News Update for London's Museums

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E-update for London’s Museums – 09 November 2020

The 4 week long national lockdown began on Thursday 05 November, meaning museums and galleries should now be closed in line with government guidance until at least Wednesday 02 December. It has been announced that some heritage locations can still be visited if they are outside – provided current social distancing rules are observed. You can find further information about that on the Gov.uk website. You can get an overview of all of the new national restrictions on the gov.uk website. We strongly advise that you continue to follow the news and government announcements, as they happen, over the coming days and weeks.

Last week the government announced further extensions to the furlough scheme, to March 2021. The government will extend furlough payments at the original 80%, up to a maximum of £2,500 per employee. Employers will only need to cover pension and National Insurance contributions during the month of November, but can top up the remaining 20% of their staff salaries if they wish. To be eligible for this extension, employees must have been on the payroll by 30 October 2020, but they do not need to have been furloughed before that date. Workers who were made redundant in advance of the planned end of the furlough scheme on 31 October can be rehired under the current furlough extension. The relevant section is 2.4 in the policy paper which can be found here.

The government has also announced that businesses required to close in England due to local or national restrictions will be eligible for Business Grants of up to £3,000 per month, dependent on their rateable value. You can get an overview of this announcement on the gov.uk website. Further information will likely be posted on this page, when announced.

We at London Museum Development are pleased to announce the recipients of our Diversity Matters Programme grants. Bruce Castle Museum, Headstone Manor and Museum and the Museum of Croydon have been successful in securing this year’s funding. These grants will help them work with local BAME artists and/or community groups to co-curate, co-produce and co-create a public exhibition in March 2021 through either a contemporary collecting or re-visiting collections project. You can find further details about the Diversity Matters programme on our 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, 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.

We have a number of new training sessions open for bookings in our Strong and Safe programme, including a session this Wednesday on ‘Museum and archive programming for a new normal’, application deadline is tomorrow at 12pm (Tuesday 10 November). In our Digital Training programme, we have sessions on ‘Engaging audiences digitally during lockdown’, ‘Rights Management for a Changed World’ and ‘An Introduction to Live Streaming’. Through Skills Plus we have ‘GDPR and Data Protection in a Changed World’ and a new six part training series, focusing on ‘Developing an Inclusive Museum’, part of our Diversity Matters programme. You can find more of our training advertised below.

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 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: National Lockdown; Furlough Scheme Extended; Museum Cafes and Shops under national lockdown; Manifesto for museum learning and engagement; Diversity Matters Programme grants recipients; Museums daily visitor figures; Arts and Culture crucial to the UK's recovery; VisitBritain’s sentiment tracker; Marsh Awards for Excellence in Gallery Education; Museums Change Lives Awards; Readiness for the end of the transition period; Covid-19 Impact Survey; Decolonising Natural Science Collections; Museum Association’s Redundancy Hub; Culture at Risk; DCMS Covid-19 bulletin

2. Funding and Funding Support: National Lottery Project Grants; Business Grants; Grants for Heritage Reopen; Increasing Access Fund; Digital Collaboration Fund; Crowdfunding for MA Institutional Members; Weston Culture Fund; £20m emergency grant fund; Art Fund’s Small Project Grants; Henry Moore Foundation grants programme; Digital Innovation and Engagement Fund; Community Infrastructure Levy Neighbourhood Fund; National Lottery Community Fund; ‘Pay it Forward’ platform’; Trusts and Foundations for London Museums resource

3. Training, advice and resources: GDPR and Data Protection in a Changed World; Responsible Deaccessioning and Disposal; Developing an Inclusive Museum; Engaging audiences digitally during lockdown; Rights Management for a Changed World; An Introduction to Live Streaming; An Introduction to Rights Management; Understanding online audiences; Museum and archive programming for a new normal; Building Personal Resilience; Impact Reporting for Museum and Archive Managers; Heritage Compass; Resources for planning for post Covid re-opening; Guidance on reopening museums; Equality Diversity and Inclusion Resources; Transition Period Guide; Space for Learning; The 'EMBED Reopening Recommendation'; Ticketing resource; ACE Resources on

2 Government and Wider Support; guidance for museums coming out of lockdown

4. Job Vacancies: Curator and Executive Officer; Head of Education; Florence Nightingale Actor-Explainer; Heritage Consultant; The London Museums Group is recruiting a Treasurer

5. Heritage in Lockdown: Nursing a Pandemic; House of Memories selected for Big Give Christmas Challenge; London Lives Podcast

1. Sector News (to top)

National Lockdown The 4 week long national lockdown began on Thursday 05 November, meaning museums and galleries should now be closed in line with government guidance until at least Wednesday 02 December. It has been announced that some heritage locations can still be visited if they are outside – provided current social distancing rules are observed. You can find further information about that on the Gov.uk website. You can get an overview of the new national restrictions on the gov.uk website. We strongly advise that you continue to follow the news and government announcements, as they happen, over the coming days.

