Reflect, Share, Inspire – Digital Skills for Heritage
Join The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Arts Marketing Association to hear from heritage organisations whose approach to digital has been transformed by the Digital Skills for Heritage initiative and be inspired to use digital to engage with your audiences.
Free to join in-person or online for anyone working or volunteering for a UK heritage organisation. 100 travel and accommodation bursaries are available to support you in travelling to London.
Find out more about Reflect, Share, Inspire – Digital Skills for Heritage
Reflect, Share, Inspire – Digital Skills for Heritage
Wednesday 18 October, 11am-5.30pm
The British Museum and online
Digital Copywriting Day
Digital copywriting is an artform — and one that’s tricky to master. From 280-character tweets to website copy, the breadth of content marketers are asked to write is staggering.
This event from Arts Marketing Association will include a mix of practical learning, case studies and skills-based sessions. You’ll be inspired by creative tips and prompts throughout the day, and there will be plenty of screen breaks to give you time to digest and recharge.
More about Digital Copywriting Day and how to book early bird tickets
Digital Copywriting Day
Wednesday 20 September, 10am-4pm
Online
Museum Energy Management: Preparing for the winter
As we head towards an unpredictable winter, now is the best time to find ways to reduce your energy bills and save money.
This two hour workshop with energy management specialists Pilio will explore low and no cost interventions to help save energy in preparation for winter. We’ll cover energy management; energy monitoring; boiler settings; internal temperatures; fabric and draughts; lighting; night use minimisation and the use of environmental sensors.
Places are limited, no more than two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to non-NPO and non-National museums in the West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation. This event is being delivered in partnership with Museum Development East Midlands. Museums based in East Midlands can book their place here
This online event will be auto-captioned by Zoom. If you would benefit from live captioning or any other form of access support, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the WMMD team as early as possible stating the support you require.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link prior to the event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email by the day before the event please contact us.
If you can’t see the booking button the event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.co.uk
Museum Energy Management: Preparing for the Winter
Friday 15 September, 10am-12noon
Online
Coffee and Chatter
Grab your morning cuppa…
Join the WMMD team to share what’s happening at your museum, learn what your colleagues across the sector are doing, ask the WMMD team for advice and hear about the latest sector guidance and news.
10.30am-11.30am
Zoom details:
https://zoom.us/j/99254865285?pwd=R2xiUlUzOFdWMGJFQXpyL0E4cHpNQT09
Meeting ID: 992 5486 5285
Password: 579046
Coffee and Chatter will be auto-captioned.
POSTPONED Coffee and Chatter: National Lottery Project Grants
With updated guidance due later in the autumn we’re postponing this Coffee and Chatter until Thursday 30 November
Grab your morning cuppa…
Join the WMMD team and our guest speakers Zelina Garland-Rowan and Stuart Tulloch from Arts Council England (ACE). Zelina and Stuart will give an introduction to National Lottery Project Grants, ACE’s open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations of all sizes, regardless of Accredited status, awarding grants of £1,000 up to £100,000. We’ll discuss eligibility, how a grant can support your museum, and how to get further advice with an application.
Coffee and Chatter is also the perfect opportunity to share what’s happening at your museum, exchange ideas with colleagues across the region and hear about the latest sector guidance and news.
10.30am-11.30am
Zoom details:
https://zoom.us/j/99254865285?pwd=R2xiUlUzOFdWMGJFQXpyL0E4cHpNQT09
Meeting ID: 992 5486 5285
Password: 579046
Coffee and Chatter will be auto-captioned.
Beware Phishing or Scam Emails – how to spot them and what to do
If you receive an email from someone you know asking for a favour, it might be a scam.
Phishing is when someone gains access to your account and emails your contacts pretending to be you. There are lots of phishing scams out there, but recently we’ve received several using the ‘do me a favour’ scam. Hackers will email your contacts to do them a favour. If your contacts reply, the scammers will ask them to send money or purchase gift cards on their behalf.
