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E-update for London’s Museums – 10 June 2021

Museum Development London Recovery grants programme (£32k) supported by The Art Fund This programme, supported by The Art Fund, is designed to help museums to analyse and assess their current position and to identify priorities for activity to support post Covid recovery through a short, facilitated self-assessment process. Further to self-assessment and analysis 8 grants of up to £4000 will be available to successful participants. Further information and access to full guidance and application documents can be found here. Deadline for applications to the programme 05 July 2021.

Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) The MEND grants scheme is an open-access capital fund targeted at non-national Accredited museums and local authorities based in England. Details of How to Apply are available on the ACE website. Closing date for applications: 05 July.

As outlined in the ‘roadmap’ for England to move out of lockdown, museums are now able to open. The government has published the ‘COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021’ document, which outlines the plan in more detail. The move out of lockdown is reliant on four conditions which must be met before moving on a step – so these dates should be used as guides for the time being. Government has recently announced the Restart Grant scheme which supports businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors with a one-off grant, to reopen safely as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. The grants are available now through your local authorities and consist of either up to £6,000 in the non-essential retail sector (likely to reopen on 12th April) or up to £18,000 in the hospitality, museums, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym sectors. You can find out more on the Gov.uk website and by contacting your local authority.

The Government has updated regulations around the information that re- opened organisations must collect for Test and Trace. Venues which have re- opened must now ask every customer and visitor (over the age of 16) for their information for Test and Trace, unless those individuals have checked in using the NHS Covid-19 app. Designated venues in certain sectors that must have a system in place to request and record contact details of their customers, visitors and staff to help break the chains of transmission of coronavirus. You can find the information you should collect on the gov.uk website under ‘Information to collect’. You can find more information on these changes on the MA’s website.

The National Museum Directors’ Council (NMDC) has updated the Good Practice Guidelines for Reopening Museums it produced with support from DCMS and the Museums and Galleries Working Group. This guidance is for museums that are planning to open in line with the Government’s roadmap out of the current coronavirus restrictions. There is also a related and accompanying checklist to the (original) Guidelines produced by AIM working with Museum Development England. If you would like help or advice with reopening, do contact your MDO. Government guidance on how organisations are expected to support the NHS Test and Trace for staff, customers and visitors is available on the Gov.uk website.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced ‘Let’s Do London’ – the city’s largest ever domestic tourism campaign, aimed at fully reopening the city post- pandemic.This is about getting the message out to Londoners and people across the country that our capital stands ready to entertain, inspire and enthral once again. View here for further information.

Art Fund – Reimagine Grants A new programme, Reimagine grants, have been developed in consultation with the sector and are designed to inspire creativity and increase stability. The aims of the programme are to support organisations as you transform your activities following the lockdowns and help build expertise, capacity, and connections to help achieve your aims for your organisation and your public. They have £2million available through Reimagine Grants in 2021. Small grants of £5,000 to £15,000, and large grants of £15,000 to £50,000 are available in three funding rounds. The first deadline is Monday 5 July. More details and full guidance can be found on their website.

Headley Fellowships with Art Fund A third round of Headley Fellowships with Art Fund, which aim to support collections- based research and deepen expertise within museums has been launched. This programme gives curators working with all collections the time and resources to undertake research, develop their specialism and share knowledge with museum audiences and their colleagues in the sector. Each fellowship has a value of £27,500 to support up to 6 months of a curator’s time and the development of public and sector outputs including workshops, toolkits, exhibitions and public programmes. More details can be found on their website. Deadline: Friday 30 July

Arts Council England’s relaunched National Lottery Project Grants have been designed to help fund organisations, creative practitioners and freelancers as quickly as possible. New supplementary guidance for museums can be found on their website. In addition, the relaxation of the need for 10% match funding has been extended until 31 August 2021, so if you don’t have the full 10% expected (or any match funding at all), you’ll still be able to apply. Further details about the National Lottery Project Grants can be found below and in this video.

