The Heritage Lottery Fund has launched a new £1m small grants programme for local history projects. Grants from 3 to 10K. All our stories http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/Allourstories.aspx Programme priorities
You can request funding for the following types of activity to explore and learn about heritage:
Visits to places like historic buildings, landscapes, parks, burial grounds, museums, archaeological sites or industrial heritage sites like railways. Using collections like archives, libraries and museums, including collections held by people in the community. Talking to people who know about heritage or holding workshops, talks and sessions exploring peoples memories. Recording things like peoples memories or local wildlife; scanning old photographs and documents; archaeological digs or surveying historic buildings.