Furlough Scheme Extended to March 2021 Last week the government announced that the furlough scheme will be extended to March 2021. The government will extend furlough payments at the original 80%, up to a maximum of £2,500 per employee. Employers will only need to cover pension and National Insurance contributions during the month of November, but can top up the remaining 20% of their staff salaries if they wish. To be eligible for this extension, employees must have been on the payroll by 30 October 2020, but they do not need to have been furloughed before that date. Workers who were made redundant in advance of the planned end of the furlough scheme on 31 October can be rehired under the current furlough extension. The relevant section is 2.4 in the policy paper which can be found here. You can find all of the information about the furlough scheme on the Gov.uk website.

Museum Cafes and Shops under national lockdown Museum restaurants and cafes can continue to open for takeaway only, as long as they are in a self-contained unit, and it is possible for a member of the public to enter from a place outside of the premises. Non-essential retail, such as museum shops, can also remain open for delivery to customers and click-and-collect. You can find further information on the Gov.uk website.

Museums Association launch manifesto for museum learning and engagement The manifesto for learning and engagement is a call for museums to play a central role in civil renewal and social change to address the challenges of our time. It has been produced after extensive consultation and in partnership with the Group for Education in Museums, Engage, and the Art Fund. You can find more information on their website.

Diversity Matters Programme grants recipients

3 We at London Museum Development are pleased to announce the recipients of our Diversity Matters Programme grants. Bruce Castle Museum, Headstone Manor and Museum and the Museum of Croydon have been successful in securing this year’s funding. These grants will help them work with local BAME artists and/or community groups to co-curate, co-produce and co-create a public exhibition in March 2021 through either a contemporary collecting or re-visiting collections project. You can find further details about the Diversity Matters programme on our website.

DCMS Sponsored Museums daily visitor figures DCMS has published the daily visitor museums for its sponsored museums between 15 July – 01 November. The stats show a dip of around 20% since the figures in the summer. You can find all of the statistics on the Gov.uk website.

Arts and Culture crucial to the UK's recovery post-pandemic Justine Simons, London's Deputy Mayor for Culture, has written how “culture is the oxygen of cities” and that, after chairing the World Cities Culture Forum, it is clear that “all major cities see culture as key to both their economic and social recovery”. You can read the full article on Harpers Bazaar.

VisitBritain’s sentiment tracker for October The VisitBritain sentiment tracker for 12 – 16th October has shown that the public’s appetite for risk has changed very little since the summer. You can read the full overview on VisitBritain’s website.

Marsh Awards for Excellence in Gallery Education 2020 Applications are now open for the tenth anniversary Marsh Awards for Excellence in Gallery Education. Do you know someone doing excellent and inspirational work in gallery or visual art education and learning? Find out more and submit on their website. Deadline for nominations is 10am on 1 December 2020.

Museums Change Lives Awards 2020 winners The MA has announced the winners of the Museums Change Lives Awards. You can find out more on their website.

DCMS survey on readiness for the end of the transition period DCMS has launched a survey to discover what impact the end of the post-Brexit transition period will have on the sectors in its areas (including Culture). It takes around 10 – 15 minutes to complete and you can fill out the survey here.

The National Archives new Covid-19 Impact Survey The National Archives is running a second survey to develop a fuller understanding of the pandemic’s continued effect on the archives sector. The survey is open to archive services and consultants or freelancers. TNA will use this information to track trends and support the sector, as well as use the evidence in order to convey the sector’s needs and to influence policy with Government. You can complete the survey here www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/7TUY06. The survey closes on Friday 4 December.

Decolonising Natural Science Collections 19 November 2020 The Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA) is holding a one-day online conference exploring decolonisation work with natural science collections. Over the

4 course of the day, there will be a range of short talks covering case studies, practical suggestions and views from the sector and beyond. There will be opportunities for live Q&A. Registration details and the full programme can be found here: http://natsca.org/natsca2020

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.

DCMS Covid-19 bulletin You can find the DCMS Covid-19 bulletin for 03 November.

