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E-update for ’s Museums – 26 April 2021

Museum Development London, and the national partnerships Museum Development England and Museum Development UK of which it is a part, have a new shared brand. This reflects the closer joint working by museum development services across the UK though joint projects such as the Museums Recovery programme funded by the Art Fund, and across England through joint projects such as the Museums Survey. The new branding will appear on all Museum Development London communications from this point on.

The London Museums Survey 2020 is published today. Starting this year, the findings of the survey in all regions are published in the form of interactive infographic reports. You can view the London infographic here. A national infographic will also appear in the near future. The headline data provided by the survey is strong and compelling, and we would like to thank all those museums who participated. You can find out more about the Museums Survey below.

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. 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.

As outlined in the ‘roadmap’ for England to move out of lockdown, museums will be able to reopen no earlier than the 17 May. 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 (likely to reopen from 17th May). You can find out more on the Gov.uk website and by contacting your local authority.

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.

With museums currently pondering strategies for reopening from the 17 May, Bernard Donoghue, Director of ALVA, spoke at our Director’s Forum last month on ‘Challenges and opportunities for London museums in 2021’. You can find a recording of Bernard’s presentation on our YouTube channel.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced the recipients of the Second Round of their Culture Recovery Fund. Congratulations to London’s and Gardens Trust, East End Women's Museum CIC, Fashion and Textile Museum, , Enfield Council, Friends of House, Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, Holland House CIO, , Packaging and Advertising, & Gallery Trust, The Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust and the Chelsea Physic Garden Company. You can find further information about the grants awards, including a full list of recipients, on the NLHF’s website.

Arts Council England has announced the recipients of the Second Round of their Culture Recovery Fund. Congratulations to London’s Museum, Florence Nightingale Museum Trust, London, Fulham Palace, Museum, , London Museum of Water & Steam, , Old Operating and Herb Garret, Society of Antiquaries, The Brunel Museum, The Cartoon Art Trust, The Charterhouse, The and The . You can find further information about the grant awards, including a full list of recipients, on ACE’s website.

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.

Arts Council England has published their Delivery Plan for 2021 – 2024. ACE’s strategy, Let’s Create, describes their vision that, by 2030, England will be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. To help ACE achieve this vision, they will publish a series of Delivery Plans over the next decade. These will set out in more detail the steps they will take to deliver Let’s Create and how they will resource them. The first Delivery Plan covers 2021-24, and you can find it on their website.

We have now started advertising the Skills Plus sessions for our 2021 – 2022 programme. We have just advertised a new session on ‘Museums and Communities in the Earth Crisis’, which will give you an overview of the climate and ecological crisis, and how it is impacting on London's communities.

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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: Museum Development London re-brands; Museums Survey 2020 published; Test and Trace requirements; Consumer Sentiment Tracker; UNESCO pandemic report; ACE Delivery Plan; Challenges and opportunities for London museums; Reopening Museums; Roadmap out of lockdown; £6million plan to support safe reopening of central London; Furlough Scheme; #NatSCA2021; Volunteer Leader of the Year Award; Accreditation Scheme update; ACE Accreditation Newsletter; Redundancy Hub; Culture at Risk; DCMS Coronavirus Bulletin

2. Funding and Funding Support: Coronavirus Restart Grants; National Lottery Grants for Heritage; National Lottery Project Grants; ACE Creative People and Places; Elephant & Castle Community Fund; Community Infrastructure Levy Neighbourhood Fund; Trusts and Foundations for London Museums resource

3. Training, advice and resources: Disposal during COVID-19; Museums and Communities in the Earth Crisis; Asbestos in Mixed Collections; Putting on a show; Understanding and engaging 21st century volunteers; 1-1 volunteering strategy consultation; Kids in Museums resources; After Brexit guidance; Kickstart scheme; Autism in Museums; Equality Diversity and Inclusion Resources; Volunteering during coronavirus; Ticketing resource; ACE Resources on Government and Wider Support

