Projects we’ve funded

Monkwearmouth Station Museum is housed in a Grade II-listed building, under ownership of Sunderland City Council.

The probate records for the Church of England Diocese of Durham, deposited at Durham University Library, date from the mid-sixteenth century to 1858.

This project facilitated the acquisition and conservation of the Grade II*-listed Priory House in Dunstable.

The Grade I-listed barn at Waxham was restored and made accessible to wider audiences.

Bassenthwaite Reflections was a community-focused Landscape Partnership Scheme, focusing on preserving the Bassenthwaite catchment area in the Lake District.

This project focused on increasing access to First World War archival material held in The British Postal Museum and Archive.

Falmouth Art Gallery has purchased John Opie’s 18th century painting The Cornish Beggar with the help of a £44,300 HLF grant.

This project was based on an idea taken from an original book, published by the Craven Herald in 1920, commemorating every soldier from the Craven District who fell in the First World War.

The Anderton Boat Lift has been brought back to life, with modern systems that respect its historic structure and significance.

Young people in Tredegar explored the history of a local memorial plaque through creative work and film-making.

A group of local young Muslims explored how their heritage is archived in two major city museums, in a project run by Young Muslim Aberdeen.

The Charleston Regained project has safeguarded the heritage of Charleston Farmhouse, meeting place for the Bloomsbury Group, for generations to come.