We have now started advertising further Skills Plus sessions for our 2021 – 2022 programme. We have just advertised new sessions on ‘An Introduction to the Spectrum Standard’ and ‘An Introduction to Fundraising from Different Communities’.

London Heritage Volunteer Awards 2021 (LHVA) London Heritage Volunteering Group is proud to launch the London Heritage Volunteer Awards 2021. Anyone who has volunteered in a London heritage site at any time over the past two calendar years (1st June 2019 to 1st August 2021) can be nominated for a LHVA. Further information and guidance can be found here.

2 Closing date 01 August, 5pm.

We will continue to offer one-to-one advice to museums from their local MDO and specialists on Organisational Health, Audiences, Digital Technologies and Collections. You can find the support you need on this page.

1. Sector News: Accreditation Scheme update; Updates to Test and Trace requirements; Covid-19 Consumer Sentiment Tracker; Heritage Volunteering Group – Creating Capacity 2021; LHVA Awards; Volunteers for Museum Learning Award; Let’s Do London; Updates to Good Practice Guidelines; Furlough Scheme; ACE Accreditation Newsletter; Redundancy Hub; Culture at Risk

2. Funding and Funding Support: Museum Development London Recovery Grants; Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND); The Space – Get Commissioned; Coronavirus Restart Grants; National Lottery Grants for Heritage; National Lottery Project Grants; Art Fund – Reimagine Grants; Headley Fellowships with Art Fund; Support for business and self-employed people during cornavirus; Trusts and Foundations for London Museums resource.

3. Training, advice and resources: An Introduction to the Spectrum Standard; An Introduction to Fundraising from Different Communities; Regional Collection Care Training; Resources for planning for post Covid re-opening; Managing Mixed Collections; Oral History Society (UK Conference); British Library Caring for Audio Materials; Arts, Culture and Heritage Sector after Brexit guidance; Kickstart scheme; Volunteering during coronavirus; Ticketing resource; ACE Resources on Government and Wider Support;

4. Job Vacancies: Front of House Supervisor, Tech and Digital Marketing Officer, Trustees, Front of House Assistant, Digital Marketing Manager, Community Engagement Officer, Curator, Exhibition and Oral History Project Officer, Tender Opportunity – Volunteer Programme Facilitator, Tender Opportunity – Digital Heritage Consultation, Tender Opportunity – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Programme Pilot, AIL Panel and Designation Scheme Panel Members.

5. Exhibitions and Events: Public Events; Inclusion Café Book Group; Explore after dark.

1. Sector News (to top)

Accreditation Scheme update The Accreditation scheme will begin its phased reopening this month and is now open for applications from museums and galleries in England applying for the first time. ACE has updated the FAQs on their website, which includes more information around what’s happening with Accreditation and their plans for phased reopening. Guidance is available for applicants, to help consider any changes or updates to applications and returns, as well as a recently published supplementary note, outlining prompts for all applicants – whether new or returning – to help them plan

3 and respond to Covid-19. All potential applicants should read both this note and the Accreditation guidance before applying or submitting a return. If you would like further advice around Accreditation, please do contact your MDO.

Updates to Test and Trace requirements “Museum sector bodies have raised concerns about significant changes to the requirements for the UK Government’s NHS Test and Trace programme, which institutions in England will have to comply with when they reopen in May. The changes in procedure mean that all members of a visitor group age 16 and over will be obliged to provide their contact details; previously just one member was permitted do so on behalf of a group.” Read the full article on the MA’s website. You can find the information you should be collecting, when you re-open, on the gov.uk website under ‘Information to collect’.

VisitEngland Covid-19 Consumer Sentiment Tracker VisitEngland has published wave 02 of their Consumer Sentiment Tracker which covers fieldwork conducted between 25-29 May. You can find this report, along with previous reports, on their website.

Heritage Volunteering Group – Creating Capacity 2021 Rebuilding volunteering in the heritage sector post Covid The coronavirus outbreak has had a profound impact on the heritage sector, with many organisations spending much of 2020 with their doors closed. Volunteers are vital to enabling our organisations to heal from this and move forward. To do this, though, heritage organisations must possess a culture that allows us to fully leverage volunteer talent. In 2020, in partnership with Historic England, HVG undertook a piece of work to explore if this culture exists and what was needed to rebuild volunteering capacity in our sector. This report explores the findings of that work.

