Planning for Success: Collections Development for Trustees
Collections Trust, East Midlands Museum Development (MDEM) and West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) are partnering to bring a series of three workshops for museum trustees, focusing on collections management.
We recommend you attend all three sessions, however each event works as a stand alone session should you be unable to attend all of them.
Planning for Success: Collections Development for Trustees
This first session will focus on Collections Development Policy, exploring its role in the museum, how to develop one, and its value to the museum in a practical sense. We will consider themes relevant to the policy such as organisation responsibilities and evaluating the current state of collections.
Collections Trust will provide a brief overview of Spectrum to provide context. We will examine the Accreditation Collections Development Policy template and discuss scenarios and issues related to the different sections.
This event will be an opportunity for peer support and learning. Delegates are invited to send questions in advance, and ask questions and discuss during the session.
By the end of the session, you will:
- Understand what a Collections Development Policy is and what it should contain
- Understand how to develop a Collections Development Policy that is fit for purpose
- Understand the role and value of a Collections Development Policy in decision-making and prevention of common problem areas
- Know where to find more information and guidance
Before the session:
- Read your Collections Development Policy, if you have access to one. You will also find it useful to have this with you to refer to during the session, if possible.
There will be an optional half hour trustee networking session at the end of this event.
Places are limited, no more than two trustees per organisation. Priority will be given to Trustees who are part of the new West Midlands Trustee Network. To join please complete the Expression of Interest.
The sessions will be live captioned through StageText and MyClearText.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link prior to each 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.
Planning for Success: Collections Development for Trustees
Wednesday 27 April, 2pm-4pm
Online
If the booking button isn’t visible the event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk.
The other two sessions are:
- Entering the Museum: Object Entry, Acquisition and Accessioning for Trustees, Wednesday 18 May, 2pm-4pm
- Museum Collections for Trustees: An Overview of Loans, Wednesday 8 June, 2pm-4pm
Open to All: Accessibility Audit Programme Sharing Event
The Open to All: Accessibility Audit programme will be open for applications to the 2022 cohort in March.
This Sharing Event will be an opportunity to hear about the experiences of five museums who took part in the West Midlands Museum Development 2021 programme. It will be a chance for museums considering a 2022 application to ask questions and find out more about the programme.
The webinar will be live captioned through StageText and MyClearText.
About the Open to All: Accessibility Audit Programme
Each museum venue will receive an accessibility audit and report undertaken by Direct Access, identifying a comprehensive list of tailored, prioritised recommendations based on current standards and legislation, alongside access to expert training and advice.
Participation in the Open to All: Accessibility Audit programme directly supports Arts Council England’s Accreditation Standard, Users and their experiences, 7. Be accessible to the public.
Priority for places on the 2022 programme will be given to non-NPO and non-National museums who are Accredited or Working Towards Accreditation and based in the East Midlands or West Midlands.
Open to All: Accessibility Audit Programme Sharing Event
Wednesday 2 March 2022
10.30am-12noon
Museums and Galleries Responding to the Climate and Ecological Crisis Conference
Following COP26 and the release of NMDC’s report ‘Green Museums: Tackling the Climate Crisis’, NMDC is convening a conference hosted at the Whitworth, University of Manchester, to explore the role of museums and galleries in combatting the climate and ecological crisis.
Museums and galleries have a unique perspective as institutions that take a long-term view with their mission to preserve collections and stories for the future. But how can they do so with the existential threat of the climate crisis? How can museums combat climate change and biodiversity loss? The conference will provide a forum to consider two key questions:
- What can museums do to reduce their environmental impact?
- How can museums inspire positive action?
More information about the climate conference and book tickets.
Museums and Galleries Responding to the Climate and Ecological Crisis Conference
Monday 7 March and Tuesday 8 March
The Whitworth, Manchester M15 6ER
MD England Volunteer Management Development Training (session 3)
West Midlands Museum Development is pleased to announce that the Volunteer Management Development training events delivered in late 2021/ early 2022 are being repeated due to high demand for places.
This national online Museum Development series of three webinars will help to develop knowledge and skills in volunteer management, volunteer recruitment and volunteer strategy development.
Please note: By completing the booking form you are signing up to attend all three events.
Sessions (all 9.30am-1pm):
Thursday 3 March – Volunteer Recruitment
Thursday 17 March – Volunteer Management and Retention
Thursday 24 March – Volunteer Strategy Development
What will participants gain?
