Volunteering

OutStories have collected and preserved the heritage of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) communities of Bristol and the surrounding area.

Five museums and heritage organisations in the south east of England found new ways to engage audiences with their geological collections.

Highgate Baptist Church researched the remarkable life of Peter Stanford, Birmingham’s first black minister.

A project to make the Ipswich Town Football Charitable Trust archive more widely accessible, and uncovering the heritage of the club through individual stories and artefacts.

The acquisition of Holmewood Estate, by the local wildlife trust, was a vital part of the creation of the Great Fen, one of the largest and most ambitious habitat restoration projects in Europe.

Following a £7million refurbishment Preston Hall is able to display a wider range of the 90,000-plus items in the Stockton Museum Services' collection.

This project has been designed to increase people’s physical access to heritage trees across Kent.

The four-year Chiltern Commons project came to a successful conclusion having conserved habitats and historic features on 26 areas of common land.

People learned about, recorded and became actively involved in caring for the fascinating built and natural heritage on their doorstep.

After closing its doors to the public and putting its collection into storage, funding from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Welsh Government enabled the trust to restore this historic building.

West Berkshire Council and Newbury Community Resource Centre worked with local people to revive the fortunes of a neglected river.

The 18th-century, Grade II* listed building has been completely refurbished, revealing many of the original Georgian features for the first time.