2. Funding and Funding Support (to top)

Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants ACE have now re-opened the National Lottery Project Grants, with a budget of £59.8 million available until April 2021. They have prioritised reopening 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. Additionally, from 5 October until March 2021, NPOs will be eligible to apply to National Lottery Project Grants for activities over £15,000. 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). ACE has also updated their helpful FAQ section, covering some of the commonly asked questions regarding the changes to Project Grants. You can also find a recording of the refresher session on Project Grants, run by Sue Barnard, Senior Relationship Manager and Mirka Kotulicova, Relationship Manager, Museums, from Arts Council England, on our YouTube channel.

Business Grants for businesses required to close The government has also announced that businesses required to close in England due to local or national restrictions will be eligible for Business Grants of up to £3,000 per month, dependent on their rateable value. You can get an overview of

5 this announcement on the gov.uk website. Further information will likely be posted on this page, when fully announced.

National Lottery Heritage Fund Grants for Heritage Reopen From 25 November, applications for grants from £3,000 - £10,000 and £10,000 - £100k can be submitted as part of the first phase of the scheme. The scheme aims to provide financial assistance to organisations who have been unable to access COVID-19 emergency funds. Find out more.

Increasing Access Fund This new fund from the Peter Sowerby foundation is targeted to support organisations to develop new services that respond to the Covid-19 situation, or to adapt existing services to meet local and national needs. The Fund is aimed specifically at ensuring or increasing access to key services and activities for beneficiaries who have struggled with access due to Covid-19. The Foundation will also consider supporting programmes which provide access for beneficiaries to new services which have been developed in response to a clear Covid-19 need. Application deadline is Monday 16 November. To apply, please follow this link.

Digital Collaboration Fund The British Council is now offering grants of up to £50k to organisations in the UK and selected countries overseas to collaborate digitally on international projects. Through a series of grants, we are supporting organisations to devise new virtual ways of working internationally, in turn creating a climate-friendly approach to international collaboration and artistic exchange. For more information, please visit their website.

Crowdfunding for MA Institutional Members The Museums Association has teamed up with Crowdfunder to launch #SupportOurMuseums, a new UK-wide campaign to support museums as they face the huge challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. MA Institutional Members can take part by launching a free crowdfunding campaign. Crowdfunder has waived all their fees, so there’ll be no cost to you and every penny donated will go straight to your museum. Further information can be found on their website.

Weston Culture Fund This £25 million fund is designed to support mid to large scale cultural organisations in the UK to help them restart work, re-engage with audiences, adapt to changed circumstances and generate revenue. The fund is specifically for charitable organisations with a pre-Covid regular annual income of £500,000 or greater. Accredited museums and galleries or museums/galleries working towards accreditation that are not run by local authorities, plus DCMS sponsored museums and galleries are eligible to apply. For further information, please follow this link. Smaller organisations will be able to apply for their regular grants programme via their website.

Charities Aid Foundation launches £20m emergency grant fund Charities are being invited to apply for up to £100,000 in grants from a £20m fund aimed at organisations that support people hardest hit by Covid-19. The Resilience Fund, being managed by the Charities Aid Foundation, will distribute funding of between £10,000 and £100,000 to both registered and unregistered charities in England, including community interest companies and community education

6 organisations. Organisations must be able to demonstrate a last reported income of between £50,000 and £10m. The deadline for applications is midday tomorrow on 10 November. For more information and to apply, click here.

Art Fund’s Small Project Grants The small project grants provide funding to help museums, galleries and visual arts organisations act on good ideas and test new ways of working that will benefit their audiences. Grants of up to £10,000 are available, and they can be used in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Further information on the grants, and how to apply, can be found on their website.

Henry Moore Foundation grants programme Grants in a variety of areas are available, including Acquisitions and Collections' grants for the acquisition and conservation of sculpture and also for cataloguing and display costs. The maximum grant available in this category is £20,000. If your organisation is looking for funding support to develop, conserve or redisplay your sculpture collection, please read their guidelines for more information. Deadline dates 2020: 9 December.

Digital Innovation and Engagement Fund A new UKRI and MA 'Digital Innovation and Engagement Fund' is being launched this week, offering grants of up to £50,000 for creative digital engagement projects. You can find further information about the fund, and eligibility, on the MA’s 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.

National Lottery Community Fund This Government grants scheme prioritises funding projects and organisations supporting communities through the pandemic. Grants available from £300 to £100,000. You can find more information on their website.

