Tender for Funding and Investment Development Partner

Role: Funding and Investment Development Partner – Towards Bowes 2092
Location: Remote working and on-site at The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8PP
Fee: £25,000 plus VAT (to include all expenses, required reporting, consultant fees, etc.)
Closing Date: Thursday 9 April, 5pm

The Bowes Museum invites expressions of interest from experienced and imaginative consultants to support our Towards Bowes 2092 project: a two-year transformational initiative that repositions The Bowes Museum as a civic, cultural and economic anchor for the region. Towards Bowes 2092 is central to our ambition to unlock the full potential of our buildings, collections, and parkland, ensuring The Bowes Museum thrives as a 21st-century institution rooted in place, powered by people, and ready for the future.

We are seeking an individual or an organisational partner to work with us to design our future Funding and Investment model. This work will translate our long-term organisational aspirations into a Funding and Investment Plan that underpins the other workstreams of the Towards Bowes 2092 project and the museum’s current activities.

We are looking for a collaborator who can help us reinvent our current model to maximise investment income, stabilise our core funding, and identify strategies and opportunities for new funding and income. The successful candidate will be experienced in areas of investments, funding, and philanthropy, have a strong understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the culture and heritage sector, and have knowledge of capital projects and sector transformation. You will bring strategic clarity, financial fluency, and a relational approach to co-creating a confident, future-facing Funding and Investment model.