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.
