SHARE Resources
SHARE has an ongoing commitment to providing an up-to-date knowledge base for the region, making full use of our collaboration with trainers and other organisations.
Use the categories below to find resources linked to our programmes and training courses. You can also find training course handouts, instructional videos, notes from network meetings, and network-specific resources. If you are unable to find a resource, or have a resource you’d like to share with the region, please contact us.
Accreditation Resources
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| Coping with Accreditation in 26 Weeks | The guidance in this resource is aimed at Museum Development Officers/ Museum Mentors and museums starting to plan their workload in the six month run up to submitting their Accreditation return | accreditiation | Accreditation |
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| Evaluation Toolkit for Museums | NEW for 2020! SHARE’s updated Evaluation Toolkit is a comprehensive look at everything you ever wanted to know about evaluation in museums. This is also available in a print-friendly version. | Accreditation, Audiences, Research & Data |
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| Evaluation Toolkit for Museums (Print Friendly Version) | NEW for 2020! SHARE’s updated Evaluation Toolkit is a comprehensive look at everything you ever wanted to know about evaluation in museums. print-friendly version 2.7 MB | Accreditation, Audiences, Research & Data |
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| Forward Planning Top Tips | Your forward plan isn’t just for Accreditation- it should be a user-friendly, working document that enables you to identify and share your goals, and the measures to achieve them. The Accreditation Standard states that effective, resilient organisations plan both for long-term success and to make sure they can adapt and survive in a changing environment. | accreditiation, planning | Accreditation |
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Audiences Resources
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| Access Checklist | Access Checklist based on MLA’s Access for All Self-Assessment Toolkit. | MLA | Audiences |
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| Access For All Toolkit | Access For All Toolkit: Enabling inclusion for museums, libraries and archives (MLA, 2004) | inclusion | Audiences |
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| Appollo Fundraising Tips for Successful Digital Fundraising | Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Arts Award in Museums | A report on The Arts Award in Museums Programme. | Audiences |
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| Co-creating Community Projects | Co-creating Community Projects: An Introductory Guide, by SHARE Museums East | community | Audiences |
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| Creating New Displays: Norfolk Museums Service Access Standards for Display | Creating New Displays: Norfolk Museums Service Access Standards for Display | Creating New Displays | Audiences |
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| Creating New Displays: Template for planning a new display or gallery | Creating New Displays: Template for planning a new display or gallery | Creating New Displays | Audiences |
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| CYP Conference: COAM | You are worth it! How to charge for/get the funding you deserve to work with children and young people who deserve it. | child, children | Audiences |
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| CYP Conference: Commissioning | Commissioning is the process by which Local Authorities and other Public Service providers decide how to best use their resources to improve outcomes for people | child, children | Audiences |
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| Dementia Friendly Museums | Do’s and Don’ts of Communication | dementia | Audiences |
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| Developing Learning Programmes in Museums | Guidelines for smaller museums on how to provide quality learning services. SHARE Museums East with Learning staff from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Luton museums services. Edited by Sally Ackroyd. | learning | Audiences |
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| Evaluation Toolkit for Museums | NEW for 2020! SHARE’s updated Evaluation Toolkit is a comprehensive look at everything you ever wanted to know about evaluation in museums. This is also available in a print-friendly version. | Accreditation, Audiences, Research & Data |
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| Evaluation Toolkit for Museums (Print Friendly Version) | NEW for 2020! SHARE’s updated Evaluation Toolkit is a comprehensive look at everything you ever wanted to know about evaluation in museums. print-friendly version 2.7 MB | Accreditation, Audiences, Research & Data |
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| Family Learning Ideas Bank | Lots of tried and tested ideas to encourage family learning at your museum. | Audiences |
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| Heritage Engineering Network: Guide to Writing Panels and Labels | Heritage Engineering Network: Guide to Writing Panels and Labels | networks | Audiences |
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| Hidden Histories: Discovering Disability in Norwich’s Museums Collections | A research project for Norfolk Museums Service by Jonathan Tooke. | disability | Audiences |
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| Learning with Museum Objects | Wonderful Things: Learning With Museum Objects. 80 pages packed with inspiration and ideas including techniques, ideas and over 50 games for use with all ages. MLA/ Julian Vayne, Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon. | Audiences |
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| Make it Snappy: Top Tips for Writing Well | Make it Snappy: Top Tips for Writing Well | Audiences |
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| Marketing and Communications for museums closed due to Covid19 | Marketing and Communications for museums remaining closed due to Covid19 | Covid19 | Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience | |
| Marketing and communications for reopening | Marketing and communications for reopening museums after Covid19 closure | Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience | ||
| Marketing Development Report 2011-2012 | A report on the SHARE Marketing Development project that took place in 2011/12, including a ‘top-tips’ guide for museums. (Helen Mitchell, 2012) | marketing | Audiences |
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| Marketing Programme Report: Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire | A report showcasing a year-long SHARE project providing marketing support to three museums in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire: John Bunyan Museum, the British Schools Museum and Much Hadham Forge Museum (Helen Mitchell, April 2014) | marketing | Audiences |
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| Memories in the Community | Community Reminiscence Project Toolkit | Audiences |
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| MUBU Social Media Guide | MUBU Social Media Guide, created by Sound Delivery for Renaissance East Midlands. | Audiences |
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| Museums as Learning Spaces | Case studies, findings and recommendations from SHARE Museums East’s work with small museums in the Eastern region (Judith Carruthers). | Audiences |
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| National Museums of Scotland Social Media Guidelines | Guidelines for using social media in museums from National Museums of Scotland. | social media | Audiences |
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| Quick Access Checklist for Volunteer based Museums | Quick Access Checklist for Volunteer based Museums, based on MLA’s Access for All Self-Assessment Toolkit. | Audiences |
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| Red House Digital Marketing | Audiences | |||
| Safeguarding for Museums – DBS | Safeguarding for Museums: A Series of Short Guides. DBS Checks – Who Needs One? (Kathy Moore and Tom Bright, 2014) | DBS, safeguarding | Audiences |
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| Stronger Together Report | Stronger Together: Langley Academy, Berkshire, describes itself as the only school in England with a Museum Learning Specialism. They have been working with the River and Rowing Museum, other schools and museums on an ACE funded project. Report by Judith Carruthers, May 2015. | schools | Audiences |
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| Tips for Working with Secondary Schools | Tips for Working with Secondary Schools. Judith Carruthers (Museum Learning Consultant), 2015 | schools | Audiences |
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| Tips for Writing Well | Tips for writing good museum text for labels, panels, marketing and advocacy documents. | marketing | Audiences |
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| Visitor Services Group Conference | Write up of the Visitor Services Group Annual Conference by Christina Lister | Audiences |
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| Working Together: Full Report | Full evaluation of reminiscence work involving museums and care settings in Cambridgeshire. Commissioned by Cambridgeshire Museums Advisory Partnership. Amanda Burke, 2012 | Working Together | Audiences |
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| Working Together: Summary | Summary of the findings of the Reminiscence impact study commissioned by Cambridgeshire Museums Advisory Partnership, 2012 | Working Together | Audiences |
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Collections Resources
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| A Guide to Digitisation | A step-by-step guide to digitising collections – from planning your project, to purchasing equipment and choosing software. Developed by Sarah Stephens, freelancer photographer and SHARE trainer. | Collections |
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| Asbestos in Collections Handout | Derek Brain, Conservator, Birmingham Museums Trust | Collections |
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| Caring for Records & Archives in the Museum: Information Resources & Glossary Handout | Sandra Freshney, Archivist, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, UCM | Collections |
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| Collections Access and the Use of Digital Technology | A report and recommendations by Norfolk Museums Service. | Collections |
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| Collections Care Syllabus | A framework for designing a practical course in the care of museum collections. By SHARE Museums East and Collections Trust. | Collections |
