Projects we’ve funded

An HLF grant enabled Kettle’s Yard to create greater public access and improve the care of the collection.

This community-guided research project, Welling Will Remember Them, told the stories of people from Welling and East Wickham in South East London who fought in the First World War.

The graves at Welford Road Cemetery, the third oldest cemetery in the country, have been conserved and better interpreted for new visitors.

The project aimed to engage new audiences for the Pre-Raphaelite Collection, and record their interaction with the paintings.

This project contributed to safeguarding the future of Dolgellau, a unique town in the heart of Snowdonia National Park.

Volunteers and local residents have gathered information on 1,700 local men from Tynemouth, all of whom died in the First World War.

This project created an online database of records held by the British Red Cross on volunteers during the First World War.

The project featured a structured programme of education and training to an exhibition which has toured outside London to mark the 150th anniversary of the great Hindu philosopher and visionary, Vivekananda.

The role of spices in shaping local culture, cuisine and customs has been captured thanks to a community history project in Smethwick, Sandwell in the West Midlands.

The centrepiece of this major project was conserving the Great East Window, the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the country.

Women’s Health in South Tyneside spent a year discovering the profound role women playing during the First World War in their area.

Young people and communities from the Welsh Valleys uncovered the experiences of Welsh soldiers during the First World War and created digital animations.