‘Pay it Forward’ platform Pay it Forward gives Londoners a chance to support their favourite small businesses – from grassroots music venues and community theatres, to independent galleries and fashion studios, and everything in between. Businesses offer customers the option to pay for future goods and services – with no fees or transaction costs. To date, over 740 businesses have signed up, with 112 live campaigns and pledges from over 1,600 Londoners. You can find out more and sign up online.

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

7 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.

London Museum Development: Skills Plus GDPR and Data Protection in a Changed World Wednesday 25 November, 10am - 12.20pm Online (Zoom) Over two years after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was transposed into UK law as the Data Protection Act 2018, museums are learning better how to manage personal data and how it can be lawfully collected, used and shared by museum staff, trustees and volunteers. This online training session is for individuals wanting to learn about their responsibilities regarding privacy, security and how they can embed compliance in their organisation particularly during COVID- 19, through home and remote working. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Skills Plus Responsible Deaccessioning and Disposal Thursday 03 December, 10:30am - 12:30pm Online, via Zoom Responsible Deaccessioning and disposal takes place as part of a museum’s long- term collections development policy. Reasons for deaccessioning and disposal might include: objects damaged beyond further use; repatriation of human remains or sacred objects; or transferring duplicate objects to another museum. In this bitesize session we will review the Spectrum 5.0 Deaccessioning and disposal procedure, which can help your museum manage and document this process. We will refer to the Museums Association disposals toolkit, discuss methods of disposals and decision making. Delegates will be encouraged to participate by asking questions as well as sharing how they approach the topic at their museum. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Skills Plus Developing an Inclusive Museum (6 part Training Series) Tuesday 01, Tuesday 08, Tuesday 15 December, Wednesday 13, Wednesday 20 and Wednesday 27 January, 10:00am – 12:30pm Online (Zoom) The Mendoza report, new funding directives around diversity and inclusion of underrepresented audiences, along with the importance of the recent advent of the Black Lives Matters movement and the health and social inequalities associated with the coronavirus global pandemic, highlight the need for museums to understand who they are not engaging and how to develop practices to make more inclusive organisations going forward. This training series will look at the key areas of diversity

8 practices that can help develop a more inclusive museum. Delegates will hear from specialist facilitators, museum staff, organisations and funders from a board range of diversity practice to inspire you and support you to develop and enhance your organisations thoughts and plans to become more representative and relevant to your diverse local communities. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Digital Training Engaging audiences digitally during lockdown - examples from the sector Friday 13 November, 1 – 2pm Online, via Zoom In this session, we will highlight a number of excellent examples of online audience engagement from the sector. Focusing on examples from earlier in the year, we will share examples of good practice around audience engagement during lockdown. Alec will give an overview of the different examples, why he thought they were successful and the types of skills that would have gone into creating the content or activity. We will also use the session as an opportunity to highlight some of the tutorials we have to offer on our YouTube channel, which will help you to create digital content for your online audience during the lockdown. This session will provide you with ideas and inspiration based on the work of other heritage organisations during lockdown. It will help you to form ideas on how you can engage your audiences digitally whilst your museum is closed. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Digital Training Rights Management for a Changed World Thursday 26 November, 10am - 12.20pm Online, via Zoom This session will cover Rights Management for a changed world, with a focus on rights management within the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. The session will start with an overview of Rights Management, the context, best practice, risk management and how to source content you can use for free. The second half of the section will focus on Rights Management in a changed world, looking at developing online learning materials and using online platforms (such as social media). This webinar will benefit anyone who is creating, commissioning, using or re-using content. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Digital Training An Introduction to Live Streaming Friday 29 January, 10:50am - 1pm Online, via Zoom Live streaming is a fantastic way to engage with audiences who can’t physically be in the museum, helping to reach more people and engage with them on an interactive and meaningful level. As museums went into lockdown, live streaming became a key resource for engaging our audiences remotely. From live streamed talks, to tours, to events – there have been a number of excellent examples of museums using different platforms to stream to their audiences. In the past, live streaming involved complicated and expensive kit and a certain level of knowhow and expertise. Now, with the advent of live video on social media, or through platforms like Zoom, it’s easier than ever to use this form of engagement. We’ll be looking at how to set-up live streams at three different levels, for three different kinds of budgets - Easy, Intermediate and Advanced. We will talk through the platforms you can use, the

