Projects we’ve funded

Following decreases in their core funding the Birmingham Conservation Trust (BCT) had to look for new models to secure its future.

Woking Museum Arts and Craft Centre, now known as The Lightbox, was conceived by a local community group in 1993 to establish a museum of Woking’s local and social history.

The Rotherham Churches Tourism Initiative involved 32 local churches, most of which are listed buildings with notable heritage aspects.

Northern Cultural Projects CIC spent a year investigating and documenting the Iranian Heritage of the North East.

School pupils explored Birmingham archives to discover more about how protesters helped win women the vote.

The National Trust led on this project to promote the Springhill Costume Collection, widely acknowledged as Ireland’s leading textile collection.

The Llanymynech Limeworks Heritage Area has been conserved and restored, ensuring the public will be able to enjoy this historic site safely.

The origins of traditional Indian games, the rules and how they changed after players traveled to the UK, were recorded in this intergenerational oral history project.

Binham Priory, one of Norfolk’s most impressive monastic ruins, has been conserved and repaired, with increased access for the public.

Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA) commemorated 40 years of their work in Scotland in 2016.

Volunteers recorded residents' memories to create a trail around their local park

Young people at Pentrehafod School explored the experiences of 'Windrush generations' in the UK since 1948.