As a result of attending this webinar series, participants will become equipped or underpin skills and knowledge. including and not limited to:
- designing attractive and diverse volunteer roles whilst considering different approaches to recruitment
- planning for volunteer recruitment, measuring success, monitoring and evaluation
- reflective practice that leads to sustainable volunteer retention, development and meaningful experiences
- volunteer strategy development that is linked to organisational values, vision and goals
All training will be delivered using a webinar format via Zoom; training will be co-facilitated by two trainers in order to bring their combined experience and to also increase the level of engagement from participants through greater variety in voice and presentation style.
Who should attend?
This session is aimed at all Accredited museums and those working towards Accreditation in the North West, North East, SHARE Museums East, South East, West Midlands and Yorkshire. These webinars are most suitable to groups and organisations that are:
- reviewing their volunteering strategy
- open to learning and exploring changes to involving volunteers
- keen to learn more about and embed inclusive practice into their work on involving volunteers
If you are based in another region, we kindly ask you to book through your local Museum Development provider which you can find the details for here.
Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
If you are unable to attend any of the sessions please let us know in advance by emailing wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
If the event becomes oversubscribed we will prioritise bookings from organisations who can send a representative to all three sessions.
Session leaders:
This webinar series is being hosted by volunteering consultants and specialists Laura Hamilton and Carol Carbine, who both bring more than 40 years of volunteer management experience in the VCSE sector.
Laura has a strong understanding of volunteer management within small and medium-sized organisations and of working with staff to build volunteer management confidence and capacity in these contexts; and runs a successful consultancy (Laura Hamilton Consulting), with a specialist focus on volunteer engagement and management and training and mentoring for volunteer managers.
Carol specialises in training/ facilitation and problem-solving/ conflict resolution, working within the overseas aid, animal welfare, disability and heritage sectors; and is a qualified NLP Practitioner. Carol offers bespoke training and facilitation through her own consultancy (Carol Carbine Consulting).
If the booking button isn’t visible this series of events is fully booked. Please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk if you want to join the waiting list.
MD England Volunteer Management Development Training
West Midlands Museum Development is pleased to announce that the Volunteer Management Development training events delivered in late 2021/ early 2022 are being repeated due to high demand for places.
This national online Museum Development series of three webinars will help to develop knowledge and skills in volunteer management, volunteer recruitment and volunteer strategy development.
Please note: By completing the booking form you are signing up to attend all three events.
Sessions (all 9.30am-1pm):
Thursday 3 March – Volunteer Recruitment
Thursday 17 March – Volunteer Management and Retention
Thursday 24 March – Volunteer Strategy Development
What will participants gain?
As a result of attending this webinar series, participants will become equipped or underpin skills and knowledge. including and not limited to:
- designing attractive and diverse volunteer roles whilst considering different approaches to recruitment
- planning for volunteer recruitment, measuring success, monitoring and evaluation
- reflective practice that leads to sustainable volunteer retention, development and meaningful experiences
- volunteer strategy development that is linked to organisational values, vision and goals
All training will be delivered using a webinar format via Zoom; training will be co-facilitated by two trainers in order to bring their combined experience and to also increase the level of engagement from participants through greater variety in voice and presentation style.
Who should attend?
This session is aimed at all Accredited museums and those working towards Accreditation in the North West, North East, SHARE Museums East, South East, West Midlands and Yorkshire. These webinars are most suitable to groups and organisations that are:
- reviewing their volunteering strategy
- open to learning and exploring changes to involving volunteers
- keen to learn more about and embed inclusive practice into their work on involving volunteers
If you are based in another region, we kindly ask you to book through your local Museum Development provider which you can find the details for here.
Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
If you are unable to attend any of the sessions please let us know in advance by emailing wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
If the event becomes oversubscribed we will prioritise bookings from organisations who can send a representative to all three sessions.
Session leaders:
This webinar series is being hosted by volunteering consultants and specialists Laura Hamilton and Carol Carbine, who both bring more than 40 years of volunteer management experience in the VCSE sector.
Laura has a strong understanding of volunteer management within small and medium-sized organisations and of working with staff to build volunteer management confidence and capacity in these contexts; and runs a successful consultancy (Laura Hamilton Consulting), with a specialist focus on volunteer engagement and management and training and mentoring for volunteer managers.
Carol specialises in training/ facilitation and problem-solving/ conflict resolution, working within the overseas aid, animal welfare, disability and heritage sectors; and is a qualified NLP Practitioner. Carol offers bespoke training and facilitation through her own consultancy (Carol Carbine Consulting).
If the booking button isn’t visible this series of events is fully booked. Please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk if you want to join the waiting list.
Coffee and Chatter
Your networking opportunity
Join the WMMD team at 10.30am for a half hour of Coffee and Chatter.
