ABOUT US

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Forncett Industrial Steam Museum is a small, independent, volunteer-run museum which became a
Charitable Incorporated Organisation in 2018.  

In 2023 the museum received Arts Council England's Museum Accreditation,

a national benchmark standard for museums.  

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The museum is managed and run by a dedicated team of volunteers.

It doesn’t receive any government funding and relies on money raised from admission fees

and sales in the shop and café to pay its running costs.

The volunteers are the life blood of the museum, without whom the
museum couldn’t open to the public and the unique collection of industrial machinery would fall into
disrepair.

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Why we need you

To keep the doors open and the wheels turning, we need your help. If you love getting out and
meeting people and have a few hours to spare, we would love you to come and join us. We are
especially keen to talk to you if you would be interested in working in our busy café or our new shop.
Or if you prefer gardening to serving tea and cake, we need regular help maintaining the site so that
visitors can park their cars and enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings.

Plus, of course, we are always looking to recruit new volunteers to help maintain the machinery in top working order.
You don’t need any prior experience to become a volunteer as full training will be given.
Volunteering is ideal if you’d like to learn new skills and gain experience to enhance your CV.

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Could you be our next Trustee?

Trustees have the ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of

Forncett Industrial Steam Museum, and ensuring that it is solvent, well-run, compliant with legislation and best practice,

and delivers the charitable outcomes for which it has been set up.

We are keen to recruit new trustees with experience of fundraising, strategic planning, business
management, digital marketing or events management.

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