4. Job Vacancies: Creative Programmer; Curatorial Services & Operations Officer; Volunteer Administrator; Heritage Assistant: Collections and Museum; Heritage Assistant: Visitor Services; Curator (Maternity Cover); 2020 Project Assistant; Head of Collections and Public Engagement; Board members

5. Heritage in Lockdown: Museum of Childhood object for loan; Explore site

1. Sector News (to top)

Museum Development London re-brands Museum Development London, and the national partnerships Museum Development England and Museum Development UK of which it is a part, have a new shared brand. This reflects the closer joint working by museum development services across the UK though joint projects such as the Museums Recovery programme funded by the Art Fund, and across England through joint projects such as the Museums Survey. The new branding will appear on all Museum Development London communications from this point on.

Museums Survey 2020 published

3 The London Museums Survey 2020 is published today. Starting this year, the findings of the survey in all regions are published in the form of interactive infographic reports. You can view the London infographic here. A national infographic will also appear in the near future.

The Museums Survey provides a comprehensive understanding at both regional and national level of the museums sector, to highlight trends and support benchmarking and advocacy. This survey was conducted over the period April 2019- March 2020, thereby providing an almost complete year of data before the point when the covid- 19 pandemic struck and museums were forced into lockdown. It therefore provides a unique snapshot of the London museums in ‘normal’ times, and a benchmark of the position the sector would ideally wish to recover to.

The Museums Survey is a Museum Development England partnership project, and in 2020 was again undertaken for MD London and the other 8 English Museum Development regions by South West Museum Development. The interactive infographic incorporates a new methodology for estimating sector totals based on the mean figures from those museums responding to the survey. If museums have benchmarking queries which are not answered by the infographic, they should contact Museum Development London, as we can provide answers via a more detailed index of results.

The headline data provided by the survey is strong and compelling, and we would like to thank all those museums who participated. For 2020, the response rate fell from 58% to 48%, understandable in many ways because of the dislocation caused by the pandemic. However this fall in response makes it difficult to rely completely on the total figures given in the infographic. The survey will be run again over the coming months, and we would strongly encourage all museums to participate, thus providing them with stronger data to benchmark, and providing us with better data to advocate on the sector’s behalf.

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 28 of their Consumer Sentiment Tracker which covers fieldwork conducted between 6-10 April. You can find this report, along with previous reports, on their website.

UNESCO pandemic report “A new report published by UNESCO provides a provisional assessment of the situation facing museums in countries throughout the world, with the majority remaining in a highly vulnerable position.” Read the full article on the M&H Advisor.

ACE Delivery Plan for 2021 – 2024

4 Arts Council England has published their Delivery Plan for 2021 – 2024. ACE’s strategy, Let’s Create, describes their vision that, by 2030, England will be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. To help ACE achieve this vision, they will publish a series of Delivery Plans over the next decade. These will set out in more detail the steps they will take to deliver Let’s Create and how they will resource them. The first Delivery Plan covers 2021-24, and you can find it on their website.

Challenges and opportunities for London museums in 2021 Bernard Donoghue, Director of ALVA, spoke at our Director’s Forum last month on ‘Challenges and opportunities for London museums in 2021’. You can find a recording of Bernard’s presentation on our YouTube channel. You can find a copy of Bernard’s slides here.

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.

Government announce roadmap out of lockdown Last week the Prime Minister announced the ‘roadmap’ for England to move out of lockdown. Along with the announcement the government published the ‘COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021’, which outlines the plan. As outlined in the document, currently museums will be able to reopen to visitors in the third step, from no earlier than the 17 May. However, 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.

Mayor announces £6million plan to support safe reopening of central London The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced proposals to invest £5m to support the eventual reopening of central London, including a brand-new drive to attract visitors – including Londoners and tourists from the rest of the UK, back to hard-hit retail, hospitality and cultural venues. The Mayor has also allocated £2.3 million for a Culture at Risk fund to help some of London's most imperilled creative and night-time businesses, such as cinemas and music venues. You can find out more on the London.gov.uk website.

Furlough Scheme The Chancellor announced that the Furlough scheme will once again be extended, now until September 2020. 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.