London Heritage Volunteer Awards 2021 (LHVA) To wrap up what has been another wonderful Volunteers' Week, the London Heritage Volunteering Group is proud to launch the London Heritage Volunteer Awards 2021. After a short gap in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, they are resuming the London Heritage Volunteer Awards in 2021 for their twelfth year. They realise that it can be difficult to single out volunteers as the 'best', so they have created a range of award categories that recognise people's individual and team achievements. Anyone who has volunteered in a London heritage site at any time over the past two calendar years (1st June 2019 to 1st August 2021) can be nominated for a LHVA. Further information and guidance can be found here. Closing date 01 August, 5pm.

Volunteers for Museum Learning Award The British Museum and the Marsh Christian Trust are delighted to announce that applications are open for this year’s Volunteers for Museum Learning Award. The award celebrates the contribution of volunteers, recognising their innovation, dedication and excellence in engaging the public in museums, galleries and heritage sites across the UK. This year, they are looking for applications which demonstrate the ways in which an individual or group of volunteers have made a difference to their museum or heritage site during 2020, whether through a contribution to their institution, local community or audiences (onsite and online). For further information, please visit their website. The closing date for applications is 30 July.

4 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced ‘Let’s Do London’ – the city’s largest ever domestic tourism campaign, aimed at fully reopening the city post- pandemic. He said that the campaign would “champion our businesses, cultural institutions and attractions that have suffered so much during the pandemic. This is about getting the message out to Londoners and people across the country that our capital stands ready to entertain, inspire and enthral once again.” The cultural offer includes a partnership with Royal Academy artists to turn street furniture into art, a Hockney commission for Piccadilly Circus, the Southbank Centre ‘summer reunion’ programme of indoor and outdoor programming over 15 weekends and London Lates during the summer, as well as multiple museum exhibition openings. View here for further information.

Updates to Good Practice Guidelines for Reopening Museums The National Museum Directors’ Council (NMDC) has updated the Good Practice Guidelines for Reopening Museums it produced with support from DCMS and the Museums and Galleries Working Group. This guidance is for museums that are planning to open in line with the Government’s roadmap out of the current coronavirus restrictions. There is also a related and accompanying checklist to the (original) Guidelines produced by AIM working with Museum Development England. If you would like help or advice with reopening, do contact your MDO. Government guidance on how organisations are expected to support the NHS Test and Trace for staff, customers and visitors is available on the Gov.uk website.

Furlough Scheme The Chancellor announced that the Furlough scheme will once again be extended, now until September 2021. The government will continue to cover 80% of any hours an individual is unable to work, up to a maximum of £2,500 per employee per month. You can find more information on the Gov.uk website.

ACE Museums Newsletter Arts Council England has recently revived its quarterly newsletter about all things Accreditation. If you'd like to sign up for it, you can use this link.

Museum Association’s Redundancy Hub The MA has launched a Redundancy Hub, offering support and resources for people going through redundancy. You can find the hub on the MA’s website.

Culture at Risk The Mayor’s Culture at Risk office is working with the culture and the creative industries to ensure those affected by the COVID-19 crisis get the support they need. You can register with them to help them provide you with the right type of support and keep you up to date with news on resources, funds and guidance. You can find the registration information on their website. You will also be able find information on the resources available to the cultural sector, on the same page.

2. Funding and Funding Support (to top)

5 Further to self-assessment and analysis 8 grants of up to £4000 will be available to successful participants to help them to: stretch thinking by helping museums to evaluate alternative futures and carry out appropriate; innovate and pilot new ways of working; explore new and exciting partnerships; take a risk or try something new in order to address the need to revise the visitor experience, in the light of post Covid changes to visitor behaviour, or to raise the profile of the organisation. Applicants are required to ensure approaches address equality and accessibility. Further information and access to full guidance and application documents can be found here. Deadline for applications to the programme 05 July 2021.

