The funding will further the work at the Heritage Boatyard, training more people in the necessary heritage skills so they can help conserve the historic collection.

An HLF Skills for the Future grant enabled the CBA to offer year-long workplace learning bursaries.

The Marine Graduate Training Programme provided work-based training in marine conservation and community engagement for recent university graduates.

This volunteer-focused project produced a guide to encourage diverse ethnic communities from urban centres to visit the South Downs.

Blyth Tall Ship is establishing itself as a nationally significant maritime centre, leading the field in traditional maritime skills training.

Families are now able to step back into the world of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s children at Osborne on the Isle of Wight.

Public interest in the Staffordshire Hoard has been unprecedented. A temporary display at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery attracted more than half a million visitors in 12 months.

St John’s Notting Hill have fully restored their organ whilst engaging their community in a programme of activities.

In just four years, Blyth Tall Ship grew from a germ of an idea and a patch of derelict quayside land, to an inspiring start-up business supporting boatbuilding skills.

A community archaeology project in the village of Rainford, St Helens, Merseyside.

The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford illuminated the astonishing history of globe-making for thousands of children and families.