“As with most organisations in our sector, we are reliant on 95% of our income being derived from our visitors, therefore on 19th March our income fell off a cliff edge. We very quickly took advantage of the job retention scheme, with 94 of our 119 staff being furloughed. We’ve cut costs and remodelled the business to extend the life of the organisation further. We’ve taken up some opportunities for grants including £150k from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, to support our reopening process and contribute to our digital learning programmes.”
“This is the vision, this is the manifesto, this is the commitment, now you need to assemble a team and co-design strategies that are going to deliver them.”










