Farewell from SHARE – 27 March 2024

Read the last ever SHARE newsletter, which includes details of the new Museum Development South East Programme. In this edition we covered the following:

Headline messages

  • Farewell from SHARE and hello to MDSE!

SERM training and events

  • Easy Steps towards Environmental Sustainability: Part 1 – Quick Tips
  • Carbon Impact of Travel and Logistics at Your Museum
  • Carbon Literacy for Museums
  • Funding Options for Museum Carbon Reduction Projects
  • Easy Steps towards Environmental Sustainability: Part 2 – Materials
  • Museum Gardens: Planting for Biodiversity and Resilience

External training and events

  • Registration for Heritage Open Days festival is OPEN!

Resources

  • Display equipment available

Opportunities

  • East of England Museums need you!
  • Paid opportunities 
  • Voluntary opportunities

Read the latest SERM Green Newsletter! March 2024

Read the latest SERM Green newsletter, this edition we covered the following:

Headline messages

  • SHARE Environmentally Responsible Museums and Museum Development South East
  • Heritage Engineering Network March Meeting 
  • Earth Day 2024
  • Environmental Plans
  • Green Your Museum JiscMail Group

Upcoming training

  • Easy Steps towards Environmental Sustainability: Part 1 – Quick Tips
  • Carbon Impact of Travel and Logistics at Your Museum
  • Carbon Literacy for Museums
  • Funding Options for Museum Carbon Reduction Projects
  • Easy Steps towards Environmental Sustainability: Part 2 – Materials
  • Museum Gardens: Planting for Biodiversity and Resilience
  • Further training opportunities

Read the latest SHARE newsletter! 29 February 2024

Read the latest SHARE newsletter, this week we covered the following:

Headline messages

  • Museum Development South East updates – deadlines extended!
  • MEND 4 – introduction and 1-1 advice surgeries 
  • Skills Needs Survey 
  • Environmental Plans 

Sector updates

  • Round 3 AIM Brighter Days grants awarded 
  • Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2024 nominations open

SHARE training and events

  • Steps to Recruiting a Diverse Team  
  • Engaging Audiences with Environmental Sustainability 
  • Inclusive Recruitment for Volunteers and Boards 
  • Carbon Impact of Travel and Logistics at Your Museum 
  • Ipswich Museum’s Redevelopment – Towards Greater Inclusivity 
  • Easy Steps Towards Environmental Sustainability – parts 1 and 2 
  • More events coming up

External training and events

  • The Future is Now: Museum Youth Summit – Sector Sharing Event
  • Working with Children and Young People to Respond to the Climate and Ecological Emergency
  • AIM Spark! Leadership Programme 
  • How to do a simple health check on your website 
  • Essentials of Evaluation 

Grant schemes and funding

  • Thinking of applying for an Arts Council Project Grant?  
  • The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund is now open for spring 2024 applications 

Resources

  • Picture Frames  
  • The impact of copyright law on charging for image use 
  • Green Your Museum JiscMail Group 

Job opportunities

  • Accreditation mentors
  • Paid opportunities 
  • Voluntary opportunities

Read the latest SHARE newsletter! 14 February 2024

Read the latest SHARE newsletter, this week we covered the following:

Headline messages

  • MDSE Deputy Programme Manager appointed 
  • Volunteers of 25 years?
  • Members wanted – MDSE Oversight Board
  • MEND Fund Round 4 announced 
  • ACE public investment in museums report 

Sector updates

  • Accreditation congratulations 
  • Museums Association board elections  
  • SERM updates 
  • How can ABTEM help you? 
  • Applications open for Sensational Museum project Funded Pilot Museums  

SHARE training and events

  • Where to start with EDI and creating an EDI Action Plan for your Museum
  • Advice Surgery for Calculating your Museum’s Carbon Footprint 
  • Engaging Audiences with Environmental Sustainability 
  • Carbon Impact of Travel and Logistics at Your Museum 
  • Online Coffee Morning: Ipswich Museum’s Redevelopment – Towards Greater Inclusivity 
  • More events coming up

External training and events

  • Skillset: Practicalities of Community Engagement  
  • Working in Partnership and Writing an Agreement
  • Engaging your first Young Trustees programme 
  • Roots and Branches: Seeds for Action Programme 
  • How GDPR/PECR affects email marketing 

Grant schemes and funding

  • King Charles III Charitable Fund Small Grants  
  • The Naturesave Trust: Sustainable Food 
  • Jerwood Foundation Grants
  • Henry Moore Foundation Grants   
  • ACE Cultural Development Fund Round 4 
  • AIM Pilgrim Trust: Collections Care and Conservation Grants 

Resources

  • Reflections on Re:Collections  
  • Kids in Museums resources

Job opportunities

  • Accreditation mentors
  • Paid opportunities 
  • Voluntary opportunities

Read the latest SHARE newsletter! 1 February 2024

Read the latest SHARE newsletter, this week we covered the following:

Headline messages

  • Tell us your development needs – deadline approaching!
  • Members wanted – MDSE Oversight Board
  • Volunteers of 25 years?

Sector updates

  • Congratulations!
  • Call for partners: Where we are… 2024
  • ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums

SHARE training and events

  • What do you stand for?
  • Where to start with EDI and creating an EDI Action Plan for your Museum
  • Q&A session for Calculating your Museum’s Carbon Footprint
  • Decolonisation in practice
  • SHARE Conference 2024 – don’t leave it too late to book
  • More events coming up

External training and events

  • Essentials in grant application writing
  • Choosing a paid advertising platform: a Google, Meta & TikTok ads overview
  • Green Museums Summit
  • ACE Project Grants roadshows
  • Cultural Enterprises Conference & Trade Show
  • NatSCA Conference 2024 – save the date and call for papers

Grant schemes and funding

  • Let people bid to see your museum?
  • Seeds of Change £10,000 prize fund

Resources

  • Do you sell anything at your museum?
  • Calculating your Museum’s Carbon Footprint
  • Display Equipment Available

Job opportunities

  • Accreditation mentors
  • Paid opportunities 
  • Voluntary opportunities

Read the latest SHARE newsletter! 19 January 2024

Read the latest SHARE newsletter, this week we covered the following:

Headline messages

  • Museum Development South East Programme Manager appointed
  • Measuring what you do matters
  • Let us know your skills development needs!
  • Tickets selling fast! SHARE Conference
  • Towards Net Zero Carbon grants

Sector updates

  • Cyber Security: Small Charity Guide
  • Share your Collections Overview
  • New Advice for Acquiring Works of Art

SHARE training and events

  • Calculating your Museum’s Carbon Footprint
  • Carbon Literacy for Museums
  • What do you stand for?
  • More events coming up

External training and events

  • How regulation GDPR/PECR affects email marketing and why it is important
  • How to do a simple health check on your website
  • Celebrating Stories of Migration Study Day with Suffolk Archives

Grant schemes and funding

  • Collections Care and Conservation Grants
  • Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund

Resources

  • VisitEngland launches accessibility toolkit for tourism businesses

Job opportunities

  • Accreditation mentors
  • Paid opportunities 
  • Voluntary opportunities
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