19th November

Today, we launched the petition and campaign and got an official looking logo. There's no stopping us now.

We are campaigning for LCC to give us one more year for Helmshore and Queen Street, during which time we will find an alternative. We want LCC to give us until April 2017, rather than April 2016 to find an alternative to closure.

£500,000 has been added to the budget for museums for next year. Use it to keep Helmshore and Queen Street (even if they close with fewer staff for this time) until we can set up a trust and  a viable business plan to make these museums work as local attractions.

Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/councillor-jennifer-mein-save-lancashire-s-mill-museums?recruiter=430344566&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-no_msg&fb_ref=Default

Obviously it is a terrible time for the council and keeping a museum service may not be a financially viable option for LCC, but we deserve more time to find an alternative way of keeping out heritage.

Jennifer Mein has been in touch to say: 

Dear Sarah

Thank you so much for emailing me and your offer of help, I'll speak to the CE and arrange for someone to get back to you as soon as possible.

These are really difficult times but we will do our best to try to enable the museums to remain viable,

Regards

Jennifer

There is hope.