Sponsorship and Donations
Financial support
It costs over £4000 per week to keep our doors open. Our schools and out of school activities, serving children both from the local community and further afield, are greatly valued, but expensive to maintain. Although charges are made for some activities, they do not cover our costs.
To bridge the gap, we rely on financial support from community-minded individuals and grant making bodies, but it is a constant struggle to make ends meet. And we are in competition for the limited amounts available from donors with many other worthy organisations.
So, please consider helping us keep the Ragged School Museum open by making a donation to the Trust, of any amount. Perhaps you might consider a legacy to the Trust in your will, or a regular payment to help us plan our future with greater certainty.
We are a registered charity and so can benefit from any gifts made under the Gift Aid scheme.
To make a donation online (using a credit card), please click on the button below. Your donation will be processed by Paypal, our secure online donation facility. (Online donations will be governed by our terms and conditions.)
Or, to make a donation via cheque, you may simply send a contribution to us by mail at 46-50 Copperfield Road, London E3 4RR.An additional way you can support the museum is to use the search engine Everyclick, which gives a portion of its earnings to charities. So you can raise money for us just by surfing the web! To find out more and to sign up, please follow this link: Everyclick.
To see a list of our current financial supporters, click here.
Donating artefacts
If you have an object which relates to the history of the East End of London or the Free School movement, please contact the Director if you’re interesting in donating it to the Museum.
In particular, the Museum is keen to receive donations of:
- Victorian School desks
- School text books dating from the 1800s to early 1900s
- Photographs of East London streets, families and schools taken prior to 1915
- London newspapers and magazines dated prior to 1915
- School attendance medals
- Hobnail boots
- Items of Victorian dress (hats, suits, dresses or other items)
- Chimney sweep brushes
- Tin baths
- Flat irons
- Ceramic hot water bottles
- Other ordinary items from the home or school room from the period prior to 1915.
All of these objects will be used to bring history to life for
thousands of children each year. Please donate if you can. The best way
to proceed with an artefact donation is to call us at 020 8980 6405 or
email us at
museum
raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk and provide us with details about the object.