9 equipment you will need and the different audiences you can reach, with some examples from across the sector. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Digital Training An Introduction to Rights Management Tuesday 23 February, 10:30am - 12pm Online, via Zoom In this bitesize session we will review the Spectrum 5.0 Rights management procedure, which can help your museum manage rights identified in your collection. Managing intellectual property rights is an important aspect of collections management and is becoming increasingly relevant as museums work to get more of their collections online. Delegates will be encouraged to participate by asking questions as well as sharing how they approach the management of rights, for example copyright, at their museum. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Digital Training Understanding online audiences Friday 12 February, 10:50am - 1:30pm Online, via Zoom This session, delivered by Chris Unitt, will provide an introduction to using digital analytics and user testing within the setting of a museum or gallery. Participants will learn how to collect data and insights using tried and trusted methods, and free and low cost tools. Participants will be able to use this improved understanding of their online audiences to improve communications, website user experience, and more. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Strong and Safe Museum and archive programming for a new normal Weds 11 November, 10:30 – 12.00 Online (Zoom) By the end of this course delegates will have a good understanding of how to go about positioning their programming in a restricted COVID-19 environment and in the context of revised expectations from local councils and their communities. This session will explore the following topics: - What is needed as we work through the pandemic and how are you best placed to respond. - Trends in programming, exhibitions, audiences and budgets: referring to relevant and up to date data on re-opening trends/visitor expectations. - How alternative provision will deliver against LA objectives. - Re-purposing budgets to engage with local audiences while ensuring equality and diversity You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Strong and Safe Building Personal Resilience Thursday 26 November, 2 - 4.30pm Online (Zoom) A live, interactive webinar, which will help you to deal brilliantly with our current challenges! Building personal resilience is vital for today’s museum & heritage sector

10 professionals. These skills and techniques play a key role in enabling people and organisations to thrive in today’s demanding work environment. This interactive on-line workshop comprises a series of short exercises to develop your resilience skills and provide techniques that you can use in the future and pass on to your colleagues… like a gym for your skills! You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

London Museum Development: Strong and Safe Shout about it! Impact Reporting for Museum and Archive Managers Wednesday 09 December, 10.30 am – 12.00 Online (Zoom) This course will help Museum and Archive Managers to develop an outcomes based approach to capturing data and creating an impactful presentation for use with a wide range of stakeholders. The session will cover the following topics: - Outcomes – mapping out and agreeing – looking at tools which help building outcome frameworks and how they can be best framed in the current context (theory of change tool, NEF). - Capturing data – tools and approaches - Local government priorities – looking at examples of services which have directly responded to LA priorities during lockdown. Including services which acted as foodbanks (Re-purposed leisure centres). - Effectively capturing data about outcomes achieved. - How to create an impactful visual presentation.- referring to examples of best practice. You can find out more about the session, and book a place, on our website.

Heritage Compass Over the next two years, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Heritage Compass will guide 150 small and medium-sized heritage organisations from across England, helping them to grow and sustain their businesses. All support is totally free as part of this brand new programme, thanks to the support of the Heritage Fund. Applications are open until 16 December. You can find more details about the programme and how to apply to be part of it on their website.

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.

Guidance on reopening museums after 02 December The guidance on reopening museums has been published by the National Museum Directors’ Council (NMDC) with support from DCMS and the Museums and Galleries Working Group. AIM has worked with the national Museum Development Network to produce a related and accompanying checklist to this new guidance. The Guidance has recently been updated, to reflect the Government’s change of stance on face coverings. 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. Whilst museums and galleries should be closed as of 05 November, this guidance will still be useful for planning reopening after 02 December.

11 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.

EU Exit: Transition Period Guide ACE has made updates to their guide which provides information to help organisations prepare for the end of the Transition Period on 31 December 2020, now that the UK has left the European Union. It is important for cultural organisations to assess the risks and opportunities arising from the end of the Transition Period. This guide provides an overview of what the end of the Transition Period will mean for the arts and cultural sector, and signposts some of the Government’s post- Transition Period guidance which you or your organisation may find useful as you prepare. You can find the guide on ACE’s website.

Space for Learning: Covid Secure guidance This guidance has been compiled by members of the Space for Learning: Covid Secure working group and individual task & finish groups, with support from the Clore Duffield Foundation, Engage, GEM and the Theatre Education Forum. The guidance aims to help learning services and freelancers understand how to work safely during the Covid-19 pandemic, and provide a practical framework to think about what is needed to continue – or restart – learning services during the Covid-19 pandemic. The guidance will be updated as new information becomes available. You can find the guidance on GEM’s website.

