Projects we’ve funded

The project aimed to engage new audiences for the Pre-Raphaelite Collection, and record their interaction with the paintings.

The graves at Welford Road Cemetery, the third oldest cemetery in the country, have been conserved and better interpreted for new visitors.

This community-guided research project, Welling Will Remember Them, told the stories of people from Welling and East Wickham in South East London who fought in the First World War.

This project aims to restore and raise awareness of an important biodiversity habitat, home to a range of rare species.

Families are now able to step back into the world of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s children at Osborne on the Isle of Wight.

A first for the West Midlands, Chinese Lives in Birmingham was created to capture the hidden histories of Birmingham's Chinese community.

Manchester Chinese archive trained volunteers to record, preserve and share a community’s hidden history.

Emily Inspires! pays tribute to the legacy of Emily Wilding Davison, who was buried at Morpeth after falling under the hooves of the King's horse at the Epsom Derby in June 1913 - a moment that changed history.

The area of Gorton, situated to the south east of Manchester, celebrated its centenary of joining the City of Manchester through the Gorton 100 project.

The aim of The Family Adams Project was to develop a community archive of a Victorian shop found in the historic heart of Littleport town.

This unique historic attraction gives visitors an opportunity to see how ordinary people lived in 19th-century Birmingham.

‘Band on the Wall’ is a live music venue in the Northern Quarter of Manchester.