Industrial, maritime and transport
Since 1994 we have awarded £630million to 1,600 industrial, maritime and transport projects across the UK.
We want to help more people conserve their local industrial heritage and pass on skills to younger generations.
What do we support?
Projects we fund include:
- printing presses
- pumping engines
- windmills
- historic ships
- locomotives
- natural landscapes transformed by industry
Project ideas
Our funding could help people:
- uncover and record people’s memories of our industrial past
- give a disused site a new purpose
- restore and maintain operating machinery
- reveal the history of industry in your area
- explore the nation's network of canals
- provide staffed visitor facilities and learning resources
- help young people learn new skills and care for their heritage
See the stories and projects below for more inspiration.
How to get funding
If you have an idea for a project, we would love to hear from you.
Projects
Across the Minch: Traditional Boatbuilding in Uist & Wester Ross
The Grimsay Boatshed and Am Bàta received a Skills for the Future grant to provide traditional boatbuilding workshops to local schools.
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Keeping History Afloat - Traditional Boat-Building Skills for the Future
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.
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Wheal Peevor Project
This project allowed essential heritage restoration works to be carried out in Wheal Peevor, a key element of the Cornish Mining UNESCO World Heritage site.
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The story of the North East's Lumber Jills
During the Second World War thousands of women joined the Women's Land Army to help the war effort and replace men who had joined the armed forces. This 18-month project enabled local people to discover one part of this story near Newcastle.
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Powerhouse, Bradford Industrial Museum
This project was designed to extend Bradford Industrial Museum’s educational and outreach work.
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An innovative exploration of Blyth's ship building and Antarctic heritage from the 1800s
Blyth Tall Ship is establishing itself as a nationally significant maritime centre, leading the field in traditional maritime skills training.
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Anchor and Sail: Restoring Maritime Heritage to the Clyde
The GalGael Trust partnered with the Clyde Maritime Trust to engage local people to help preserve Glasgow’s boat building heritage.
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HMS Caroline
This project supported the transformation of HMS Caroline into a high-quality visitor attraction that tells the story of life on board the ship in times of war and peace.
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'Jubilee' class steam locomotive - 45596 Bahamas
Our £780,800 grant will help restore a famous main-line steam locomotive based on the Keighley and the Worth Valley Railway.
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Canal College
The Scottish Waterways Trust’s Canal College project helped young people and their local canal heritage.
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Command of the Oceans
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust led on a project to redevelop and transform the visitor experience at the Historic Dockyard.
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Blyth's Ship Building Heritage
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.