Projects we’ve funded

Young people took leading roles to share the story of Yorkshire’s first Asian cricket leagues.

Designed to connect learning disabled people with their heritage, this project delivered a training programme, website and exhibition, sharing the social history of learning disability in an accessible way.

A project focusing on Bill Naughton, Bolton’s most famous and successful writer, 25 years after his death.

Focusing on the raving landscape between 1985 and 1995, this project has created the Lapsed Clubber Heritage Map

The history of the pioneers of Birmingham’s Bangladeshi-owned ‘Indian’ restaurants was uncovered and shared through an immersive exhibition, events, website and book.

A partnership project to improve wellbeing for participants in an innovative volunteering programme in Manchester.

Recording the culture of the Kashmiri community in Greater Manchester through the collection of memories.

Young people from refugee communities discover the pastimes of Victorian children through nursery rhymes brought to life by Walter Crane.

Exploring the contributions of Rossendale’s first generation Bangladeshi Pioneers through intergenerational working.

This project explores the diary of Jack Pulman, a first-hand account of life as an overseas serviceman during the First World War.

A community archaeology project in Windermere will uncover the site of a former Second World War housing complex used to house child Holocaust survivors.

The Women’s Archive of Wales recorded the experiences of women working in factories across the country after 1945, filling a gap in our social history.