Employment of a
Museum Community Access
Officer - 3 year contract
Heritage Lottery Fund grant.
Horsham District Council
(partnership funding)
Employment of 2
Education Officers (job
sharing)
6 year contract*
Donations from the
following:
Charles Wolfson Charitable
Trust
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable
Trust
Esmé Fairbairn Foundation
Friarsgate Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation
GlaxoSmithKline
John Coates Charitable Trust
Lloyd's Charities Trust
Mercers' Charitable
Foundation
Sir Eric Parker
Sir Tim Rice Charitable
Trust
Swan Trust
The British Land Company PLC
The PK Charitable Trust
The Poling Trust
The Tanner Trust
United News Media
*Funding is now
in place for a further 2
years
Purchase of
Dehumidifiers for the Museum
store and library
Pilgrim Trust
New Narrow Gauge
Industrial Railway
Exhibition and Conservation
Hall
Heritage Lottery Fund grant
Pilgrim Trust (partnership
funding)
Horsham District Council
(partnership funding)
Relocation of the
Fairmile Café, a historic
roadside café, from the A29
at Slindon to Amberley
Support from West Sussex
County Council
Entrust grant
De Witt Lime Kilns (
Scheduled Ancient Monument
No.449 )
Following the successful
completion of emergency
repairs funded by English
Heritage an application for
the full repair and
interpretation of the kilns
was submitted to The
Heritage Lottery Fund. A
grant for the full amount,
applied for has now been
awarded and work commenced
in September 2008.
Partnership funding has been
received from West Sussex
County Council, Horsham
District Council and the
Friends of the Museum.
Hove Ticket Office
Support
from Southern Railway and
the Railway Heritage Trust
for the relocation and
restoration of the Hove
Ticket Office building to
the museum.