The Space – Get Commissioned Arts and cultural organisations based in England, including museums, libraries, community organisations and local councils with a cultural project, can apply for a digital R&D commission of up to £9,000 (excluding VAT). Commissions are for you to develop and deliver a creative digital project for online audiences. This might be a video or audio project, or an interactive or immersive experience. More info can be found here.

Coronavirus Restart Grants The Restart Grant scheme supports businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors with a one-off grant, to reopen safely as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. The grants are available now through your local authorities and consist of either up to £6,000 in the non-essential retail sector (likely to reopen on 12th April) or up to £18,000 in the hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym sectors (likely to reopen from 17th May). You can find out more on the Gov.uk website and by contacting your local authority.

National Lottery Grants for Heritage 2021-22 Applications are now open for National Lottery Grants for Heritage from £3,000 to £5million. The impact of Covid-19 means that the NLHF has revised their approach to what they will fund. They have created a supplementary document that sets out their Priorities for National Lottery Grants for Heritage for 2021-22. To summarise, they will prioritise heritage projects that will: boost the local economy, encourage skills development and job creation, support wellbeing, create better places to live, work and visit, improve the resilience of organisations working in heritage. Every project will need to achieve their inclusion outcome, ‘a wider range of people will be involved in heritage’. They will also expect all projects to demonstrate that they are building long-term environmental sustainability into their plans, as appropriate. You can explore their Outcomes and Good Practice Guidance for more information. The NLHF has guidance for three levels of funding, grants from £3,000 to £10,000, grants from £10,000 to £250,000 and grants from £250,000 to £5million. You can find more information, and apply, on their website.

Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants ACE are prioritising this programme to help fund independent organisations, creative practitioners and freelancers as quickly as possible. The available grants range from

6 between £1,000 - £100,000, with a number of changes made to the fund - including organisations no longer needing 10% matched funding to apply. You can find further information about all of the changes to the National Lottery Project Grants on their website. ACE has updated the Museums information sheet for the grants, with information for museums looking to apply for funding. ACE says that projects must “involve and benefit at least one Accredited museum, its work and its visitors”. These projects can focus on a wide range of areas such as programming, digital work or touring, but they must involve some element of public engagement. You can find new supplementary guidance for the grants on their website and the updated application guidance here. The grants remain in two streams, under £15,000 and over £15,000, where possible they will notify applicants of the outcome of their application more quickly than the standard turnarounds of six weeks (for applications under £15,000) and 12 weeks (for applications over £15,000). Furthermore, the relaxation of the need for 10% match funding has been extended until 31 August 2021, so if you don’t have the full 10% expected (or any match funding at all), you’ll still be able to apply. ACE has also updated their helpful FAQ section, covering some of the commonly asked questions regarding the changes to Project Grants.

Headley Fellowships with Art Fund A third round of Headley Fellowships with Art Fund, which aim to support collections- based research and deepen expertise within museums has been launched. This programme gives curators working with all collections the time and resources to undertake research, develop their specialism and share knowledge with museum audiences and their colleagues in the sector. Explore how collections and displays could be more relevant to communities Each fellowship has a value of £27,500 to support up to 6 months of a curator’s time and the development of public and sector outputs including workshops, toolkits, exhibitions and public programmes. More details can be found on their website. Deadline: Friday 30 July

Support for business and self-employed people during coronavirus Find out if you’re eligible for the fifth grant which will cover the period May 2021 to September 2021 here.

Trusts and Foundations for London Museums resource London Museum Development has compiled an Excel spreadsheet which highlights a large number of the trusts and foundations which offer funding and support for the museum sector. We began compiling this document before Covid-19, so some of the funds may not be running this financial year. Still, the resource will be incredibly useful when looking for funding streams for your work. You can download the Excel spreadsheet here, along with a number of our other resources.

3. Training, advice and resources (to top)

Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, where we will be posting recordings of the majority of our sessions, and to click the notification button to be notified of when we release new videos. You can view recordings of our past training sessions here and our Tutorial Videos here.