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| Collections Rationalisation Plan Template 2 | This template can be used and adapted by your museum to develop its own Collections Rationalisation plan. For details refer to ‘Collections Rationalisation: planning for action’. | Collections |
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| Collections Rationalisation Planning for Action | Includes templates for a rationalisation plan and a rationalisation policy. Report by Emmeline Leary, commissioned by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
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| Collections Rationalisation Policy Template 1 | This template can be used and adapted by your museum to develop its own Collections. | Collections |
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| Condition Report Example 1 | (to accompany crib sheet) | Collections |
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| Condition Report Example 2 | (to accompany crib sheet) | Collections |
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| Condition Reporting Crib Sheet | Deborah Walton, UCM Regional Conservation Officer for Cambs & Peterborough, 2011 | Collections |
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| Conservation Housekeeping: Equipment List | Collections |
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| Conservation Housekeeping: Housekeeping & Maintenance Checklist | Collections |
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| Conservation Housekeeping: Housekeeping & Maintenance Notes | Collections |
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| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 1 | Collections |
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| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 2 | Collections |
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| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 3 | Collections |
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| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 4 | Collections |
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| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 5 | Collections |
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| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Guidance | Collections |
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| Copyright FAQs | A basic guide to Copyright, including typical questions asked by museums and collections. By Naomi Korn, IP Consultant | Collections |
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| Copyright: Bibliography | Information and Resources | Collections |
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| Copyright: Copyright Fact Sheet | Key points to remember | Collections |
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| Copyright: Exceptions & Library Privilege | A Quick Guide to the UK’s Exceptions and Limitations to the Exclusive Rights | Collections | ||
| Copyright: Scenarios | Discuss and address the scenarios | Collections |
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| Copyright: True or False? | Worksheet: IP Quiz | Collections |
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| COSHH in the Context of Historic Chemical Collections | Larry Carr, Collections Hazards Officer, Science Museums Group | Collections |
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| Costume & Textile: Equipment List – Mounting Costume Accessories | Equipment and suppliers list from the Costume & Textile Network In Action event on 25th November 2013. | networks | Collections |
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| Emergency Planning Toolkit | Comprehensive guide. Renaissance East of England. Sarah Norcross Robinson, Norfolk Museums Service. | Collections |
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| Emergency Planning toolkit Word version | Comprehensive guide. Renaissance East of England. Sarah Norcross Robinson, Norfolk Museums Service. | Collections | ||
| Environmental Monitoring – Introduction | Comprehensive guidelines and information. SHARE Museums East, 2011. | Collections |
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| Glossary of Light Terms | A glossary of light terms developed by staff and students at University of Cambridge Museums, 2018. | Collections |
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| Hazards Surveys: Undertaking a Collections Survey – where to start and what to do next | Laura Ratcliffe ACR, Freelance Objects and Preventive Conservator | Collections |
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| Heritage Engineering Network: Volunteer Project recording form | Volunteer activity recording form from the Gressenhall laundry restoration project, as discussed at the meeting on 14th June 2016. | networks | Collections |
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| How To Guide – Hazards | Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
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| How to Guide – Insuring Museums Collections | Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
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| How to Guide – Plan and Prioritise for Collections Care | Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
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| How to Guides – Assess and Manage Risk in Collections Care | Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
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| How To Guides – Packing Museum Objects | Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
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| IPM: Guidelines for Pest Prevention | FILE MISSING? | Collections | ||
| IPM: Insect pest identification Guides and Handbooks | A list of guides | Collections |
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| IPM: Insect Trap Record – Template | Collections |
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| IPM: Insects Found In Traps Which Are Not Pests | Poster | Collections |
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| IPM: Key Questions for Pest Prevention | Collections |
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| IPM: List of Insect Pests Found In Museums | Collections |
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| IPM: List of Pest Identification Guides | Collected IPM resources from our Integrated Pest Management course. Jane Thompson-Webb (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery), David Pinniger and Tony Irwin (Norfolk Museums Service). | Collections |
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| IPM: Pest and Damage Table | Collections |
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| IPM: Pest Management – Practical Survey Checklist | Collections |
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| IPM: Recognising Insect Damage | Collections |
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| IPM: Using insect traps and pheromones in Museums and Historic Houses | Collections |
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| IPM: What Is Integrated Pest Management? | Collections |
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| Labelling: Labelling & Marking Museum Objects Booklet | Labelling & Marking Booklet from Collections Trust | Collections |
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| Labelling: Marking and Labelling Methods and Positions | Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool | Collections |
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| Labelling: Sewn-on Label | Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool | Collections |
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| Labelling: Sticking a Label on the Object | Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool | Collections |
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| Labelling: Tie-on Label | Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool | Collections |
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| Labelling: Writing on the Object | Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool | Collections |
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| Loans Between National and Non-national Museums – New Standards and Practices Guidelines (NDMC) | The resource can be used to help assess your current facilities in terms of security and environmental monitoring | Collections |
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| Mounting: Design A Label: Guidelines on Labelling for Museums | labelling guidelines | Collections |
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| Mounting: Fabric covered display boards: How To | Fabric Covering Boards | Collections |
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| Mounting: Pinning on Small Objects: How To | Pinning on Small Objects | Collections |
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| Mounting: Top Tips on Design for Labels and Display Panels | Designing labels and display panels, top tips | Collections |
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| Moving Natural Sciences Collections | Assessing, packing and moving Natural Science collections to new stores: Case study -Planning the relocation of the Natural Science collections stored at the Museum Resource Centre in Ryegate Road, Colchester. Nigel Larkin, 2013. | Collections |
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| Natural History Collections & The Law | Notes on Natural History collections and the law taken from the presentations given by Nigel Shelton (Senior Specialist at Natural England) and Bob Press (Natural History Advisor to North Herts Museums Service) at a SHARE Museums East training day held on January 18th 2012 at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. | Collections |
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| Object Handling Guidelines | Collected resources from our Object Handling & Packing course. Sarah Norcross Robinson (Norfolk Museums Service) and Deborah Walton (UCM). | Collections |
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| Object Packing Guidelines | Collected resources from our Object Handling & Packing course. Sarah Norcross Robinson (Norfolk Museums Service) and Deborah Walton (UCM). | Collections |
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| Operating Heritage Machinery – Heritage Engineering Network | Operating guidance following the Heckington Windmill incident in Lincolnshire. | Collections |
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| Oral History – How To Ask Questions | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History – Sample Interview Log | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History- Interview Checklist | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Choosing Interview Topics | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Listening Exercises | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Sample Interview Guide | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Sample Recording Permission Form | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Tips For Practising | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Using the Marantz Solid State PMD660 | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Preliminary Asbestos Checklist Handout | Derek Brain, Conservator, Birmingham Museums Trust | Collections |
