With the possibility of the house being sold privately, Art Fund launched a campaign in January 2020 to raise money for "a permanently funded programme to conserve and maintain the building, its contents and its garden for the future". The appeal was featured on an episode of BBC1's "Countryfile" in February 2020, with rare filming inside the cottage allowed for the programme. As part of the fundraising efforts, costume designer Sandy Powell, a friend of Jarman's, collected film stars' signatures on her white suit at the 2020 BAFTAs award show and 2020 Oscars ceremony, with the suit auctioned online between 4 and 11 March by Phillips auction house, London. and selling for £16,000.