RAMM Development Trust - RAMM

Registered Charity No. 1038570

RAMM Development Trust raises money for the improvement and refurbishment of the Museum with a lively programme of lectures and special events and with grant applications.

Over £153,000 has now been raised towards its current target of £200,000 towards the 2007 to 2011 Redevelopment programme.

How to Help

You can support RAMM Development Trust and the improvement of Exeter's Museum by attending our fundraising events, sponsoring a date with Snapshot in Time or making a donation. For further information, please contact newramm@exeter.gov.uk.

Grants

Support has been solicited from Charitable Trusts and organisations, both nationally and locally. Further donors are being sought to add to the generous support of the Norman Family Charitable Trust and the Garfield Weston Foundation.

Lectures

The lively lectures programme has had successful evenings with Andrew Cooper, a BBC naturalist who is based in Devon, Jenny Thomas, senior genealogical researcher for BBC's Who do you Think you Are? Programme and Iain Stewart, a geologist at Plymouth University, well-known for his enthusiastic television programmes on the subject.

Lectures and special events are advertised on the What's on pages and free subscription to RAMMmail, the Museum's electronic information service, gives regular reminders of all events and activities. Visit www.exeter.gov.uk/RAMMmail to subscribe.

About the Trust

The trustees, supported by patrons and a fundraising committee, raise money towards the refurbishment and improvement of the Museum.

Founded in 1994, it played an essential role in raising £143,000 towards the redevelopment of the World Cultures Galleries, which reopened in June 1999.

The Trust is now raising money for the major 2007-2011 redevelopment and refurbishment programme with a lively programme of lectures and special events and with grant applications. Over £153,000 has now been raised towards its current target of £200,000.

Patrons

Mr Eric Dancer CBE, KStJ, JP, Lord Lieutenant of Devon; His Grace the Duke of Somerset; The Rt Hon the Earl of Devon; The Rt Hon the Viscount Knutsford; General Sir John Waters; Mr David Fursdon; Mrs Heleen Lindsay-Fynn; Mr John Maunder; Mrs Julia Tremlett

Trustees

Richard Bearne, Chairman; James Browne; Peter Castell; Sir John Cave; Derek Phillips; Diana Wilkinson; Cllr Lesley Robson; Cllr Peter Wadham