News Update for London's Museums
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@LondonMusDev E-update for London’s Museums – 26 October 2020 Two weeks ago London moved into the second Tier of the government’s three- tier alert system for local lockdowns. The three-tier alert system imposes three different levels of lockdown in a specific region, depending on the number of cases per 100,000 of population in that area. London is currently in Tier 2, or ‘alert level: high’. Previous Covid-19 rules and restrictions still apply, as highlighted below, including the rule of six. Though there are changes to be aware of and you can find the full Tier 2 guidance on the Gov.uk website. Museums, galleries and libraries, following COVID-secure guidance, can still host more people in total, but no one must mix indoors with anyone who they do not live with (or have formed a support bubble with). The guidance states that “businesses and venues must ensure people do not meet in their premises with people from outside of their household or support bubble”. As always, it is advised to regularly check the news for government announcements. In addition, the Covid-19 measures that were announced on 24 September still stand. You can find further information about these measures on the gov.uk website, and how they will impact your organisation, including information on face coverings, Test and Trace, and new rules for businesses selling food. It is important that your organisation is fully up to date with these changes and you can find an overview on a number of these measures below. The NMDC has updated their Good Practice Guidelines to reflect many of the recent changes which have taken place in September and October, you can find further information about this guidance and the AIM and Museum Development Network’s accompanying checklist below. The situation may change as Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the UK, so it is important to keep an eye on the news and the Gov.uk website for the latest information. The Chancellor has announced that Business Grants are being expanded to cover businesses in particularly affected sectors in high-alert level areas (Tier 2). This amounts to additional funding of up to £2,100 per month for business in hospitality, accommodation (hotels and B&Bs), and leisure who will be affected by the restrictions put in place in high-level areas (Tier 2) - those which are not legally forced to close, but who will be severely impacted by social distancing rules. An important part of the announcement is that local authorities have the freedom to determine the precise eligibility criteria for these grants in their local areas, so it is highly recommended that you contact your local authority to see if you are eligible for these grants. You can get an overview of the changes to Business Grants below, on the Charity Finance Group’s website and on the Gov.uk website. You can find a detailed overview on the government’s Business Grants factsheet. Arts Council England have announced the recipients of the first round of their Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) pot, for applications over £1million. Congratulations to the Design Museum and the London Transport Museum for their successful applications. Congratulations also to the organisations that were successful in their applications for the first and second rounds of the CRF, for under £1million, the Foundling Museum, Freud Museum, Household Cavalry Museum, London Borough of Bexley, Strawberry Hill House Trust, The Royal Institution of Great Britain and Valence House Museum in Round 1 and the Brunel Museum, Charles Dickens Museum, Florence Nightingale Museum Trust, Garden Museum, Headstone Manor & Museum, Jewish Museum London, Museum of the Order of St John, Musical Museum, Old Operating Theatre Museum and the Postal Museum in Round 2. You can find further information about the awards on ACE’s website. The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) announced the successful organisations to their pot of the Culture Recovery Fund, for applications of under £1million. Congratulations to the successful London heritage organisations, Benjamin Franklin House, Biggin Hill Memorial Museum, Chelsea Physic Garden, Chiswick House, Crossness Engines Trust, East End Women's Museum, Forty Hall, Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, Lauderdale House, Migration Museum, Museum of Brands and Turner's House Trust. The NLHF will be making further announcements on the other successful applications by the end of the month. You can find the full list of the successful organisations on their website. Arts Council England’s relaunched National Lottery Project Grants have been designed to help fund independent organisations, creative practitioners and freelancers as quickly as possible. New supplementary guidance for museums can be found on their website. From 5 October until March 2021, NPOs will be eligible to