[lace] Textile Conservation Centre update

2008-07-15 Thread Jean Nathan
Devon wrote: write-off for charitable giving to cultural institutions or not.> If we make a payment or donation to a registered charity, and complete a statement that we are UK tax payers, then the charity can claim back 22% of the sum paid, which represents the basic rate of tax which the

[lace] Textile Conservation Centre update

2008-07-14 Thread Dmt11home
Vis a vis Clay's post about a foundation for the Center or Centre ;-) I attended a symposium a couple of years ago with British and American participants. One of the British had actually started a fashion museum in England. Interestingly, she received most of her financial support from the

RE: [lace] Textile Conservation Centre - update

2008-07-14 Thread Carolyn Hastings
Subject: [lace] Textile Conservation Centre - update > > Those of you on Arachne who were kind enough to show an interest when I > told > you of the threat of closure to the Textile Conservation Centre, > formerly at > Hampton Court and now based at Southampton University, may b

Re: [lace] Textile Conservation Centre - update

2008-07-14 Thread Clay Blackwell
Dear Arachnids - As a former professional fundraiser for an institution of higher learning, may I suggest contacting Westminster and asking to speak to someone knowledgeable about the Textile Conservation Centre. I suspect that it would be possible to establish a charitable foundation whose

[lace] Textile Conservation Centre - update

2008-07-14 Thread Laceandbits
Those of you on Arachne who were kind enough to show an interest when I told you of the threat of closure to the Textile Conservation Centre, formerly at Hampton Court and now based at Southampton University, may be interested to hear the Government's response: "Public funding for higher educatio