Museums, libraries and archives

The Manchester’s Sporting Jews project explored and celebrated the sporting heritage of the Jewish community in Manchester.

Yorkshire Museum of Farming worked with volunteers to create an exhibition for their previously unseen Women’s Land Army Collection.

Volunteers and local residents have gathered information on 1,700 local men from Tynemouth, all of whom died in the First World War.

FARI archaeology, a constituted community group, applied for this grant to investigate, record, and protect an internationally important Ice Age hunting site.

A group of young volunteers worked with local people to preserve the heritage of North Tyneside's beach resorts.

The Nature and Me project aimed to create new education and participation opportunities focused on biodiversity and the natural world.

Sharing stories of families and the community in Dorset during 1944 as they prepared for the D-Day landings in France.

This project aimed to make both the Mappa Mundi and Chained Library accessible to a wide range of people and involve audiences in an interactive way.

Young people from across Nuneaton and Bedworth worked with the local charity, Mercurial Arts, the Borough Council and English Heritage, to create their own unique listing system and identify and record the buildings and sites important to them.

Primary and secondary school children engaged with the stories of local soldiers during the First World War through workshops with local museums and an artist, culminating in an exhibition and open day event for the wider community.

This inspiring community heritage project explores the fascinating lives of Carlisle’s ‘Cracker Packers’ through the ages.