Booking Now Open for #NatSCA2021

5 The NatSCA 2021 conference will take place on 27th and 28th May, online via Zoom. 9.50am-4pm BST. Tickets are now available through Eventbrite – see the NatSCA website for programme, tickets and further details: https://www.natsca.org/natsca-2021. The #NatSCA2021 conference will explore the role of natural science collections in addressing or engaging with one of the planet’s biggest issues - environmental breakdown; as well as sharing other exciting developments from the sector. The conference will include an engaging range of keynotes, presentations, panel discussions, quick-fire ideas lightning talks and virtual tours. Places are free for NatSCA members – a promo code to unlock a ticket will be emailed to members. If you’re a member and don’t receive a code, get in touch with [email protected]. Of course, new members are welcome, and Personal Membership costs £20 per year (which is the same as the conference registration fee for non-members). You can join up here: http://www.natsca.org/membership NatSCA has also made a small number of free tickets available for unwaged non- members who might not otherwise be able to attend. If you order one of these tickets in error, or are no longer able to attend, please get in touch with [email protected] to cancel your booking so that someone else may use the ticket.

HVG Volunteer Leader of the Year Award The Heritage Volunteering Group exists to help organisations and volunteer managers unlock the power of volunteering through collaboration and sharing best practice. Our Volunteer Leader of the Year Award celebrates the achievements of those who have made a difference and recognises innovative and outstanding examples of volunteer leadership and management within our sector. Whether a Volunteer Coordinator or part-time supervisor, paid or unpaid if you know someone who has made a real difference to their organisations or their volunteers then we want to know about it. Applications are welcome from all areas of the heritage sector. The nomination form can be downloaded at www.heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk and should be returned to [email protected] by 14 May 2018.

Accreditation Scheme update In response to Covid-19, the Accreditation Scheme was paused with effect from 1 April 2020 – with all Accredited museums in the UK having their award status at that time extended for an additional month. Due to the ongoing nature of the pandemic, and with a new national lockdown in place, Arts Council England are not able to confirm a full reopening date for the Accreditation Scheme at this stage. In England, ACE will be phasing their approach to reopening the scheme, focusing initially on museums that are new to Accreditation and applying for the first time. To support all Accredited museums in the UK, current Accreditation award statuses are being extended for an additional 12 months to 01 April 2022. You can read the full update on ACE’s website.

ACE Accreditation 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

6 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.

DCMS Coronavirus Bulletin You can find the latest DCMS Coronavirus Bulletin here.

2. Funding and Funding Support (to top)

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 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

7 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.

ACE Creative People and Places Creative People and Places focuses on parts of the country where involvement in arts and culture is significantly below the national average. It provides National Lottery funding to groups of local organisations, or consortia, who work together to bring creative opportunities to the lives of people who live in that place. Only specific areas in England can apply for this funding, in London this includes Barking and Dagenham, Newham, Hillingdon, Havering, Harrow, Brent, Bexley, Redbridge, Hounslow and Enfield. Applications are open from Tuesday 6 April 2021 and closes on Friday 11 June 2021. You can find more information, including guidance, on ACE’s website.

Elephant & Castle Community Fund This fund was set up in 2012 to support the local Elephant & Castle community during the regeneration of the area thanks to donations from Lendlease and Southwark Council. If you are an organistion based in Southwark, you may be eligible to apply for a grant of between £500 - £10,000. Find out more on their website.

Community Infrastructure Levy Neighbourhood Fund The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Regulations require that the Community Infrastructure Levy Neighbourhood Fund (CILNF) be used to support the development of the neighbourhood. The scope of projects that can be funded by the CILNF is wider than that for general CIL funds and includes: - The provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure. - Anything else that is concerned with addressing the demands that development places on an area. You can find out more information about this fund, including how much funding you can apply for and the process of applying, on the City of London website.

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)

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8 to be notified of when we release new videos. You can view recordings of our past training sessions here and our Tutorial Videos here.

