Community heritage

The Grade I listed Lord Leycester has been restored, refurbished and further opened up for visitors to enjoy.

Thanks to £4.8million in National Lottery funding, Staffordshire History Centre will provide state of the art archive facilities for communities.

Wrexham’s museum is bringing football heritage back to its historic home in Wales thanks to a £2.7million award.

This historic miners’ institute, with its 1920s Art Deco theatre, ballroom and versatile spaces now hosts a variety of activities that benefit local people.

The Meridian Society and documentary filmmaker Peng Wenlan collected oral histories for a documentary about the Chinese men who worked as labourers on the Western Front during the First World War.

The practices of a UNESCO-recognised Korean tradition were recorded and preserved for the future and celebrated with the wider community.

This oral history project has celebrated the communities at the heart of the ‘allotment capital’ of the UK.

The Roma Heritage Project will work with local people in Manchester to share traditional dishes and record oral histories from Roma communities.

People from different cultures and backgrounds came together for workshops and celebration events about Roma and Irish Traveller cultural heritage organised by Armagh Roma Traveller Support.

This pilot project trained volunteers including young Roma people to record heritage and ran a Roma cultural heritage festival.

The Knowsley Golden Thread project will champion inclusivity and enable groups, organisations and local communities to drive their involvement in heritage.

A National Lottery windfall for Saintfield Community Association will provide much needed free-to-access green space in the historic County Down village.