An Introduction to the Spectrum Standard Wednesday 23 June, 10:30 - 12:30 Online (Zoom) Suitable for those new to the Spectrum collections management standard or in need of a refresher, this online session will offer a bitesize introduction. We will discuss how a Spectrum 5.0 procedure works and how Spectrum might be applied within your own organisation. We will also briefly introduce the primary procedures for Accreditation, focussing on details flagged in your registrations - please let us know your questions, issues and priorities when booking. There will also be opportunities to ask questions throughout. Before the session: Read the Spectrum 5.0 introduction and then 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. For more information, and to book your place, please visit our website.

An Introduction to Fundraising from Different Communities Wednesday 30 June, 10:00 - 12:15 Online (Zoom) This workshop is designed to help you reach out to communities your organisation may not currently be engaging with and to explore practical ways to involve them in your organisation’s fundraising. It has never been more important for organisations to make sure that the work created has an impact on a diverse range of people in your communities. This journey starts with including these wider communities in your fundraising strategy. At a time where the world feels increasingly fractured, it seems more important than ever for the arts and cultural sectors to play a role in bringing communities together. Could your organisation be successful in raising money from particular ethnic or religious communities? Cause4 has been developing research in this area in partnership with a range of communities, and fundraising practitioners. Museums are invited to join this interactive session with Cause4’s founder Michelle Wright to discuss some of the findings, and begin to plan next steps. For more information, and to book your place, please visit our website.

Regional Collection Care Training Putting on a show – new date (please note that this is course was postponed from 18 Feb 21) 10 June 2021: first part 10.00 – 12.00 ; second part 14.30 – 16.00 Course tutor: Clare Reynolds ACR, paper conservator, Museum of London. Nearly every museum exhibition involves paper in its infinite and varied forms (books, newspapers, letters, postcards, posters, drawings). On this online course you will learn how to put them on display safely and avoid the pitfalls many have fallen into. There will be hands-on practical elements to this course, so it has been split into two parts across the day, enabling participants to have time between sessions to try out the practical elements before joining in for the afternoon where

8 they can follow along with Clare again. Participants will be sent a kit of the materials and equipment used during the course beforehand, so that they can fully participate in the practical elements of the course and continue to use them, with their newly acquired skills, in their institution thereafter. As this course will involve the delivery of kits to applicants, it is only open to staff and volunteers from London region museums. If you would like a booking form or any further information about this course please email Libby on [email protected]. Please note that this course only had a few available places remaining when it had to be postponed, so it is advisable to book as soon as you can if you would like to join in.

Regional Collection Care Training Turning over a new leaf: how to improve your preservation skills for looking after library and archive material 23 June, from 14.00 to 16.00, Online via Zoom Turning Over a New Leaf is an online course delivered by Alex Walker, Preventive Conservator at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. This introductory session will provide participants with preservation advice for library and archive material in their collections. The course will cover different aspects of preventive conservation including environmental monitoring, library and archive pests, safe handling of library and archive material, and different storage methods. This session will be an introduction to the first steps of preventive conservation for library and archival material, so is suitable for beginners who wish to learn the basic methods of handling and collection care, or for those already working with these materials and who would like a refresher session. If you would like a booking form for this course, please email Libby on [email protected].

Resources for planning for post Covid re-opening London Museum Development has created a helpful PDF to use when planning your re-opening, post lockdown, which signposts useful links to resources and articles around re-opening. We will be regularly updating this resource, as more information about how the lockdown will be lifted is published, so do refer back to it as your planning develops. You can find the resource on our ‘Resources’ page.

Managing Mixed Collections: new guidance The National Archives has commissioned guidance which brings together sector standards and advice for archives and museums, aiming to provide archivists with the direction and support to care and manage these collections. The guidance covers a range of policy, collections management and access issues and is Accreditation compliant. On Wednesday 09 June, 10:00 - 12:00 there will be an online launch event, giving an overview of the guidance, a chance for participants to share experiences of working with mixed collections and to learn specific skills from museum professionals involved in writing the guidance. For further information and booking, please click here.