apply to National Lottery Project Grants for activities over £15,000. Further details about the National Lottery Project Grants can be found below. You can also find a recording of the refresher session on Project Grants, delivered by ACE’s Sue Barnard, Senior Relationship Manager and Mirka Kotulicova, Relationship Manager, Museums, on our YouTube channel. AIM has worked with the national Museum Development Network to produce an accompanying checklist to the museum reopening guidance, published by the National Museum Directors’ Council (NMDC) with support from DCMS and the Museums and Galleries Working Group. You can find the Guidance, and the Checklist, on AIM’s website here. If you would like help or advice with reopening, do contact your MDO. The Government has also clarified how organisations are expected to support the NHS Test and Trace. You can find further information on Test and Trace on the Gov.uk website. We have a number of new training sessions open for bookings, including ‘GDPR and Data Protection in a Changed World’ and ‘Rights Management for a Changed World’. We also have a new six part training series, focusing on ‘Developing an Inclusive Museum’, as well as an online ‘Networking event for London Museum and Archive Managers’. You can find further information on those sessions below and on our Skills Plus, Strong and Safe and Digital Training pages. We have new video resources on our YouTube channel. These include tutorials such as ‘Image Editing’, ‘Creating a digital 360 tour of your museum’, and ‘Video Editing’, and recordings of training sessions such as, ‘Planning for Alternative Futures’ and a series of training sessions on using social media. You can also get the code for the ‘Planning for the future of volunteer management’ training session by emailing us directly and letting us know which organisation you work for. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and to click the notification button to be 2 notified of when we release new videos. You can find more information about our upcoming online training sessions below. 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: London in Tier 2; Covid-19 measures; Changes to the Job Support Scheme; Face coverings in museums; Test and Trace QR Codes; Culture Recovery Fund recipients announced; Museum Freelance survey 2020 report; Family Friendly Museum Awards; Museum and Heritage Access Survey; Campaign for government to increase Gift Aid support; Major new research into future of central London; Networking event for London Museum and Archive Managers; Museum Association’s Redundancy Hub; Guidance on reopening museums; Culture at Risk; DCMS Covid-19 bulletin 2. Funding and Funding Support: National Lottery Project Grants; Business Grants; Weston Loan Programme; Weston Culture Fund; Charities Aid Foundation launches £20m emergency grant fund; Art Fund’s Small Project Grants; Henry Moore Foundation grants programme; Community Infrastructure Levy; National Lottery Community Fund; ‘Pay it Forward’ platform’; Trusts and Foundations for London Museums resource 3. Training, advice and resources: Online Safeguarding; GDPR and Data Protection in a Changed World; Developing an Inclusive Museum; Podcasting for museums; Rights Management for a Changed World; Networking event for London Museum and Archive Managers; Museum and archive programming for a new normal; Building Personal Resilience; Shout about it!; Resources for planning for post Covid re-opening; Equality Diversity and Inclusion Resources; Transition Period Guide; Space for Learning: Covid Secure guidance; The 'EMBED Reopening Recommendation'; Digital Culture Network - Ticketing resource; ACE Resources on Government and Wider Support; ICOM’s safety guidance for museums coming out of lockdown 4. Job Vacancies: Interim Director; Head of Fundraising; Finance and Business Administrator; The London Museums Group is recruiting a Treasurer 5. Heritage in Lockdown: London Lives Podcast; Free Lunchtime Heritage Tours; When Brands Take A Stand 1. Sector News (to top) London in Tier 2, ‘alert level: high’ Last week, London moved into the second Tier of the government’s three-tier alert system for local lockdowns. The three-tier alert system imposes three different tiers of lockdown levels, depending on the number of cases per 100,000 of population in that area. London is currently in Tier 2, or ‘alert level: high’. Previous Covid-19 rules and restrictions still apply, as highlighted below, including the rule of six. Though there are changes to be aware of and you can find the full Tier 2 guidance on the 3 Gov.uk website. Museums, galleries and libraries, following COVID-secure guidance, can still host more people in total, but no one must mix indoors with anyone who they do not live with (or have formed a support bubble with). The guidance states that “businesses and venues must ensure people do not meet in their premises with people from outside of their household or support bubble”.