Projects we’ve funded

Scottish Traveller history was explored through the eyes of a group of young Travellers based in Aberdeen during the winter months.

The UK’s rich and diverse quilting heritage, told through the stories of the quilters and their experiences, was documented in this three-year oral history project.

This project examined the social history of Forfar weavers to gain an understanding of what weavers’ lives were like and what their woven goods were used for.

Ten unique and important heritage folk collections were conserved and made digitally accessible to the public thanks to this project.

Young people learned about ancient Welsh music and were taught how to use modern digital devices to create their own new compositions.

Young and older people worked together to record the history of this 100-year-old agricultural show, which has traditional rural activities at its heart.

The project explored the heritage of Reading's LGBT community and created an archive of historic and recent stories to preserve them for future generations.

This intergenerational project engaged migrant women in sharing the hobbies they had enjoyed back home in the sixties and seventies, ensuring these pastimes weren't lost forever.

This project captured the unrecorded and less well-known experiences of the Nigerians who came to Manchester between 1940 and 1960.

This 12-month project collected objects and historical information that are important to people and the history of their country, ranging from objects on childbirth to marriage.

The Mindful Changes project explores the shifts in public perceptions and attitudes towards mental health over the last 100 years.

The Bona Eek project focused on rediscovering and documenting the largely lost language of Polari, examining its origins and its influence in contemporary language and life in LGBT+ communities and beyond.