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| Something Borrowed – Studies in Partnership | Introduction to the Renaissance-funded Something Borrowed project, in partnership with the BritishMuseum. | Collections |
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| Something Borrowed – Things to consider when preparing for a loan from another museum | Resource from the Renaissance-funded Something Borrowed project, in partnership with the British Museum, on what to consider when preparing for a loan from another museum. | Collections |
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| What Do I Do With That? | Some thoughts on dealing with harmful items from a Health & Safety viewpoint. Martin Adlem, Health and Safety Adviser | Collections |
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Leadership, Governance & Resilience Resources
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| Apollo Fundraising Guide to finding the right Contactless Payment Provider | Guide for moving to contactless donations within museums | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Apollo Fundraising Guide to finding the right Online donation Platform | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Appollo Fundraising Tips for Successful Digital Fundraising | Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Becoming A Charitable Incorporated Organisation – Presentation | Handout/presentation from Julie Cole’s “Becoming A Charitable Incorporated Organisation” training session on 20th March 2014. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Covid-19 inside premises risk assessment template | Covid-19 inside premises risk assessment template, kindly created by Ian Reed of the SHARE Heritage Engineering Network. IMPORTANT – review and adapt this template to your organisation’s own circumstances before using. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience | ||
| Covid-19 sample museum reopening task list | Covid-19 sample museum reopening priority task list, kindly provided by the Museum of Power, Essex | Leadership, Governance & Resilience | ||
| Covid-19 site works risk assessment template | Covid-19 site works risk assessment template, kindly created by Ian Reed of the SHARE Heritage Engineering Network. IMPORTANT – review and adapt this template to your organisation’s own circumstances before using. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience | ||
| Evaluation Toolkit | Toolkit for museums, including case studies and planning materials. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Exploring Trust Options | Exploring Trust Options: A practical guide to the feasibility stage (Renaissance Yorkshire) | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Focus Groups in a Museum Setting | A guide to using focus groups in a museum setting. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Forward Planning – Top Tips | Top Tips for Forward Planning. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Grant Applications in Ten Easy Steps | A handy guide to writing grant applications by Stephanie Potts (Development Manager, Museums Norfolk), part of a presentation given at the Museums Norfolk meeting on 28th February at The Nelson Museum. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| How To Do Retail – Top Ten Tips | A guide to retail in museums. SHARE Museums East & Association for Cultural Enterprises. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Marketing and Communications for museums closed due to Covid19 | Marketing and Communications for museums remaining closed due to Covid19 | Covid19 | Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience | |
| Marketing and communications for reopening | Marketing and communications for reopening museums after Covid19 closure | Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience | ||
| Marketing Development Report 2011-12 | A report on the SHARE Marketing Development project that took place in 2011/12, including a ‘top-tips’ guide for museums (Helen Mitchell 2012) | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Museum Managers: Museum Managers Top Tips | This guide is designed to support managers starting work at oragnaisations that don’t have any (or many) paid staff but can be useful to anyone working autonomously in museums. | networks | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Product Development Case Study – Warner Textile Archive | A case study from the Warner Textile Archive (2014) | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Retail KPI spreadsheets | Retail KPI spreasheets to download and use. From the SHARE Museums East Retail Forum. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience | ||
| SHARE Guidance for ACE Emergency support applications | SHARE Guidance for ACE Emergency Fund applications | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| SHARE Guidance for NLHF Heritage Emergency Fund applications | SHARE Guidance for NLHF Heritage Emergency Fund applications | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Agreement – Swaffham Museum | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Application Form – John Bunyan Museum | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Application Form – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Application Unsuccessful Letter – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Confidentiality Agreement – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Development Programme 2011-12 | A report giving an overview of this regional museum development programme and its impact so far. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Information – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Policy – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Recruitment Form Example – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Reference Request Letter – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Role Profile: Collections – John Bunyan Museum | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Role Profile: Education – John Bunyan Museum | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Role Profile: Event Assistant – National Trust | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Role Profile: Museum Steward – John Bunyan Museum | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteering in the Arts – Toolkit | Volunteering In The Arts: a toolkit created by Voluntary Arts and Volunteering England, 2012 | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteering Leaflet – Cambridge Museum of Technology | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Working with freelancers | A guide to help museums recruit, brief and work with freelancers | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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Research & Data Resources
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| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2011-12 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2011-12. | benchmarking | Research & Data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2012-13 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2012-13. | benchmarking | Research & Data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2013-14 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2013-14. | benchmarking | Research & Data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2015-16 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2015-16. | benchmarking | Research & Data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2016-17 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2016-17. | benchmarking | Research & Data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2017-18 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2017-18. Version 2, updated to correct economic impact of visitors values. | benchmarking | Research & Data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2018-19 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2018-19. Version 2, corrects a minor error. | benchmarking | Research & Data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2009-10 | The 2009-10 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2010-11 | The 2010-11 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2011-12 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2011-12. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2011-12 – Summary | A summary of the 2011-12 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2012-13 | The 2012-13 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2013-14 | The 2013-14 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2015-16 | The 2015-16 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2016-17 | The 2016-17 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2017-18 | The 2017-18 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2018-19 | The 2018-19 East of England Benchmarking summary report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Benchmarking – Making Your Data Count | A guide to the use of benchmarking in advocacy. Dr Harriet Foster. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Benchmarking and Funders | Information on how to use Benchmarking data effectively for funders. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Benchmarking and Politicians | This resource supports you use your benchmarking data effectively to develop relationships with your local politicians. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Benchmarking and the Media | Information on how to use Benchmarking data when providing information to the media. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Benchmarking Data and Its Use | Examples of calculations that can be performed on benchmarking data. Dr Harriet Foster. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
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| Evaluation Toolkit for Museums | NEW for 2020! SHARE’s updated Evaluation Toolkit is a comprehensive look at everything you ever wanted to know about evaluation in museums. This is also available in a print-friendly version. | Accreditation, Audiences, Research & Data |
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| Evaluation Toolkit for Museums (Print Friendly Version) | NEW for 2020! SHARE’s updated Evaluation Toolkit is a comprehensive look at everything you ever wanted to know about evaluation in museums. print-friendly version 2.7 MB | Accreditation, Audiences, Research & Data |
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The SHARE Programme Resources
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| Coronavirus Freelancer briefing 17 March 2020 | The SHARE Programme |