Oral History Society (UK) Annual Conference 2021 - Oral History and the Media Taking place on 09 and 10 July in an online format. Bookings are now OPEN! They are delighted to be joined by their plenary speakers: Alan Dein (BBC Radio) on The Voices on the Cutting Room Floor; Professor Margaretta Jolly (University of Sussex) on Ms.Represented; Oral Histories and Feminism in the Media; Steve Humphries (Testimony Films) on The Art of the Intimate Interview; Charlotte Knowles and Michelle Scarlett (Independent Film Trust)

9 on ColdharbourVR - using oral histories in 360 degrees. For information and bookings, please click here.

New, free online resources and training on caring for audio materials, aimed at non-specialist collection holders - British Library Few professional staff in these institutions have received training in how to care for and make use of sound items, and as a result they are often relegated to the back of the shelf, waiting for a day that never comes. Many sound formats are endangered however, due to the looming unavailability of the necessary playback equipment, and so the time we have in which to finally tackle these collection items is limited, to a few years at most. The UK-wide Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project is launching a series of online resources and activities, to help collection holders understand and care for their sound collections. They will be led by ten regional sound preservation centres around the UK, helping collection holders of all kinds to preserve and use their sound collections more effectively. For an up to date list of the online courses on offer, please view here.

Arts, Culture and Heritage Sector after Brexit guidance Now that the UK has left the EU, the government has guidance for those working in the arts, culture and heritage sector from 01 January 2021. You can find the guidance on the gov.uk website.

Guide to help London employers make the most of Kickstart scheme London Councils, boroughs and the Greater London Authority have drafted a short guide for promoting high-quality placements through the Kickstart scheme. The new guide advises employers and Kickstart ‘Gateway organisations’ on how they can support young Londoners to get the most out of their placement and to help Kickstart participants understand what to expect. You can read the guide here.

DCMS guide ‘Volunteering during coronavirus’ DCMS have just published their new guide ‘Volunteering during coronavirus (COVID- 19)’ aimed at members of the public who are currently, or are interested in, volunteering during the pandemic. It sets out clearly, in chapters, everything people need to know to be able to volunteer safely. It includes advice on: - How restrictions affect volunteering - Travelling safely as a volunteer - Volunteering safely with other people - Finding volunteering opportunities with organisations and groups - Helping others ‘informally’ in your local area - Accessing testing and vaccinations You can find the full guide on the Gov.uk website.

Digital Culture Network - Ticketing resource Alec Ward, former Digital and Communications for London Museum Development, and South West Museum Development’s Digital Engagement Officer, Rachel Cartwright, identified the need for a resource to help museums navigate options for online ticketing and timed entry. They reached out to Nick Kime, Digital Culture Network Tech Champion (ticketing specialist) who has created a museum specific resource. A must-read if you are choosing an online system and what considerations to make when thinking about reopening, managing visitor numbers and personal information collection and storage for NHS Test and Trace. Download the resource.

10 To find out more about how the Digital Culture Network can support you please visit www.artscouncil.org.uk/dcn.

ACE Resources on Government and Wider Support Arts Council England have a central resource setting out available Government and wider support for organisations and individuals relevant to the cultural sector. These pages are continually updated and are produced in consultation with DCMS.

4. Job Vacancies (to top)

Front of House Supervisor Fulham Palace Trust Our front of house posts are key roles at Fulham Palace. Post-holders are the first point of contact for our visitors, providing excellent customer service, dealing with a wide variety of public enquiries and are a link to all other members of the Fulham Palace team. We are seeking a proactive, organised individual with excellent communication and customer service skills to join our team. Good levels of literacy and numeracy and experience of Microsoft Office systems are required, previous reception/front of house experience in a heritage or museum setting and knowledge of the local area are desirable though not essential. Salary: £16,744 pa 0.7 FTE (pro rata FTE of £23,920) Closing date: 15 June To apply: For more information, please visit their website.

