Projects we’ve funded

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

An HLF grant enabled Kettle’s Yard to create greater public access and improve the care of the collection.

The project explored and commemorated the significant contribution made by Muslim soldiers in the British Indian Army in the First World War.

South West Youth Parliament members took part in a project to learn about people who campaigned for change in their communities and in politics.

Local people were engaged in uncovering and interpreting the history of a community-owned island.

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

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.

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.

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

A project devised by a group of 25 young people after the old Horse Chestnut tree in the grounds of their community centre was felled.

Forming the boundary between Scotland and England, the River Tweed provides a common thread to the natural, built and cultural heritage of the Borders as it meanders across 97 miles of scenic countryside.