What to do if you receive a phishing email
- Don’t reply
- Forward suspicious emails to report@phishing.gov.uk
- Contact the person via phone, text or an alternative email address to let them know they’ve been hacked
- Tell them to change their password immediately
- Never send money or purchase gift cards on someone’s behalf
- If you have an IT department, notify them too
What to do if your account is sending phishing emails
- Change your email password immediately so hackers on longer have access to your account
- If you’ve reused the password for other accounts or logins, change them too
- Check your computer security or virus protection is up to date
How to protect yourself
- Change your account passwords regularly
- Never use the same password for more than one account
- Use passwords that are hard to predict and include numbers, capital letters and special characters
- Enable or set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to add an extra layer of security
- Ensure your computer software and virus protection is up to date
- Stay vigilant! Remember, hackers are indiscriminate and anyone can be targeted
More information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing and https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/phishing-scams/spot-scams
Energy Bill Relief Scheme Briefing for Museums
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) will be holding a session to demonstrate how libraries, archive services and museums should apply for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETII) element of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBDS). Hosted by Chris Mulvee, DESNZ
Friday 7 July, 3pm-4pm
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 395 761 248 809
Passcode: ifshkk
Download Teams | Join on the web
Join with a video conferencing device
Video Conference ID: 124 565 580 8
Or call in (audio only)
+44 20 3321 5238,,92223369# United Kingdom, London
Phone Conference ID: 922 233 69#
Energy Bill Relief Scheme Briefing for Museums
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) will be holding a session to demonstrate how libraries, archive services and museums should apply for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETII) element of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBDS). Hosted by Chris Mulvee, DESNZ
Friday 7 July, 3pm-4pm
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 395 761 248 809
Passcode: ifshkk
Download Teams | Join on the web
Join with a video conferencing device
Video Conference ID: 124 565 580 8
Or call in (audio only)
+44 20 3321 5238,,92223369# United Kingdom, London
Phone Conference ID: 922 233 69#
Shortlist for Family Friendly Awards 2023 Announced
Kids in Museums has revealed the shortlist of its Family Friendly Museum Award 2023 – including two museums in the West Midlands.
The shortlist for the Family Friendly Museum Award 2023 is:
Best Large Museum
- Horniman Museum and Gardens, London
- Museum of Liverpool
- National Maritime Museum, London
Best Medium Museum
- The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury
- Compton Verney, Warwickshire
- Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne
- The MAC, Belfast
Best Small Museum
- Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea
- National Civil War Centre, Newark
- Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
- Valence House Museum, Dagenham
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Best Accessible Museum
- Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens, Barnsley
- Craven Museum | Skipton Town Hall
- Maidstone Museum
Over the summer holidays, undercover family judges will visit the shortlisted museums and rate them on how well they meet the Kids in Museums Manifesto, a set of guidelines on what makes a great museum visit for all ages. Their experiences will decide a winner for each museum category and an overall winner of the Family Friendly Museum Award 2023 to be announced at an awards ceremony in London in October.
This year, a new award category also recognises innovative and thoughtful projects engaging young people on the topic of the climate emergency and sustainability. The category was open to museum applications only. The museums will present their work over the summer to an expert panel to decide the winner.
Best Youth Project – Climate
- Falmouth Art Gallery – Splanna
- London Transport Museum – Green Skills Hackathon
- Tullie, Carlisle – Once Upon a Planet
This year Kids in Museums celebrates its 20th anniversary. The charity is inviting heritage organisations to take part in a social media moment on 12 July using the hashtag #KidsInMuseums to celebrate what museums provide for children, young people and families ahead of the summer holidays. To get involved, please visit the Kids in Museums website: https://bit.ly/20YearsOfKiM
Follow the Family Friendly Museum Award on social media by following @kidsinmuseums and the hashtag #FamilyFriendlyMuseum.
The Family Friendly Museum Award has been made possible by funding from Arts Council England.
Recruiting Young Trustees
Our colleagues at Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) are offering places to trustees of museums in the West Midlands for this upcoming seminar.
In this bitesize session MDEM will be focussing on how to recruit younger trustees to your museum. The workshop will be led by Heather Lomas, Organisational Health Consultant for MDEM who will share learnings from MDEM’s Succession Planning programme. It will also feature insights from Alison Bowyer, Executive Director of Kids in Museum on their board’s approach to recruiting younger trustees.
There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion throughout.
In advance of the session, please consider:
- What could younger trustees bring to the museum?
- Are there any barriers to attracting younger people as trustees and how can these be removed?
- The steps you could take to recruit younger trustees.
Who should attend?
Board members from East and West Midlands museums who are interested in recruiting younger trustees.
Find out more and book a place.
Recruiting Young Trustees
Thursday 6 July, 10am-11.30am
Online
