Children and young people
Since 1994, we are proud to have invested over £60million across the UK in projects working with children and young people. This includes the £10m Kick the Dust programme.
We are committed to supporting greater inclusion, diversity, access and participation in heritage – including for younger generations. We know that children and young people can play a significant role in creating innovative and exciting heritage projects that speak to them.
Explore some of our work below and find inspiration for your project, then discover whether your idea is eligible for funding.
Projects
Rings of Time
A project devised by a group of 25 young people after the old Horse Chestnut tree in the grounds of their community centre was felled.
Projects
Green Reflections
Young people from Lincolnshire explored their area's rich built heritage and gained an insight into traditional building skills.
Projects
Young curators in Birmingham discovered west African textiles
Students from Birmingham universities worked with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to create an exhibition to showcase and explore the museum’s West African textile collections.
Projects
Young people discover the story of the Accrington Pals
Young people researched the experiences of the Accrington Pals in the First World War, developing a short film and workshop for secondary schools and encouraging others to make their own films.
Projects
Green Giants
The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) joined forces with independent school Building Young People's Potential (BYPP) to help 103 young people in alternative education learn accredited skills and become ‘Green Giants.’
Projects
Portobello Youth Heritage Project - 'Dig Deep'
Young people worked with a community arts organisation to discover the medieval heritage of their local area and build a stronger sense of community cohesion.
Projects
Heritage Highways: engaging with the Richmond Borough Art Collection
Young people worked in teams to create new interpretation, helping shape the way visitors engage with the Richmond Borough Art Collection in the future.
![Park Place Remembers the Great War Participants in the project](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/projects/park20place20remembers20the20great20war20image201.jpg.webp?itok=kSIV3fdz)
Projects
Park Place Remembers the Great War
Young people in Tredegar explored the history of a local memorial plaque through creative work and film-making.
Projects
Building Sights
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.
![Image icon showing simple outline of traditional tools](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/traditional-skills.jpg.webp?itok=4EcGNXxy)
Projects
Revival of Ancient Crafts
Young people with learning disabilities practiced a variety of ancient crafts and shared new skills with their wider local community through a traditional fair.
Projects
Tribal: a cultural history of boxing in the East End
Young people explored the heritage of boxing in London's East End, including the social impact on the local community and its relationship to gangs and crime, ethnic identity and the entertainment scene.
![Tracing your roots back to Gallipoli DBBC students researching Bolton soldiers who had died in the Gallipoli campaign](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/projects/fw-13-02919_dbbcstudentsworkingonproject.jpg.webp?itok=vgEKRIig)
Projects
Tracing your roots back to Gallipoli
Twenty young people, aged 14-19, researched the lives of Bolton soldiers who had died during the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.