Tech and Digital Marketing Officer Museum of Brands The Museum of Brands is looking for an energetic and driven Tech and Digital Marketing Officer to join the organisation as an integral member of a small and collaborative team. The post holder will be responsible for maintaining and updating the Museum website, managing SEO activities, leading on Google Analytics, as well as designing and producing a range of digital assets and coordinating a range of online marketing initiatives across all departments. Salary: £23k – £25k per annum (pro-rata) Working pattern: 4 – 5 days/week Closing date: 10:00, 02 July To apply: For more information, please visit their website.

Trustees Social History Curators Group Are you working, studying or volunteering in a museum or heritage site? Are you looking to enhance your skills or find new opportunities? SHCG is looking for seven new trustees this year; Secretary, Treasurer and five Ordinary Trustees: Editor of SHCG News, Editor of SHCG's journal, Social History in Museums, Digital Editor, Marketing and Partnerships and Seminar Organiser. You do not have to be a social history curator to be a member or Trustee of SHCG! We welcome anyone working with social history at museums and heritage sites. All you need for a role on committee is solid organisational and communication skills, and enthusiasm! Salary: Voluntary Roles Closing date: 5pm, 11 June To apply: Please complete the application form here. For full role descriptions please visit our Committee page.

Front of House Assistant Charles Dickens Museum This is a varied role in small dynamic team covering the Museum Shop (including admissions desk) and the Café. With relevant experience in retail sales and hospitality, you will provide excellent customer service to ensure visitors have a great experience while maximising income for the Museum. Salary: £10/hour Closing date: 18 June To apply: For more information, please visit their website.

Digital Marketing Manager Dulwich Picture Gallery We are seeking an experienced Digital Marketing Manager who will take responsibility for the development and roll out of the Gallery’s digital marketing activities, including targeted email campaigns, paid social and digital advertising and data capture, to drive reach and revenue for the Gallery’s exhibitions, events and commercial activities. Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 Closing date: 5pm, 21 June To apply: Please visit their website for further information.

Community Engagement Officer (Cranford Park) London Borough of Hillingdon The London Borough of Hillingdon, the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Cranford Park Friends are working together on an exciting project to restore and interpret the buildings and landscape, provide a café, meeting spaces, playgrounds and trails and develop a very varied programme of events and activities. The Role of the Community Engagement Officer is key to the Project's objectives of attracting local individuals and families, from all communities and groups, into the Park to enjoy what it has to offer. The job is full-time for a fixed term of 4 years and is initially based at Manor Farm Ruislip, but later, in 2022, on site at Cranford Park. Salary: £30,585 - £31,557 Closing date: 18 June To apply: For more information, please visit their website.

Curator Charles Dickens Museum The Charles Dickens Museum is seeking a versatile and experienced Curator to work within a small dynamic team at a high-profile heritage site. The post works alongside the Curator-Special Projects, supports the Director, and is part of the Senior Management Team. This role does not require an in-depth knowledge of Dickens but a key objective is to liaise with academics and experts in Dickens’s life, works and social circle, the early Victorian period, and the critical reception of Dickens. Salary: £32,500 p.a. Closing date: 15 June To apply: For more information, please visit their website.

Exhibition and Oral History Project Officer John Wesley’s House and the Museum of Methodism

12 Are you passionate about justice, equality and ‘Black Lives Matter’ themes? Do you have knowledge of organising museum and/or faith exhibitions and experience of coordinating and presenting oral history projects? We’d love to hear from you! Wesley’s Chapel and the Museum of Methodism are looking for an experienced and skilled exhibition and oral history project officer. Your task will be to deliver on time and to budget a major Methodist history exhibition and an oral history project. Salary: £28,000 per annum full time, pro rata. 6 months’ full time/0.75f/t appointment Closing date: 1 July To apply: For more information, please visit their website.

