Community heritage

Since 1994 we have awarded £460million to more than 24,100 community and cultural heritage projects across the UK.
What do we support?
We fund projects that are researching, conserving and celebrating the heritage of a community or place.
These projects could include lots of types of heritage, such as people celebrating living customs or improving a historic green space. What's most important is that the project involves and benefits the community.
Project ideas
Our funding could help people:
- research the impact of a historical event on their town, and share their findings through displays, talks and online
- investigate the names on a war memorial
- crowdsource documents and photographs linked to the LGBTQ+ community, creating an online archive and exhibition
- set up an audio trail around a range of buildings, parks and monuments in a town
- enable a youth group to research their local history and create an animated film about their learnings
For more inspiration, see the stories below or browse projects we've funded.
How to get funding
If you have an idea for a project, we would love to hear from you.

Projects
No Man’s Land – young people uncover women’s viewpoints on the First World War
By exploring beyond nursing, young people from Bradford have discovered the range of women’s experiences and contributions in the First World War to create an inspiring publication.

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Transforming Lives - the history of North Tyneside Art Studio
A mental health organisation and its service users marked its 25th anniversary through a year of creative activities and research.

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From Parks to Pavilions: The history of the first Asian cricket league in Yorkshire
Young people took leading roles to share the story of Yorkshire’s first Asian cricket leagues.

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Winlaton's Industrial Past
Trained volunteers supported people with learning disabilities to explore the industrial and social history of Winlaton in Gateshead.

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Exploring Norwich's Medieval Churches Today
Norwich is home to the largest collection of medieval churches in Northern Europe. This project shared their stories with new audiences through a three day, city-wide event.

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Arts on Prescription - Heritage for Health
The project offers people experiencing mental health problems, particularly depression and anxiety, the opportunity to connect creatively with heritage.

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Finding Ella Harling
The diaries of a wartime teenager were returned to her village community so they could discover her story.

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Investigating South Tyneside womens' roles in the First World War
Women’s Health in South Tyneside spent a year discovering the profound role women playing during the First World War in their area.

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Projection SEAS - a contemporary response to a historic archive
Young students excluded from school produced multimedia artwork inspired by a historic archive which earned praise and boosted their self-esteem.

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Young people explored and shared migration stories in Luton
Young people gained new skills while preserving and raising awareness of Pakistani/Kashmiri heritage in Luton.

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Madhouse: My House? Exploring the history of learning disability
Designed to connect learning disabled people with their heritage, this project delivered a training programme, website and exhibition, sharing the social history of learning disability in an accessible way.

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Growing Together Thundersley - Developing a new community garden
A community-based project in Castle Point worked with people with mental health problems, dementia and learning disabilities to create a garden.