Projects we’ve funded

Young people from North Tyneside found out how the First World War affected their local communities through a range of creative activities.

Scotland’s National Parks come together to protect the precious natural heritage of their iconic landscapes.

Through workshops and visits, children from Salesbury School used archives to find out how the First World War affected boys living in Blackburn Orphanage.

Petersfield Museum used the medium of dance to tell the stories of Hampshire residents in the First World War.

Screen South used an HLF grant to create an online resource revealing the history of coastal Kent in the First World War and connecting communities with their past.

The WW1 Near and Far project involved nearly half of the Onslow St Audrey’s school in Welwyn Garden City learning about the First World War.

Using National Lottery money, The Romani Cultural and Arts Company have been able to record, celebrate and preserve the cultural heritage of Gypsy and Traveller communities in South Wales.

Inspired by the Dig for Victory Campaign of 1917, adult learners from Scotland’s Rural College designed and built a First World War allotment.

The project celebrated 100 years of the Women’s Institute (WI) in the Isle of Ely.

The Aberglasney Restoration Trust is restoring and resurrecting The Old Piggeries and Cow Sheds to promote heritage horticultural skills.

Cardiff People First delivered a two year project working with people with learning disabilities from predominantly BAME cultural backgrounds, to learn about Welsh heritage in both Newport and Cardiff.

Volunteers from Cawood in Selby have been trained as heritage detectives to investigate the archaeology of their local moated manor site and the surprising importance of gooseberries for the development of the village.