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| Museum Freecycle: A How-To Guide | Museum Freecycle: A How-To Guide (Liz Elmore, SHARE Museums East, 2014) | The SHARE Programme |
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| Museums East of England Group Minutes | networks | The SHARE Programme | ||
| Museums East of England Terms of Reference 2017 | Museums East of England (MEE) is the representative group for large and medium-sized museums in the region, composed of senior managers from museums with a budget of at least £175k and a minimum of five paid staff. MEE is an independent group but SHARE convenes and administers its meetings. | Museums East of England | The SHARE Programme | |
| SHARE Advisory Forum Terms of Reference 2018 | The SHARE Advisory Forum has been set up to advise and inform the work of the SHARE Programme in 2018-22. It is composed of 12 nominated and elected members who represent the region’s museums sector, both geographically and the different types of museum. It is SHARE’s ‘critical friend’. | SHARE Advisory Forum | The SHARE Programme | |
| The SHARE Annual Review 2015-16 | The SHARE Annual Review is a summary of the SHARE Museum Development Programme over the year. It contains an overview of all our main programme strands, along with a summary of museum development activity in each county. | annual review | The SHARE Programme |
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| The SHARE Annual Review 2016-17 | The SHARE Annual Review is a summary of the SHARE Museum Development Programme over the year. It contains an overview of all our main programme strands, along with a summary of museum development activity in each county. | annual review | The SHARE Programme |
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| The SHARE Annual Review 2017-18 | The SHARE Annual Review is a summary of the SHARE Museum Development Programme over the year. It contains an overview of all our main programme strands, along with a summary of museum development activity in each county. | annual review | The SHARE Programme |
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| The SHARE Annual Review 2018-19 | The SHARE Annual Review is a summary of SHARE Museum Development work in the first year of our 2018-22 programme. It contains an overview of all our main programme strands, along with a summary of museum development activity in each county | annual review | The SHARE Programme |
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SHARE Case Studies
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SHARED Enterprise Resources
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| =mc Guide to Corporate Engagement | We can think of this as the corporate engagement spectrum. At one end is ‘hard’ sponsorship where the issue is simply how much value the initiative or programme will add to corporate profitability- directly or indirectly. At the other end is corporate philanthropy where a company – or an individual in charge of a company – give resources away with no hope of return. | Working With Business |
| working-with-business sharedenterprise | |
| =mc Guide to Fundraising from Trusts and Foundations | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| A guide to marketing and promoting museums’ venue hire | A pdf guide | Commercial Operations |
| commercial-operations sharedenterprise | |
| AIM Success Guide: Successfully managing privacy and data regulations in small museums | Successfully managing privacy and data regulations in small museums, a guide by the Association of Independent Museums. | Online/Digital | online-digital sharedenterprise | ||
| An Apollo Fundraising Guide to confidently meeting with potential supporters | Behavioural economics says we are sometimes rational, but most of the time our rationality is limited by our ability to work things out, the large amount of information available, the limited relevant knowledge we have, and our own lack of time and energy. | Individual Giving | individual-giving sharedenterprise | ||
| Apollo Fundraising Individual Giving – Legacies | Workshop 2 | Legacies |
| legacies sharedenterprise | |
| Apollo Fundraising: Are your Friends holding you back? | David Burgess, Apollo Fundraising | Trustees and Friends |
| trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | |
| Apollo Fundraising: Fundraising from Trusts and Foundations | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Apollo Fundraising: Individual Giving – Major Gifts | Shared Enterprise and Apollo Fundraising Individual Giving and Legacies | Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| Apollo Fundraising: Individual Giving – Relationship Fundraising | Shared Enterprise and Apollo Fundraising | Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| Apollo Fundraising: Overcoming Common Trust Issues | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Apollo Fundraising: Overcoming Common Trust Issues Apollo Fundraising: Trusts and Foundations – Research and Cultivation | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Apollo Fundraising: Overcoming Common Trust Issues Apollo Fundraising: Trusts and Foundations – Research and Cultivation =mc Guide to Fundraising from Trusts and Foundations Trusts and Foundations | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Apollo Fundraising: Trusts and Foundations – Proposal Writing | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Art Fund Art Happens How It Works | A pdf guide | Online/Digital |
| online-digital sharedenterprise | |
| Board Skills Audit Template | This is a self-assessment audit, so please rate your own skills and experience in each of the following sections. | Trustees and Friends |
| trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | |
| Building Effective Relationships and Partnerships with the Business Community | A resource to support museums develop relationships and partnerships with businesses | Working With Business |
| working-with-business sharedenterprise | |
| Case for Support Workshop Slides | Bid Writing |
| bid-writing sharedenterprise | ||
| Crowd Funding: The Latest Fashion in Fundraising? | Getting money from a crowd of people – thermometer outside the church has now become a digital platform, capable of integration with social media.
| Online/Digital |
| online-digital sharedenterprise | |
| Cultivation Strategy for Museum Redevelopment Programme | In order to ask people for money for your campaign (the redevelopment of the museum) you need to build a relationship with them. Some of your trustees will have direct or indirect contacts with local, wealthy people, through business, through their other networks (WI, golf club,Rotary, Round Table)
.
| Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| Data Savvy Fundraising: what you need to know about the GDPR | A blog about GDPR | Online/Digital | online-digital sharedenterprise | ||
| Developing a fundraising strategy – action planning template | Action planning template | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | |
| Developing a fundraising strategy – Introductory guidance | Drawing on the workshops, this guidance gives some basic ideas and approaches on how to develop a fundraising strategy. Although aimed at smaller museums, the guidance might be of interest to larger organisations with multiple functions and staff. | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | |
| Developing Your Friends Group | Trustees and Friends |
| trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | ||
| Example Secretary Role Description | Word doc | Trustees and Friends | trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | ||
| Example Trustee Role Description | Word doc | Trustees and Friends | trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | ||
| Fundraising Committee Terms of Reference | Word doc | Trustees and Friends | trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | ||
| Fundraising Matrix | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Fundraising Strategy Template | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Developing a legacy strategy | A Youtube video | Legacies | legacies sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Effective Leadership | A Youtube video | Trustees and Friends | trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Fundraising in the community | Link to Youtube video | Strategy | strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Fundraising Planning & Developing a Mixed Fundraising model | Link to Youtube video | Strategy | strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: making the most of digital | A Youtube video | Online/Digital | online-digital sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Partnering with bigger institutions | Link to Youtube video | Strategy | strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: successful event fundraising | Link to Youtube video | Strategy | strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: the Case for Support at St Nicholas Chapel | Giving to Heritage: the Case for Support at St Nicholas Chapel | Bid Writing | bid-writing sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Trusts, Foundations and High Net Worth individuals | A Youtube video | Trusts and Foundations | trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Governance Health Check | The following questions were developed at the start of a project where a cohort of museums worked on board development, with the aim of making their boards more ready to engage with the private sector. | Trustees and Friends |
| trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Strategy Case Studies: Museum of East Anglian Life – p.9, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery – p.19 | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Working with Business Case Study: Gainsborouh’s House – p.21 | Working With Business |
| working-with-business sharedenterprise | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Legacies Case Study: De Havilland Aircraft Museum – p.15 | Legacies |
| legacies sharedenterprise | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Commercial Operations Case Studies: Epping Forest District Museum – p.25, John Bunyan Museum – p.23 | Commercial Operations |
| commercial-operations sharedenterprise | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Individual Giving Case Studies: Essex Record Office – p.13, Fry Art Gallery – p.11 | Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Online / Digital Case Study: Cambridge Museum of Technology – p.17 | Online/Digital |
| online-digital sharedenterprise | |
| Increasing Individual Giving 1: Introduction to Philanthropy | Introduction to Philanthropy, Entrepreneurs as Philanthropists, Current government position, Cultural traditions and trends, Motivation and disincentives, Your organisation’s constitution
| Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| Increasing Individual Giving 2: Golden Rules and Different Methods | Individual giving is very important and makes up 77% of charitable giving in the UK, compared to 18% from the top 400 Trusts and Foundations and just 5% from corporates.
| Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| Increasing Individual Giving 3 | Writing a Fundraising Plan | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | |
| Increasing Individual Giving 4: Legacies and Planned Giving | How do we dispose of wealth after death? Many people in Britain don’t make a will, so clearly it’s not something we find easy. A will is a way of making a lasting statement about your core values. | Legacies |
| legacies sharedenterprise | |
| Increasing Individual Giving 5: online giving | NB SHARED Enterprise does not endorse or recommend any particular online giving service. | Online/Digital |
| online-digital sharedenterprise | |
| Museum of East Anglian Life: Whole Organisation Approach to Fundraising | Whole Organisation Approach to Fundraising | Trustees and Friends |
| trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | |
| Museum Retail: Top Tips for Small Shops | A Youtube video | Commercial Operations | commercial-operations sharedenterprise | ||
| Norfolk Museums Service Weddings | Weddings at Norwich Museums | Commercial Operations |
| commercial-operations sharedenterprise | |
| P&L / Stock / Sales Record spreadsheet | Excel spreadsheet | Commercial Operations | commercial-operations sharedenterprise | ||
| Preparing to meet your prospects | An Apollo Fundraising Guide to confidently meeting with potential supporters
| Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| Retail KPI Spreadsheets | Excel Spreadsheet | Commercial Operations | commercial-operations sharedenterprise | ||
| Strategy Handout by =mc | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| UK Fundraising: 10 ways to increase donations through your website | A Youtube video | Online/Digital | online-digital sharedenterprise | ||
| Writing HLF Project Bids | Introductory Guidance | Bid Writing |
| bid-writing sharedenterprise |
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| Title | Description | Tags | Select Department | Download | section_hfilter |
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| =mc Guide to Corporate Engagement | We can think of this as the corporate engagement spectrum. At one end is ‘hard’ sponsorship where the issue is simply how much value the initiative or programme will add to corporate profitability- directly or indirectly. At the other end is corporate philanthropy where a company – or an individual in charge of a company – give resources away with no hope of return. | Working With Business |
| working-with-business sharedenterprise | |
| =mc Guide to Fundraising from Trusts and Foundations | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| A Guide to Digitisation | A step-by-step guide to digitising collections – from planning your project, to purchasing equipment and choosing software. Developed by Sarah Stephens, freelancer photographer and SHARE trainer. | Collections |
| collections | |
| A guide to marketing and promoting museums’ venue hire | A pdf guide | Commercial Operations |
| commercial-operations sharedenterprise | |
| Access Checklist | Access Checklist based on MLA’s Access for All Self-Assessment Toolkit. | MLA | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Access For All Toolkit | Access For All Toolkit: Enabling inclusion for museums, libraries and archives (MLA, 2004) | inclusion | Audiences |
| audiences |
| AIM Success Guide: Successfully managing privacy and data regulations in small museums | Successfully managing privacy and data regulations in small museums, a guide by the Association of Independent Museums. | Online/Digital | online-digital sharedenterprise | ||
| An Apollo Fundraising Guide to confidently meeting with potential supporters | Behavioural economics says we are sometimes rational, but most of the time our rationality is limited by our ability to work things out, the large amount of information available, the limited relevant knowledge we have, and our own lack of time and energy. | Individual Giving | individual-giving sharedenterprise | ||
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2011-12 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2011-12. | benchmarking | Research & Data | research-data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2012-13 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2012-13. | benchmarking | Research & Data | research-data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2013-14 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2013-14. | benchmarking | Research & Data | research-data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2015-16 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2015-16. | benchmarking | Research & Data | research-data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2016-17 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2016-17. | benchmarking | Research & Data | research-data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2017-18 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2017-18. Version 2, updated to correct economic impact of visitors values. | benchmarking | Research & Data | research-data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2018-19 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2018-19. Version 2, corrects a minor error. | benchmarking | Research & Data | research-data | |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2009-10 | The 2009-10 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2010-11 | The 2010-11 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2011-12 | The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2011-12. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2011-12 – Summary | A summary of the 2011-12 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2012-13 | The 2012-13 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2013-14 | The 2013-14 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2015-16 | The 2015-16 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2016-17 | The 2016-17 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2017-18 | The 2017-18 Annual East of England Benchmarking report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2018-19 | The 2018-19 East of England Benchmarking summary report. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Apollo Fundraising Guide to finding the right Contactless Payment Provider | Guide for moving to contactless donations within museums | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
| leadership-governance-resilience | |
| Apollo Fundraising Guide to finding the right Online donation Platform | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
| leadership-governance-resilience | ||
| Apollo Fundraising Individual Giving – Legacies | Workshop 2 | Legacies |
| legacies sharedenterprise | |
| Apollo Fundraising: Are your Friends holding you back? | David Burgess, Apollo Fundraising | Trustees and Friends |
| trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | |
| Apollo Fundraising: Fundraising from Trusts and Foundations | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Apollo Fundraising: Individual Giving – Major Gifts | Shared Enterprise and Apollo Fundraising Individual Giving and Legacies | Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| Apollo Fundraising: Individual Giving – Relationship Fundraising | Shared Enterprise and Apollo Fundraising | Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| Apollo Fundraising: Overcoming Common Trust Issues | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Apollo Fundraising: Overcoming Common Trust Issues Apollo Fundraising: Trusts and Foundations – Research and Cultivation | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Apollo Fundraising: Overcoming Common Trust Issues Apollo Fundraising: Trusts and Foundations – Research and Cultivation =mc Guide to Fundraising from Trusts and Foundations Trusts and Foundations | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Apollo Fundraising: Trusts and Foundations – Proposal Writing | Trusts and Foundations |
| trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Appollo Fundraising Tips for Successful Digital Fundraising | Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
