Thursday 26 November 2015

It takes a turn for the interesting

As you all may have seen or heard, Lancashire's County Councillors met today at County Hall in Preston and approved the funding proposals for the next financial year.

This means that our plea for one more year's funding to find a viable option has been ignored, for now. We will keep pushing the council to reconsider this decision and keep our mill museums for the extra year we have asked for, but I must admit it's not looking good.

However, I have been in touch with lots of amazing people who are all keen to keep the museums. Everyone from Councillors to the Museums Association, to arts consultants to other museums who have gone through similar struggles has offered help and advice.

I'm not sure where we go from here to be perfectly honest. However, I have ideas and am pretty sure that some of them could work.

What I do know is that whatever happens next, fundraising will be a major part of it. Start thinking of any local businesses of funders who might be interested and if you know them, tell them to get in touch.

This is not the end, it's just the beginning. We will #savethemills

No comments:

Post a Comment