The Museum Development Service for Surrey, East & West Sussex (SEWS) is staffed by Chris Drake, Helen Derbyshire and Caroline Clifford.
The team share the responsibility for delivering to the sub-region’s museums those museum development services that form part of the wider Renaissance Museum Development Fund objectives. The services on offer are:
- Advice & support on Accreditation, professional issues concerned with standards, general fundraising, and providing the link for museums to access the South East Skills Bank directories on ‘Preventative Conservation’ and ‘Strategic Marketing’
- Newsletter (three issues per year)
- The SEWS Small Grants Programme, a funding stream that offers Registered and Accredited Museums access to grants of up to £3,000, for project work in one (or more) of five priority areas. Details of the 2008-2009 grants scheme and grants so far awarded are available to the right of the screen under 'related resources' or contact Helen (Helen.Derbyshire@eastsussex.gov.uk). The deadlines for 2008-2009 applications are: Round 1: Friday 27 June, Round 2: Friday 31 October, Round 3: Friday 27 February (2009). For application forms and guidelines, visit the SEWS Small Grants page.
- FREE training opportunities for museum workers and those who work with museums. The training programme is managed by Chris and administered by Caroline, so please contact them if you require information or have specific training needs to discuss (chris.drake@worthing.gov.uk or caroline.clifford@worthing.gov.uk). For details of their training events, visit the MDS training programme page.
- Learning, access audits and access grants. For more information, contact your MDOs.
Networks
Helen and Chris support a number of networks across the sub-region:
- West Sussex Museums Council (WSMC) - the county lead body on museum issues. Membership is open to any organisation that has collections that are open to the public. The Executive Committee comprises elected and officers representatives from most of the county’s local authorities, together with local authority and independent museum professionals and museum workers from the voluntary museums sector. Contact Chris Drake for more information.
- East Sussex Museums Council (ESMC) - contact Helen Derbyshire who acts as Secretary
- The Surrey, East and West Sussex Museum Development Service is a member of the Sussex Museums Group and the Surrey Museums Group.
- Sussex Learn-On Forum - a specialist access and learning forum for museum educators, teachers, library and archive staff, Arts, Youth and Social Services and other staff with a broad interest in education and access issues.
For information about the Surrey MuSE learning network, the Surrey Museums Consultative Committee and to receive support for making major funding applications to the Heritage Lottery Fund etc, please contact Lalage Grundy at Surrey Heritage (tel: 01483 518782, or email lalage.grundy@surreycc.gov.uk.
For the Surrey Museums Consultative Committee, contact Haidee Thomas at Surrey Heritage - haidee.thomas@surreycc.gov.uk or tel: 01483 518052.
For the Surrey Museums Group, contact the Chairman, Emma Warren at Chertsey Museum - emma.warren@runnymede.gov.uk or tel 01932 575370
Contact Details
Chris Drake
Museum Development Officer
c/o Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, Chapel Road, Worthing BN11 1HP
Email: chris.drake@worthing.gov.uk
Tel: 01903 221136
Mobile: 07795 508693
Helen Derbyshire
Museum Development Officer
c/o Unit Y, Avis Way, Newhaven BN9 0DU
Tel: 01273 512900
Mobile: 07825 926564
Email: Helen.Derbyshire@eastsussex.gov.uk
Caroline Clifford
Assistant Museum Development Officer
c/o Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, Chapel Road, Worthing BN11 1HP
Tel: 01903 221176
Email: caroline.clifford@worthing.gov.uk
