Today’s the day when thousands of employees across the UK get out into their communities to volunteer to help community groups, schools and local charities as part of Give and Gain Day, an annual event organised by Business in the Community (BITC). For the first time this year, MDOs in the West Midlands region have […]
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Museum Mentor needed..
Looking for some CPD opportunities, or wanting to ‘give back’ ? Many smaller museums, without professional museum staff need some ‘critical friend’ advice to support them through Accreditation. We are always looking for professionals with recent experience. Roman Alcester a fabulous small museum with significant collections, an active volunteer base and a good Trustee board […]
Good trustees essential to survival..
It is pretty well known that the financial crisis has hit smaller charities harder than the larger ones. Nearly all museums – however large – fall into the category of small charity. Those who know, eg National Council for Voluntary Organisations, reckon investment in your trustees is the best way to survive… Read the article below […]
“Meet me at the museum…”
Museums are the equivalent of the town clock as a place of rendezvous, Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery have gone one step further and ensured their sites are places where all kinds of conversations go on.. and they have got awards for it too… How does you museum help people ‘make connections’? http://creatingconversations.wordpress.com/about/ Since January […]
Pop Up museum resources
Pop-up museums are becoming ever more popular. They are great for reaching new audiences and engaging with people in a different way – they are not just for those collections without a permanent home. The respected originator of the idea, Michelle delCarlo has now devised a really useful blueprint to help everyone run a good […]
Investing in Volunteers
A really useful checklist about the organisation benefit of volunteers from Investing in Volunteers (IiV) the UK quality standard for all organisations which involve volunteers in their work.
Volunteers:making that relationship with business- Give and Gain
Take advantage of our special MDO push to help you make relationships with local business and to increase your volunteer strength. We are working with Business in the Community West Midlands to get as many museum and heritage groups to be part of their national Give and Gain day in May 2013 As well as giving […]
Dig the Abbey: Polesworth talk
Tim Upson-Smith, the community archaeologist in charge of the 2012 ‘Dig the Abbey’ at Polesworth will give a talk on Tuesday 20th November at the Working Men’s Club in High Street, Polesworth. (map here http://goo.gl/maps/NmlVI) 7 pm for 7.30 pm. Light refreshments will be available at 7 pm and the bar in the club room will […]
free PC pot – dip in
Warwickshire County Council is making 125 recycled desktop computers available free of charge to community or voluntary organisations, including town and parish councils, within Warwickshire. Each organisation can apply for up to two machines each which will consist of a Dell desktop with a Windows 7 and 80GB hard drive, a monitor, keyboard and mouse […]
Over a 100 heritage sites open their doors for 6-9th Sept
Quick, get out the route planner, how many can you catch? The annual Heritage Open Days weekend is nearly upon us. Over 116 sites in Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull are taking part in this once-a-year chance to explore the world on your doorstep, unlocked and completely free of charge! Heritage Open Days celebrates England’s fantastic architecture […]
