How can I help the Museum?
The museum is an independent conservation and
educational charity receiving no state funding and relying on the generous support of the
public and charitable trusts. There are a number of ways you could help the Museum to
continue its work:
 | Become a Friend of the Museum
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| Become a Volunteer |
| Consider a Gift to the Museum |
| Consider a Legacy to the Museum |
Friends of the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
2006 Report and Accounts of the Friends of the Museum.
If you would like to support the Museum and its work, become a member of the
Friends of the Museum. For an annual subscription you or your family will enjoy free
entry at all times including the special events, receive regular copies of the award
winning museum magazine and be welcome at our many social and educational events.
Your help will be of the greatest benefit to the Museum and all that it stands for.
Friends Membership Fees from January 2008 are:
| Family - 2 Adults and their dependent children or grandchildren who
are under 18 or who are full time students |
£57 per annum |
| Adult |
£21 per annum |
| Adults over 60 |
£18 per annum |
| Child/Student |
£11 per annum |
COMPLETE AN APPLICATION FORM NOW
or for further information contact:
Friends of the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
Singleton
Chichester
West Sussex
PO18 0EU
Tel: 01243 811893 or +44 1243 811893 if calling from overseas.
email:
friends@wealddown.co.uk
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Volunteers
The museum depends upon volunteer helpers.
Join our Museum staff and volunteers to interpret the
exhibit buildings and landscape for our visitors. Other volunteers help with
administration, maintenance work, marketing, education and other tasks
as detailed below:
| Collections of artefacts |
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Cleaning, repairing,
accessioning |
| Schools Service |
|
Helping with
workshops for school children |
| Gardens |
|
Maintaining the
seven domestic gardens |
| Library/Archive |
|
Cataloguing and
retrieval. |
| Office |
|
General
administrative and clerical tasks |
| Shop/Visitor entrance |
|
Welcoming visitors
and serving in the shop |
| Site maintenance |
|
Tidying and
maintaining the parkland and woodland and structures on the site. |
| Stables and Heavy horses |
|
Cleaning harness and
assisting the horseman. |
| Interpretation |
|
Interpreting the
exhibit buildings to the visitor. |
| Watermill |
|
Operating the mill
to produce flour and interpreting to the visitor |
| Tudor kitchen |
|
Demonstrate a range
of activities in our working Tudor kitchen from baking bread to
scouring and purging. |
| Rural Trade and Craft
demonstrators |
|
Share your
skills and knowledge with our visitors demonstrating your rural trade
or craft at the Museum. |
We have many wonderful volunteers but we still need more!
If you are interested in helping, please write to
The Visitor Services Manager
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum,
Singleton,
Chichester,
West Sussex
PO18 0EU
or email:
volunteers@wealddown.co.uk
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Gifts
The Museum is a living entity and money is its lifeblood. Revenue from
admissions pays the day to day administration costs, but major rescue and restoration work
can only be financed by sponsorship or donation.
If you would like to make an immediate financial contribution to the Museum and
you are a taxpayer, the Gift Aid scheme will increase the value of your contribution as
the Museum is able to reclaim the tax.
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Legacies
You could support the work of the Museum by making a legacy. Because the
Museum is a registered charity, there is no limit to the amount you can bequeath. If
you would like more information please call 01243 811363 for a legacy leaflet.
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