribbean elders from the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK between the 1940s and 1960s, have been recorded and shared for the first time.

The Heritage Building Preservation Trust bought the B listed Miners Institute from Fife Council in order to restore it and guarantee its long-term future.

Stevenage Town Centre Gardens have been rejuvenated and opened up for a greater range of people to enjoy.

Falmouth Art Gallery has purchased John Opie’s 18th century painting The Cornish Beggar with the help of a £44,300 HLF grant.

The Ware Museum has been extended and refurbished, to allow visitors more space to explore its collections and learn about the history of Ware and the surrounding area.

The Whitworth Art Gallery has catalogued and conserved the Walter Crane archive, creating a digital archive and a children’s website.

This project repaired the last fully sailing Thames trading barge, and converted her into an educational resource.

This project facilitated the acquisition and conservation of the Grade II*-listed Priory House in Dunstable.

The probate records for the Church of England Diocese of Durham, deposited at Durham University Library, date from the mid-sixteenth century to 1858.

Monkwearmouth Station Museum is housed in a Grade II-listed building, under ownership of Sunderland City Council.