Tender Opportunity – Volunteer Programme Facilitator Museum Development UK This project has arisen due to the dual challenges of a longer-term shifting volunteering workforce in the heritage sector, and the particular strains of the last 12 months due to the pandemic. This challenge is particularly acute in smaller museums, those without a dedicated volunteer management post and those with no paid staff. For the first time several museum development areas in England and also Wales have come together to form a programme consortium to collaborate on a development programme to ensure maximum reach, but also to support museums across areas and bring them together to find creative solutions and a way forward at this critical time. Programme Aim: To support participating museums to review their volunteering strategy and explore new ways to embed sustainable volunteer development practice tailored to individual organisational needs. Budget available: £13,000 Closing date: 11 June To apply: For more information, please visit their website.

Tender Opportunity – Digital Heritage Consultation The Cultural Institute at the University of Leeds The Cultural Institute at the University of Leeds is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced consultant or team of consultants to carry out a short piece of research with the heritage sector to identify their most pressing questions related to the development of digital capabilities for the sector in the areas of ‘Digital leadership and organisational development’ and ‘Business models and recovery planning’. Budget available: £18,000 Closing date: 11 June To apply: For further information please visit their website.

Tender Opportunity – Equality, diversity and inclusion programme pilot Museum Development UK MDUK, in partnership with the Association of Independent Museums (AIM), is seeking a consultant/s to develop a programme to support museums in England and Wales to improve their understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). The programme will also increase participants’ knowledge and skills around the EDI- related issues being faced people working and volunteering in museums, their communities and audiences. The full programme is intended to run over 18 months, across 3 levels of intervention. Consultants are invited to quote for activity planned for 2021-2022. Budget available: £15,000 Closing date: 01 July To apply: For further information, please visit their website.

13 AIL Panel and Designation Scheme Panel Members Arts Council England The Arts Council supports collections and opportunities to engage with them in a number of ways, some of the most important being through the Acceptance in Lieu Panel, the Designation Panel and the Accreditation Committee. The Designation Panel identifies outstanding collections around the country, assessing and making decisions on applications to the Designation Scheme, a mark of distinction that helps raise the profile of these vital collections and encourages people to safeguard them. The Accreditation Committee oversee the Accreditation scheme, the UK industry standard for museums and galleries. Appointed members serve for up to three years, with the possibility of reappointment. AIL Panel Member and Designation Scheme Panel Member role descriptions. Salary: Voluntary roles Closing date: 20th June To apply: For further information please visit their website.

Expressions of Interest to join Advisory Group Stanley Picker Gallery & Dorich House Museum Advisory Group We are currently seeking two new members to join our Advisory Group, one University and one external, and would particularly welcome applicants who may have a connection with local cultural networks and/or experience of collections management and/or experience in audience development and/or experience in digital engagement. We are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our Advisory Group membership and welcome applications from individuals who are currently underrepresented in the arts and heritage sectors. Salary: Voluntary roles Closing date: 10 June and 02 September To apply: For further information, please visit their website.

5. Exhibitions and Events (to top)

Public Events Royal College of Nursing The Royal College of Nursing is hosting several public events on the 24th June 2021, 29th June 2021 and 29th July 2021. These events are about politics in nursing history and nursing experience in the Covid-19 pandemic respectively. We believe that these events educate the public about nursing history and the role of nursing staff in the current pandemic. The events will be held online and be open to the public upon booking. For more information, please visit their website.

Inclusion Café Book Group – Living Library Royal College of Nursing The Royal College of Nursing’s Library and Archive Service will be running an online Living Library on June 16th from 5.30 to 8.00pm as part of their ongoing Inclusion Café Book Club series. The theme is about sharing ‘Stories of Windrush, Migration and Black Nurse’s Voices’ and is in partnership with the Migration Museum. For more information, please visit their Eventbrite page.

Explore after dark at London Transport Museum Adults can enjoy a post-work evening of culture by exploring London Transport Museum after hours on selected Thursdays from 18:30 to 21:00 in June and

14 July. At these special themed After Dark evenings, visitors can explore the Museum’s collection and galleries free from crowds and catch up with friends with a drink from the pop-up bar – including the Museum’s must-try signature red Routemaster cocktail. Tickets to all After Dark events cost £12 (concession £10) and must be booked online in advance here.

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