Projects we’ve funded

Living Lomonds is re-connecting people with the living legacy of the Lomond and Benarty Hills through a range of community based activities, volunteering opportunities and projects.

Local people investigated how the conflict in Europe affected the community of Basildon in 1916.

This dynamic project empowered under-served young people to explore concepts of citizenship through the archives of a political movement.

The Woodland Futures project connected young people aged 11 to 18 years old with the natural heritage sector by learning rural skills and heritage crafts.

Young people from local secondary schools in Cumbernauld have been reconnecting with nature to learn about the town's valuable greenspaces.

This project provided a lasting legacy to Second World War hero Noor Inayat Khan (1914-1944), marking the centenary of her birth in 2014.

This project made the work of black, feminist, gay filmmaker Sandi Hughes available online and in the Liverpool Record Office.

This project established a pop-up museum of LGBT+ history, curated by young people that celebrates four decades (1976-2016) across Merseyside.

First World War LGBT project looking at the lives of women working on stage in male roles.

Sussex schoolchildren were introduced to stoolball, a medieval forerunner of cricket, in a wide-ranging sport and rural history project.

A Havant stream rich in local history was the focus of a local community project with outdoor activities, leisure and educational events.

Highgate Baptist Church researched the remarkable life of Peter Stanford, Birmingham’s first black minister.