| audiences leadership-governance-resilience | ||
| Art Fund Art Happens How It Works | A pdf guide | Online/Digital |
| online-digital sharedenterprise | |
| Arts Award in Museums | A report on The Arts Award in Museums Programme. | Audiences |
| audiences | |
| Asbestos in Collections Handout | Derek Brain, Conservator, Birmingham Museums Trust | Collections |
| collections | |
| Becoming A Charitable Incorporated Organisation – Presentation | Handout/presentation from Julie Cole’s “Becoming A Charitable Incorporated Organisation” training session on 20th March 2014. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
| leadership-governance-resilience | |
| Benchmarking – Making Your Data Count | A guide to the use of benchmarking in advocacy. Dr Harriet Foster. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Benchmarking and Funders | Information on how to use Benchmarking data effectively for funders. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Benchmarking and Politicians | This resource supports you use your benchmarking data effectively to develop relationships with your local politicians. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Benchmarking and the Media | Information on how to use Benchmarking data when providing information to the media. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Benchmarking Data and Its Use | Examples of calculations that can be performed on benchmarking data. Dr Harriet Foster. | benchmarking | Research & Data |
| research-data |
| Board Skills Audit Template | This is a self-assessment audit, so please rate your own skills and experience in each of the following sections. | Trustees and Friends |
| trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | |
| Building Effective Relationships and Partnerships with the Business Community | A resource to support museums develop relationships and partnerships with businesses | Working With Business |
| working-with-business sharedenterprise | |
| Caring for Records & Archives in the Museum: Information Resources & Glossary Handout | Sandra Freshney, Archivist, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, UCM | Collections |
| collections | |
| Case for Support Workshop Slides | Bid Writing |
| bid-writing sharedenterprise | ||
| Co-creating Community Projects | Co-creating Community Projects: An Introductory Guide, by SHARE Museums East | community | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Collections Access and the Use of Digital Technology | A report and recommendations by Norfolk Museums Service. | Collections |
| collections | |
| Collections Care Syllabus | A framework for designing a practical course in the care of museum collections. By SHARE Museums East and Collections Trust. | Collections |
| collections | |
| Collections Rationalisation Plan Template 2 | This template can be used and adapted by your museum to develop its own Collections Rationalisation plan. For details refer to ‘Collections Rationalisation: planning for action’. | Collections |
| collections | |
| Collections Rationalisation Planning for Action | Includes templates for a rationalisation plan and a rationalisation policy. Report by Emmeline Leary, commissioned by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
| collections | |
| Collections Rationalisation Policy Template 1 | This template can be used and adapted by your museum to develop its own Collections. | Collections |
| collections | |
| Condition Report Example 1 | (to accompany crib sheet) | Collections |
| collections | |
| Condition Report Example 2 | (to accompany crib sheet) | Collections |
| collections | |
| Condition Reporting Crib Sheet | Deborah Walton, UCM Regional Conservation Officer for Cambs & Peterborough, 2011 | Collections |
| collections | |
| Conservation Housekeeping: Equipment List | Collections |
| collections | ||
| Conservation Housekeeping: Housekeeping & Maintenance Checklist | Collections |
| collections | ||
| Conservation Housekeeping: Housekeeping & Maintenance Notes | Collections |
| collections | ||
| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 1 | Collections |
| collections | ||
| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 2 | Collections |
| collections | ||
| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 3 | Collections |
| collections | ||
| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 4 | Collections |
| collections | ||
| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 5 | Collections |
| collections | ||
| Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Guidance | Collections |
| collections | ||
| Coping with Accreditation in 26 Weeks | The guidance in this resource is aimed at Museum Development Officers/ Museum Mentors and museums starting to plan their workload in the six month run up to submitting their Accreditation return | accreditiation | Accreditation |
| accreditation |
| Copyright FAQs | A basic guide to Copyright, including typical questions asked by museums and collections. By Naomi Korn, IP Consultant | Collections |
| collections | |
| Copyright: Bibliography | Information and Resources | Collections |
| collections | |
| Copyright: Copyright Fact Sheet | Key points to remember | Collections |
| collections | |
| Copyright: Exceptions & Library Privilege | A Quick Guide to the UK’s Exceptions and Limitations to the Exclusive Rights | Collections | collections | ||
| Copyright: Scenarios | Discuss and address the scenarios | Collections |
| collections | |
| Copyright: True or False? | Worksheet: IP Quiz | Collections |
| collections | |
| Coronavirus Freelancer briefing 17 March 2020 | The SHARE Programme |
| the-share-programme | ||
| COSHH in the Context of Historic Chemical Collections | Larry Carr, Collections Hazards Officer, Science Museums Group | Collections |
| collections | |
| Costume & Textile: Equipment List – Mounting Costume Accessories | Equipment and suppliers list from the Costume & Textile Network In Action event on 25th November 2013. | networks | Collections |
| collections |
| Covid-19 inside premises risk assessment template | Covid-19 inside premises risk assessment template, kindly created by Ian Reed of the SHARE Heritage Engineering Network. IMPORTANT – review and adapt this template to your organisation’s own circumstances before using. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience | leadership-governance-resilience | ||
| Covid-19 sample museum reopening task list | Covid-19 sample museum reopening priority task list, kindly provided by the Museum of Power, Essex | Leadership, Governance & Resilience | leadership-governance-resilience | ||
| Covid-19 site works risk assessment template | Covid-19 site works risk assessment template, kindly created by Ian Reed of the SHARE Heritage Engineering Network. IMPORTANT – review and adapt this template to your organisation’s own circumstances before using. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience | leadership-governance-resilience | ||
| Creating New Displays: Norfolk Museums Service Access Standards for Display | Creating New Displays: Norfolk Museums Service Access Standards for Display | Creating New Displays | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Creating New Displays: Template for planning a new display or gallery | Creating New Displays: Template for planning a new display or gallery | Creating New Displays | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Crowd Funding: The Latest Fashion in Fundraising? | Getting money from a crowd of people – thermometer outside the church has now become a digital platform, capable of integration with social media.
| Online/Digital |
| online-digital sharedenterprise | |
| Cultivation Strategy for Museum Redevelopment Programme | In order to ask people for money for your campaign (the redevelopment of the museum) you need to build a relationship with them. Some of your trustees will have direct or indirect contacts with local, wealthy people, through business, through their other networks (WI, golf club,Rotary, Round Table)
.
| Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| CYP Conference: COAM | You are worth it! How to charge for/get the funding you deserve to work with children and young people who deserve it. | child, children | Audiences |
| audiences |
| CYP Conference: Commissioning | Commissioning is the process by which Local Authorities and other Public Service providers decide how to best use their resources to improve outcomes for people | child, children | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Data Savvy Fundraising: what you need to know about the GDPR | A blog about GDPR | Online/Digital | online-digital sharedenterprise | ||
| Dementia Friendly Museums | Do’s and Don’ts of Communication | dementia | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Developing a fundraising strategy – action planning template | Action planning template | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | |
| Developing a fundraising strategy – Introductory guidance | Drawing on the workshops, this guidance gives some basic ideas and approaches on how to develop a fundraising strategy. Although aimed at smaller museums, the guidance might be of interest to larger organisations with multiple functions and staff. | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | |
| Developing Learning Programmes in Museums | Guidelines for smaller museums on how to provide quality learning services. SHARE Museums East with Learning staff from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Luton museums services. Edited by Sally Ackroyd. | learning | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Developing Your Friends Group | Trustees and Friends |
| trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | ||
| Emergency Planning Toolkit | Comprehensive guide. Renaissance East of England. Sarah Norcross Robinson, Norfolk Museums Service. | Collections |
| collections | |
| Emergency Planning toolkit Word version | Comprehensive guide. Renaissance East of England. Sarah Norcross Robinson, Norfolk Museums Service. | Collections | collections | ||
| Environmental Monitoring – Introduction | Comprehensive guidelines and information. SHARE Museums East, 2011. | Collections |
| collections | |
| Evaluation Toolkit | Toolkit for museums, including case studies and planning materials. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
| leadership-governance-resilience | |
| Evaluation Toolkit for Museums | NEW for 2020! SHARE’s updated Evaluation Toolkit is a comprehensive look at everything you ever wanted to know about evaluation in museums. This is also available in a print-friendly version. | Accreditation, Audiences, Research & Data |
| accreditation audiences research-data | |
| Evaluation Toolkit for Museums (Print Friendly Version) | NEW for 2020! SHARE’s updated Evaluation Toolkit is a comprehensive look at everything you ever wanted to know about evaluation in museums. print-friendly version 2.7 MB | Accreditation, Audiences, Research & Data |
| accreditation audiences research-data | |
| Example Secretary Role Description | Word doc | Trustees and Friends | trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | ||
| Example Trustee Role Description | Word doc | Trustees and Friends | trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | ||
| Exploring Trust Options | Exploring Trust Options: A practical guide to the feasibility stage (Renaissance Yorkshire) | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
| leadership-governance-resilience | |
| Family Learning Ideas Bank | Lots of tried and tested ideas to encourage family learning at your museum. | Audiences |
| audiences | |
| Focus Groups in a Museum Setting | A guide to using focus groups in a museum setting. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
| leadership-governance-resilience | |
| Forward Planning – Top Tips | Top Tips for Forward Planning. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
| leadership-governance-resilience | |
| Forward Planning Top Tips | Your forward plan isn’t just for Accreditation- it should be a user-friendly, working document that enables you to identify and share your goals, and the measures to achieve them. The Accreditation Standard states that effective, resilient organisations plan both for long-term success and to make sure they can adapt and survive in a changing environment. | accreditiation, planning | Accreditation |
| accreditation |
| Funders offering support in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic |
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| Fundraising Committee Terms of Reference | Word doc | Trustees and Friends | trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | ||
| Fundraising Matrix | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Fundraising Strategy Template | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Developing a legacy strategy | A Youtube video | Legacies | legacies sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Effective Leadership | A Youtube video | Trustees and Friends | trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Fundraising in the community | Link to Youtube video | Strategy | strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Fundraising Planning & Developing a Mixed Fundraising model | Link to Youtube video | Strategy | strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: making the most of digital | A Youtube video | Online/Digital | online-digital sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Partnering with bigger institutions | Link to Youtube video | Strategy | strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: successful event fundraising | Link to Youtube video | Strategy | strategy sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: the Case for Support at St Nicholas Chapel | Giving to Heritage: the Case for Support at St Nicholas Chapel | Bid Writing | bid-writing sharedenterprise | ||
| Giving to Heritage: Trusts, Foundations and High Net Worth individuals | A Youtube video | Trusts and Foundations | trusts-foundations sharedenterprise | ||
| Glossary of Light Terms | A glossary of light terms developed by staff and students at University of Cambridge Museums, 2018. | Collections |
| collections | |
| Going Solo: how to become a freelancer | Practical Advice and guidance on becoming a freelancer. |
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| Governance Health Check | The following questions were developed at the start of a project where a cohort of museums worked on board development, with the aim of making their boards more ready to engage with the private sector. | Trustees and Friends |
| trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise | |
| Grant Applications in Ten Easy Steps | A handy guide to writing grant applications by Stephanie Potts (Development Manager, Museums Norfolk), part of a presentation given at the Museums Norfolk meeting on 28th February at The Nelson Museum. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
| leadership-governance-resilience | |
| Hazards Surveys: Undertaking a Collections Survey – where to start and what to do next | Laura Ratcliffe ACR, Freelance Objects and Preventive Conservator | Collections |
| collections | |
| Heritage Engineering Network: Guide to Writing Panels and Labels | Heritage Engineering Network: Guide to Writing Panels and Labels | networks | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Heritage Engineering Network: Volunteer Project recording form | Volunteer activity recording form from the Gressenhall laundry restoration project, as discussed at the meeting on 14th June 2016. | networks | Collections |
| collections |
| Hidden Histories: Discovering Disability in Norwich’s Museums Collections | A research project for Norfolk Museums Service by Jonathan Tooke. | disability | Audiences |
| audiences |
| How To Do Retail – Top Ten Tips | A guide to retail in museums. SHARE Museums East & Association for Cultural Enterprises. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
| leadership-governance-resilience | |
| How To Guide – Hazards | Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
| collections | |
| How to Guide – Insuring Museums Collections | Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
| collections | |
| How to Guide – Plan and Prioritise for Collections Care | Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
| collections | |
| How to Guides – Assess and Manage Risk in Collections Care | Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
| collections | |
| How To Guides – Packing Museum Objects | Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East. | Collections |
| collections | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Individual Giving Case Studies: Essex Record Office – p.13, Fry Art Gallery – p.11 | Individual Giving |
| individual-giving sharedenterprise | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Strategy Case Studies: Museum of East Anglian Life – p.9, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery – p.19 | Strategy |
| strategy sharedenterprise | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Working with Business Case Study: Gainsborouh’s House – p.21 | Working With Business |
| working-with-business sharedenterprise | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Legacies Case Study: De Havilland Aircraft Museum – p.15 | Legacies |
| legacies sharedenterprise | |
| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Commercial Operations Case Studies: Epping Forest District Museum – p.25, John Bunyan Museum – p.23 | Commercial Operations |
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| Income Generation and Fundraising for Museums | Online / Digital Case Study: Cambridge Museum of Technology – p.17 | Online/Digital |
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| Increasing Individual Giving 1: Introduction to Philanthropy | Introduction to Philanthropy, Entrepreneurs as Philanthropists, Current government position, Cultural traditions and trends, Motivation and disincentives, Your organisation’s constitution
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| Increasing Individual Giving 2: Golden Rules and Different Methods | Individual giving is very important and makes up 77% of charitable giving in the UK, compared to 18% from the top 400 Trusts and Foundations and just 5% from corporates.
