Projects we’ve funded

Community groups and university partners came together to explore how the First World War was won in the market gardens of Worcestershire as well as on the battlefield.

Local school children explored the stories of Tom Hickathrift, the giant who hailed from the marshland between Kings Lynn and Wisbech.

This project was designed to give young people the opportunity to preserve the heritage of the African Caribbean community living in Newport.

The Tracks in Time project enabled the people of Netherfield in Nottinghamshire to celebrate and explore the town’s unique history.

Erewash Museum, housed in Dalby House in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, benefited from a grant to improve its learning and visitor centre.

The origins of surfing in Britain - and the role of a Cornish surf life saving club in the sport's development - was digitally documented and preserved in this project.

This intergenerational project explored links between work and leisure, focusing on the Rotherham mining industry and football club, during the 1940s and 1950s.

This project told the story of the UK's first professional black footballer, with free educational resources exploring Arthur Wharton's heritage.

The Great War to Race Riots project focused on Liverpool's Black history from the end of the First World War to the 1919 Toxteth race riots.

Young people recorded stories of their successful Birmingham hockey club, the Barford Tigers, to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

The Kennet and Avon canal benefited from one of our biggest grants - £25million - to restore and protect the 200-year-old waterway.

The Scottish Waterways Trust’s Canal College project helped young people and their local canal heritage.