London Museum Development: Skills Plus Disposal during COVID-19 Wednesday 28 April, 10:30 - 12:30, Online (Zoom) This session will take a scenario approach to explore a variety of disposals issues and themes including collections management and documentation, legal and ethical considerations. Small groups will each be given the opportunity to discuss a different scenario, and will then feedback thoughts and/or questions to a panel for open discussion with all participants. To encourage honest discussion, this session will not be recorded. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Skills Plus Museums and Communities in the Earth Crisis Wednesday 05 May, 10:15 – 12:15, Online (Zoom) This introductory workshop will enable you to get an overview of the climate and ecological crisis, and how it is impacting on London's communities. It will explore how your museum can help people learn about it, take action and cope with change. You will discover what the unique roles are for museums in imagining and creating a greener world and how to achieve this in recognition of the inequalities and anxieties that people face. You will learn how working with objects and stories help with this and how can this be done in planet-kind way. Finally, the session will assist with your planning for manageable ways that you can take action as a museum, to model sustainable change. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

Regional Collection Care Training Asbestos in Mixed Collections 03 June 2021, part 1: 10.30 – 12.00, part 2: 13.30 – 15.00 Museums with mixed collections which span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are likely to have acquired objects which contain hazardous mineral asbestos or asbestos containing materials (ACMs). Museums may also discover occasional examples of asbestos in far older objects. Asbestos in poor condition may pose a risk to anyone who encounters it. Museums with asbestos objects are required by law to manage the risks of asbestos exposure to all employees, volunteers and visitors, yet asbestos hazards in museum collections may have been overlooked or ignored. This session has been developed for people who are responsible for and work with mixed collections. It will explain what asbestos is, explore the history of its use and present various examples of objects and materials known to contain asbestos. Participants will practice a simple technique to assess whether objects are likely to contain asbestos and learn about best safety practice for asbestos objects. Scenarios will be used to illustrate and discuss appropriate courses of action as regards, for example, rationalisation of collections. Some basic points of law will be covered. Time will be allowed for questions. The course will take place over two separate sessions during the day with a break for lunch in the middle and will cover asbestos in mixed collections in more depth than the more general hazard courses earlier this year. If you would like a booking form for this course, please email Libby on [email protected].

Regional Collection Care Training

9 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, . 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 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].

Understanding and engaging 21st century volunteers Tuesday 8 June 2021, 10am – 12pm, online via Zoom In this session with Rob Jackson we’ll be looking at some of the key ways in which society is changing, how this affects volunteering & what that means for you as leaders of volunteers. Tickets are free – book via Eventbrite here This session is being coordinated by Museum of London. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

1-1 volunteering strategy consultation with Rob Jackson Have you started writing or recently completed a volunteering strategy and would like some advice/feedback? Are you from a London non-national museum/gallery/heritage organisation? If you answered yes to both of those questions we have one space remaining to attend a free 1-1 session of 30 minutes with volunteering consultant Rob Jackson. Please register via Eventbrite here. Once registered, you will be contacted and put in touch with Rob directly to arrange a time.

10 These 1-1 sessions are being coordinated by Museum of London. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Kids in Museums resources Kids in Museums have updated their resources around ‘Welcoming families to your venue’, including barriers around Covid-19. As well as ‘Play in Museums in a Socially Distanced World’ case studies, along with resources on how your museum can work alongside children, young people and families to respond to the Black Lives Matter movement.

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.

Arts, Culture and Heritage Sector after Brexit guidance Now that the UL 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.

Autism in Museums Autism in Museums has a new monthly newsletter to help you keep up to date with the latest autism museum events and training. The newsletter also highlights the latest blogs on the website which often share best practice and case studies. You can sign up using the link below. Autism in Museums also welcomes inclusions to the newsletter and blog ideas on autism related work you may be currently doing or planning in the future. Please visit the blog to get an idea of the current topics - https://www.autisminmuseums.com/blog/. You can contact them on [email protected] for more information.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Resources The West Midlands Museum Development have released a number of resources to support individuals and museums with equality, diversity and inclusion. You can find these resources on their website.

