London and South

Newham Music Trust will create a music programme to help Newham’s schools explore the positive impact London 2012 had on the area.

Thanks to a heritage grant, the Garden Museum supported a number of innovative traineeships designed to boost sector skills.

The programme has protected and restored some of the Forest of Dean’s most at-risk natural, built and cultural heritage and connected the community with its forest.

Brunel Museum will be made more inclusive and accessible – including community and education programmes – to better tell the fascinating stories of Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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.

The Black Heroes Foundation staged a short play at Battersea Arts Centre about John Archer, the first Black Mayor of London, elected in 1913.

We've awarded £11.6million to help create the UK's first National Marine Park, revolutionising the way Plymouth interacts with its marine heritage.

Part of the Defra Green Recovery Challenge Fund, this project will plant new hedgerows and raise awareness about their importance for wellbeing and the environment.

A hub of its London community, the Unitarian church relies on volunteers with digital skills to support and share its heritage.

Hundreds of volunteers are helping children’s charity Coram digitise and share its historic archive online.

This project helped to safeguard some of South West England’s rarest butterfly and moth species. The conservation work engaged a wider range of people through working with partners.

Gasworks Dock Partnership is regenerating Cody Dock in the lower Lea River to transform it in a vital wildlife corridor in Newham, East London.