It’s your chance to share what’s happening at your museum, learn what your colleagues across the sector are doing in their heritage organisations, ask the WMMD team for advice and hear about the latest sector guidance and news.
Grab your morning cuppa, exchange ideas and catch up with some friendly faces.
Zoom details:
https://zoom.us/j/99254865285?pwd=R2xiUlUzOFdWMGJFQXpyL0E4cHpNQT09
Meeting ID: 992 5486 5285
Password: 579046
Coffee and Chatter will be auto-captioned.
Coffee and Chatter: Hosted Museums Special
Is your museum based within a local authority, a university or another parent body?
We know that being based within another organisation has many benefits for museums, but can also present unique challenges, whether it’s with budgeting and finance, forward planning or internal advocacy.
Join West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) for an extended one hour Coffee and Chatter on 3 March at 10.30am aimed at museums based within other organisations.
It will be an informal opportunity to meet staff and volunteers from other hosted museums throughout the West Midlands. We can discuss the benefits and challenges your organisations have faced and what the next 12 months might look like. Your feedback will help inform WMMD’s support for hosted museums in 2022/23.
No need to book, just come along and say hello.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/99254865285?pwd=R2xiUlUzOFdWMGJFQXpyL0E4cHpNQT09
Meeting ID: 992 5486 5285
Password: 579046
The session will be auto-captioned through Zoom.
Carbon Literacy for Museums Toolkit Launch
We are delighted to announce that the new Carbon Literacy for Museum Toolkit is launching on Monday 24 January.
The new Carbon Literacy for Museums Toolkit has been developed by The Carbon Literacy Project and Museum Development North West, in collaboration with Museum Development England, museums and Julie’s Bicycle as part of the Roots & Branches project.
Museums have an important role to play in tackling the climate crisis – not only by reducing the emissions created within the museum sector, but also as storytellers, stewards, and trusted public institutions with the power to influence others.
Join us on Monday 24 January from 2pm-3.30pm on Zoom to find out more about the Toolkit, how to use it and how to access Carbon Literacy training through your Museum Development Provider. You will also hear from museums who will share their experiences of Carbon Literacy training.
Introduction to Spectrum 5.0
A workshop in partnership with the Collections Trust.
Suitable for those new to the Spectrum collections management standard or in need of a refresher, this online session will offer an introduction to Spectrum 5.0.
We will discuss how a Spectrum 5.0 procedure works, how Spectrum might be applied within your own organisation and briefly introduce the primary procedures for Accreditation. We will also look at the difference and relationship between plans, policies and procedures.
There will be opportunities to ask questions throughout. You will also be invited to submit questions in advance.
By the end of the session, delegates will:
- Understand what the Spectrum standard is, and how it might be applied within their museum
- Understand the role of the Spectrum standard in relation to museum Accreditation
- Understand the difference and relationship between plans, policies and procedures
- Know where to find more information and guidance
Before the session:
- Read the Spectrum 5.0 introduction https://collectionstrust.org.uk/spectrum/spectrum-5/
- Think about how you do things in your museum, referring to your in-house procedural manual if you have access to it, although we appreciate you might not right now. You might also find it useful to have it with you to refer to during the session.
Priority will be given to delegates to delegates participating in WMMD’s Banish the Backlog cohorts, but it is also open to museums in the West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation. Maximum two delegates per organisation.
The webinar will be live captioned through StageText and MyClearText.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link to the training prior to the event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email the day before the event please contact us.
If the booking button isn’t visible this event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk.
Introduction to Spectrum 5.0
Thursday 17 February, 10am-12noon
Online
Getting Started with Accreditation: Eligibility and Working Towards Accreditation
Have you considered joining the Accreditation Scheme?
Unclear on what it is, how it works, or what to expect?
Don’t know where to start or who can help?
Join West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) for an introduction to the UK Museum Accreditation Scheme.
This session will:
- Give you an overview of the UK Accreditation Scheme
- Discuss the benefits and responsibilities of joining the Scheme
- Look at the eligibility criteria and how to apply for Working Toward Accreditation status
- Direct you to resources and who can provide advice and support
- Provide plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion
This session is aimed at museums that are not currently Accredited and are interesting in applying for, or extending their, Working Towards Accreditation status. Priority will be given to individuals from museums that are non-Accredited or Working Towards Accreditation.
The webinar will be live captioned through StageText and MyClearText.
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.
Getting Started with Accreditation: Eligibility and Working Towards Accreditation
Thursday 24 February, 10am-12noon
If the booking button isn’t visible this event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