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

11 - 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 Myself (Alec Ward, 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. We 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. 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)

Creative Programmer Part-time, fixed-term 6 months Are you a dynamic creative who can help us launch an exciting new events programme to make the Museum of the Home a destination for innovative creative programming? With direct experience of events programming and a diverse network, you will be passionate about themes of homelessness, migration and belonging. You will value the process of working collaborative and demonstrate strategic thinking working across disciplines. Salary: £12,000 per year, 2 days per week (£30,000 full-time pro-rata), fixed term for 6 months. Closing date: 5pm on 29 April To apply: For more information, please visit their website.

Curatorial Services & Operations Officer Haringey – based at Museum & Archive We are looking for a Curatorial Services & Operations Officer to join our busy team at historic Bruce Castle Museum, on a full-time and permanent basis. Haringey Council are seeking to appoint a confident, proactive and visitor-focused museum or heritage professional who is an excellent communicator and can oversee the delivery and the day-to-day operations and high quality visitor services at Bruce Castle Museum & Archive. Reporting to the Curator and based at Bruce Castle, the post offers a range of exciting opportunities of working with Haringey’s diverse communities. The role will assist with developing and supporting Bruce Castle Museum & Archive with its visitor services, managing front-of-house staff, digital outreach and engagement, income generation and room hire, its programme of events, tours and exhibitions and the promotion of Bruce Castle as an excellent

12 heritage resource for our communities and as an historical landmark and attraction for Haringey. Salary: Starting £32,400 p.a. Closing date: Sunday 02 May To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

Volunteer Administrator Zoological Society of London This is a part time, job-share role. ZSL is looking for a volunteer administrator to provide support for ZSL’s volunteering activity, in particular London Zoo’s 300+ Volunteer Steward team. This role will assist the wider Volunteer Management team and supporting ZSL volunteers and will be the first point of contact of all enquiries through the central volunteering mailboxes. This role is part of a job-share and the successful candidate would work 18.75 hours per week and would ideally work Wednesday-Friday with some flexibility occasionally required for scheduled events. At the moment, the successful candidate will be working from home but once restrictions ease, the role will be a mix of home working and hot-desking on site. Salary: £11,091 annum Closing date: Midnight 02 May To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

Heritage Assistant: Collections and Museum Haringey – based at Bruce Castle Museum & Archive We have an opportunity for a Heritage Assistant: Collections and Museum to join our busy team based at historical Bruce Castle Museum & Archive on a part-time (28 hours a week) and permanent basis. Haringey Council is looking for a confident, proactive, and visitor-focused person who has enthusiasm and a demonstrable interest in museums, heritage and historical collections. Reporting to the Curator and based at Bruce Castle, the post offers a range of exciting opportunities of working with Haringey’s diverse communities. The role will contribute to the operations of the Museum and Archive Service by supporting the Curator in caring for and making accessible the museum and archive collections and resources held at Bruce Castle Museum & Archive relating to Haringey and its communities. The role will also be part of the team in contributing to the operations and security of the building, and supporting the programme delivery of events, income generation and exhibitions. Salary: Starting £25,100 p.a. (pro rata – 28 hours a week) Closing date: Sunday 02 May To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

Heritage Assistant: Visitor Services Haringey – based at Bruce Castle Museum & Archive We are recruiting for a Heritage Assistant: Visitor Services to join our busy team based at historic Bruce Castle Museum & Archive on a permanent and part-time (21 hours a week) basis. Haringey Council is looking for a confident, proactive team- player and visitor-focused person who is enthusiastic and interested in museums, heritage and culture. Reporting to the Curatorial Services & Operations Officer and based at Bruce Castle, the post offers a range of exciting opportunities of working with Haringey's diverse communities. The role is a core member of the Front-of- House and Operations Team, ensuring our historic Grade 1 listed building and facilities at Bruce Castle Museum are accessible, secure, presented well and operating at its best, to help us deliver the highest quality visitor services. This role is the public interface of Bruce Castle Museum & Archive with its visitors, and its main

13 focus is about supporting all those who use its services as well as helping with our activities for income generation. Salary: £22,995 (p/a, pro rata – 21 hours a week) Closing date: Wednesday 05 May To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