The 'EMBED Reopening Recommendation' Guidance has been created to support organisations in their decision making prior to reopening following COVID-19 lockdown. It considers potential barriers faced by disabled visitors and customers and offers solution based guidance for organisations of all types with the ultimate aim of keeping stakeholders, staff, volunteers visitors, students or customers as safe as possible. You can find the guidance here.

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.

ICOM’s safety guidance for museums coming out of lockdown

12 The International Council of Museums (ICOM) recently published safety guidance to help museums as they reopen, while protecting the safety of both the public and their staff. You can find the guidance on ICOM’s website.

4. Job Vacancies (to top)

Curator and Executive Officer The Museum of Richmond We are looking to recruit a full time Curator and Executive Officer to run the Museum of Richmond and inspire the next phase of its development. The Curator and a working group are currently working on a major reinterpretation project of the permanent display. Despite the closure during the period of lockdown, the Museum has been open and continued to serve the community though a strong online presence and being creative in delivering our mission. We are operating the Museum with a pre-booking system in line with COVID-19 guidelines. Salary: £30,000 p/a Closing date: Thursday 12 November, midday To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

Head of Education (Maternity cover) Saatchi Gallery Saatchi Gallery seeks a Head of Education (maternity cover) to produce and deliver the Gallery’s wide-ranging Learning programme to engage diverse audiences with contemporary art, to cover the present post holder during maternity leave. Salary: £27,000 Closing date: Friday 13 November To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

Florence Nightingale Actor-Explainer Florence Nightingale Museum Part time, 2 days per week. The Florence Nightingale Museum, a registered charity, has an exciting opportunity to join our small team in the role of Actor-Explainer, playing our famous character role of ‘Florence Nightingale’. We’re looking for someone who is flexible, enthusiastic and hard-working, passionate about museum learning and audience engagement and can perform as a convincing Florence Nightingale! Salary: £24,000 pro-rata Closing date: Sunday 15 November, 5pm To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

Heritage Consultant St James’s Church, Piccadilly St James’s Church, Piccadilly, has been successful in recently receiving a grant from DCMS under the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. As part of this project we are seeking to engage a suitably qualified heritage consultant/team to carry out audience development, consultation and test heritage activities onsite and remotely, on behalf of the Church, working closely with its staff and volunteers. Completion of the project will result in submission to the Church of a comprehensive Heritage Strategy, Audience Development and Action Plan document by April 2021. The successful candidate will report directly to the Reverend Lucy Winkett, Rector of St James’s Piccadilly. This is an invitiation to tender for a 6 month contract.

13 Closing date: Sunday 15 November, midnight To apply: For more information, please follow this link.

The London Museums Group is recruiting a Treasurer If you would like to join the LMG board and support the professional development on London museum workers, please get in touch with us at [email protected]. The Treasurer is responsible for all duties concerning monies of LMG. We are a small charity and this role would be suitable for someone with experience of budgets/accounts and/or wishing to gain experience of the financial elements of charity management.

5. Heritage in Lockdown (to top)

Nursing a Pandemic: First Responses 18 November 2020, 5.30 – 7pm Free online event, book a ticket here. We are living in historic times. Since the World Health Organization declared a pandemic in 11 March 2020, nursing staff have performed a huge range of vital roles in the COVID-19 response in the UK and beyond. Join the RCN for the first in a new series of online events recording the nursing experience of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic for the RCN Library and Archive. We will hear from two people involved in healthcare in different capacities during the early days of the pandemic. The interviewer is Dame Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, RCN President. This event is open to all, and will take place online. Please sign up to attend and the link to join will be circulated in advance.

House of Memories selected for Big Give Christmas Challenge The House of Memories has been selected to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020, the UK’s largest match funding campaign. Last year, the campaign raised over £15 million for participating charities. Money will be raised for, House of Memories: Connect My Memories, a tablet loan service which will provide technology for socially isolated and vulnerable older people, and people living with dementia, to enable them to access our My House of Memories app. The app allows families and carers supporting those living with dementia to explore objects from the past and share precious memories together. For 7 days from 12pm on 1 December, donations made to the project via the Big Give page will be doubled, so this is a fantastic opportunity. More information on the project can be found on their Big Give page.

London Lives Podcast The Museum of London has been producing podcasts to delve into the stories of London’s people. It is part of the Memories of London programme, which aims to support the wellbeing of people living with dementia.

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