Projects we’ve funded

A grant from Collecting Cultures helped the National Centre for Children's Books to improve its resilience and literary reputation, and to make long-term strategic changes in collections planning.

The project at Casterton School explores the history of women's education in Cumbria by exploring archived materials.

Heckington Windmill Trust have restored and transformed the historic eight-sail windmill at Heckington into a world-class visitor attraction.

The Scottish Wildlife Trust are bringing transformational change to Cumbernauld’s natural heritage, and helping local people engage with its greenspaces to improve mental health.

Ireland’s sole surviving Victorian public baths to be restored and opened up to the public.

The reconstruction of the historic pavilion will complete Friends of Beaumont Park's restoration of their historic park.

The Living Past project aims to preserve the literary heritage of Seamus Heaney, and the natural heritage that inspired his works.

Social, cultural and industrial heritage of people in the North East was the subject of a three-year project run by Beamish Museum.

Liberal Judaism, a multi-faith support organisation, discovered that the stories of many of the LGBTQ+ migrants they met were being lost.

The historic two acre kitchen garden, nestled inside the countryside estate in County Fermanagh, will be carefully restored to its original 1930s character thanks to National Lottery funding.

The Restoration of the Picture House in Campbeltown is a HLF-supported project in which to regenerate the 100 year-old cinema