Curator (Maternity Cover) Museum of the Order of St John Full time, fixed term The role of Curator is essential to not only ensure that our internationally significant collections are looked after, managed and developed to the highest possible standards but also to make our collections more accessible to wide audiences, through world-class interpretation, engaging with experts, local communities, researchers, interest groups and those in formal education. The stewardship of the collection is at the heart of this role and the Curator will have an influential role to ensure the right resources are available for improving the standards of care, cataloguing and conservation. In addition they will work closely with the Learning & Engagement Manager as well as with the Head of Collections and Public Engagement, to provide the subject expertise, knowledge of our collections and will make decisions about physical access that will enable St John’s public engagement ambitions. Salary: £37,000 per year Closing date: 10 May 2021 To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

2020 Project Assistant Florence Nightingale Museum Florence Nightingale’s bicentenary in 2020 didn’t happen as we all hoped and envisaged, but the National Lottery Heritage Fund are kindly supporting us to operate a number of events and activities in 2021 instead, including our eagerly awaited Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral and participation in the ’s Show. If you are passionate about museums and collections and keen to find a role that will allow you to gain broad experience of museum work as we emerge from the pandemic, this could be a great opportunity for you! You’ll have the chance to get involved in a range of activities including volunteer supervision, collections documentation, digital content development and museum operations, as well as helping prepare for the big events and take part if you wish. Salary: c£23,000 pro-rata Closing date: 6pm 12 May To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

Head of Collections and Public Engagement Museum of the Order of St John Full time, permanent This new role begins at a time of significant change in the organisation: in the next five years we will create a heritage experience that has a strong sense of place, our programming will engage more people and we will excel at caring for our collections and heritage whilst making them more accessible to all. To achieve this, exceptional leadership is required, both to influence external potential partners and to ensure that we provide the most engaging and meaningful experiences for our audiences and St John people. To enable this, a new strategy is also required for our

14 commercial business in our heritage estate, ensuring that we optimise the level of income to support our public engagement activity. Salary: £62,000 per year Closing date: 16 May 2021 To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

Board members Charles Dickens Museum The Charles Dickens Museum (CDM) is seeking three people to join its non- executive Board in spring 2021. CDM is a fully accredited independent museum (charity no 212172) dedicated to promoting the life and work of Charles Dickens, writer, journalist and social reformer. At this time, we are looking for skills and experience in museum management and accreditation, as well as people with legal and finance expertise. We would also welcome applications from people who live or work in the neighbourhood of the Museum (, , King’s Cross / St Pancras). Salary: Voluntary position Closing date: 12 noon on 14 May To apply: For more information, please visit their website.

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Design Museum gets around Covid restrictions with pop-up art supermarket “Supermarket is an exhibition disguised as a grocery shop, where unlike any other museum, you can instantly buy and walk out with the art. The law-abiding creative rebellion is the work of London's , Bombay Sapphire Gin and designer Camille Walala.” Read the full article on the MA’s website.

Museum of Childhood object for loan Whilst closed we have been working hard to decant collections from the Museum of Childhood, ahead of refurbishment. Amongst the objects in the process of being demounted is the Childhood Cube. It is a sculpture consisting of little scenes arranged as a cube, created by the artist Sarah Raphael (1960-2001) in collaboration with around 60 children. It was commissioned in the late-1990s for the Millennium Dome Experience and, being her only sculpture, is a key work in the artist’s portfolio. Unfortunately, the work is now likely to go into store for some years. It is a fabulous sculpture and has been much appreciated by visitors to Bethnal Green, so we wondered, therefore, whether any regional museum would be interested in borrowing it on long-term loan. I would be very grateful if you would circulate these details to the museums in your area and encourage anyone who would like to know more - Julia Brettell: [email protected].

Charles Dickens Museum Explore site The Charles Dickens Museum’s Explore site is a treasure trove of new digital content comprising audio files, object highlights, short films, 360 room tours, stories and family activities covering a plethora of topics connected to Dickens, from dining to journalism. The open access site allows everyone to be inspired by the story of Dickens and the Museum’s extraordinary collections, with an array of content formats to suit many different learning styles. Find out more and explore on their website.

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