Decision details

To receive a report on the findings of the Museum Resilience Proposal and consider the feasibility of establishing a Museum Development Trust.

(1)        That the findings from the two Feasibility Studies undertaken with £55,000 funding from Arts Council England be noted;

(2)        That a submission be made to Arts Council England for a further £280,000 funding, to support the recommendations from the two consultant studies;

(3)        That the contributions of £10,000 each from Broxbourne Borough and Chelmsford City Councils towards the proposed Resilience Fund proposal be noted;

(4)        That the Council’s required match funding of £20,000 for the bid be funded from the Council’s Invest to Save Fund; and,

(5)        That Neighbourhoods and Community Services Select Committee be requested to consider the formation of a Development Trust for Epping Forest and Lowewood Museums.