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| Increasing Individual Giving 3 | Writing a Fundraising Plan | Strategy |
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| Increasing Individual Giving 4: Legacies and Planned Giving | How do we dispose of wealth after death? Many people in Britain don’t make a will, so clearly it’s not something we find easy. A will is a way of making a lasting statement about your core values. | Legacies |
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| Increasing Individual Giving 5: online giving | NB SHARED Enterprise does not endorse or recommend any particular online giving service. | Online/Digital |
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| IPM: Guidelines for Pest Prevention | FILE MISSING? | Collections | collections | ||
| IPM: Insect pest identification Guides and Handbooks | A list of guides | Collections |
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| IPM: Insect Trap Record – Template | Collections |
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| IPM: Insects Found In Traps Which Are Not Pests | Poster | Collections |
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| IPM: Key Questions for Pest Prevention | Collections |
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| IPM: List of Insect Pests Found In Museums | Collections |
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| IPM: List of Pest Identification Guides | Collected IPM resources from our Integrated Pest Management course. Jane Thompson-Webb (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery), David Pinniger and Tony Irwin (Norfolk Museums Service). | Collections |
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| IPM: Pest and Damage Table | Collections |
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| IPM: Pest Management – Practical Survey Checklist | Collections |
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| IPM: Recognising Insect Damage | Collections |
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| IPM: Using insect traps and pheromones in Museums and Historic Houses | Collections |
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| IPM: What Is Integrated Pest Management? | Collections |
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| Labelling: Labelling & Marking Museum Objects Booklet | Labelling & Marking Booklet from Collections Trust | Collections |
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| Labelling: Marking and Labelling Methods and Positions | Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool | Collections |
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| Labelling: Sewn-on Label | Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool | Collections |
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| Labelling: Sticking a Label on the Object | Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool | Collections |
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| Labelling: Tie-on Label | Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool | Collections |
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| Labelling: Writing on the Object | Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool | Collections |
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| Learning with Museum Objects | Wonderful Things: Learning With Museum Objects. 80 pages packed with inspiration and ideas including techniques, ideas and over 50 games for use with all ages. MLA/ Julian Vayne, Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon. | Audiences |
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| Loans Between National and Non-national Museums – New Standards and Practices Guidelines (NDMC) | The resource can be used to help assess your current facilities in terms of security and environmental monitoring | Collections |
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| Make it Snappy: Top Tips for Writing Well | Make it Snappy: Top Tips for Writing Well | Audiences |
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| Marketing and Communications for museums closed due to Covid19 | Marketing and Communications for museums remaining closed due to Covid19 | Covid19 | Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience | audiences leadership-governance-resilience | |
| Marketing and communications for reopening | Marketing and communications for reopening museums after Covid19 closure | Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience | audiences leadership-governance-resilience | ||
| Marketing Development Report 2011-12 | A report on the SHARE Marketing Development project that took place in 2011/12, including a ‘top-tips’ guide for museums (Helen Mitchell 2012) | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Marketing Development Report 2011-2012 | A report on the SHARE Marketing Development project that took place in 2011/12, including a ‘top-tips’ guide for museums. (Helen Mitchell, 2012) | marketing | Audiences |
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| Marketing Programme Report: Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire | A report showcasing a year-long SHARE project providing marketing support to three museums in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire: John Bunyan Museum, the British Schools Museum and Much Hadham Forge Museum (Helen Mitchell, April 2014) | marketing | Audiences |
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| Matt Woor, Suffolk County Council | Powerpoint presentation on Creating a good social media content | Digital Media |
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| Memories in the Community | Community Reminiscence Project Toolkit | Audiences |
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| Mounting: Design A Label: Guidelines on Labelling for Museums | labelling guidelines | Collections |
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| Mounting: Fabric covered display boards: How To | Fabric Covering Boards | Collections |
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| Mounting: Pinning on Small Objects: How To | Pinning on Small Objects | Collections |
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| Mounting: Top Tips on Design for Labels and Display Panels | Designing labels and display panels, top tips | Collections |
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| Moving Natural Sciences Collections | Assessing, packing and moving Natural Science collections to new stores: Case study -Planning the relocation of the Natural Science collections stored at the Museum Resource Centre in Ryegate Road, Colchester. Nigel Larkin, 2013. | Collections |
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| MUBU Social Media Guide | MUBU Social Media Guide, created by Sound Delivery for Renaissance East Midlands. | Audiences |
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| Museum Freecycle: A How-To Guide | Museum Freecycle: A How-To Guide (Liz Elmore, SHARE Museums East, 2014) | The SHARE Programme |
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| Museum Managers: Museum Managers Top Tips | This guide is designed to support managers starting work at oragnaisations that don’t have any (or many) paid staff but can be useful to anyone working autonomously in museums. | networks | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Museum of East Anglian Life: Whole Organisation Approach to Fundraising | Whole Organisation Approach to Fundraising | Trustees and Friends |
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| Museum Retail: Top Tips for Small Shops | A Youtube video | Commercial Operations | commercial-operations sharedenterprise | ||
| Museums as Learning Spaces | Case studies, findings and recommendations from SHARE Museums East’s work with small museums in the Eastern region (Judith Carruthers). | Audiences |
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| Museums East of England Group Minutes | networks | The SHARE Programme | the-share-programme | ||
| Museums East of England Terms of Reference 2017 | Museums East of England (MEE) is the representative group for large and medium-sized museums in the region, composed of senior managers from museums with a budget of at least £175k and a minimum of five paid staff. MEE is an independent group but SHARE convenes and administers its meetings. | Museums East of England | The SHARE Programme | the-share-programme | |
| National Museums of Scotland Social Media Guidelines | Guidelines for using social media in museums from National Museums of Scotland. | social media | Audiences |
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| Natural History Collections & The Law | Notes on Natural History collections and the law taken from the presentations given by Nigel Shelton (Senior Specialist at Natural England) and Bob Press (Natural History Advisor to North Herts Museums Service) at a SHARE Museums East training day held on January 18th 2012 at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. | Collections |
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| Norfolk Museums Service Weddings | Weddings at Norwich Museums | Commercial Operations |
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| Object Handling Guidelines | Collected resources from our Object Handling & Packing course. Sarah Norcross Robinson (Norfolk Museums Service) and Deborah Walton (UCM). | Collections |
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| Object Packing Guidelines | Collected resources from our Object Handling & Packing course. Sarah Norcross Robinson (Norfolk Museums Service) and Deborah Walton (UCM). | Collections |
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| Operating Heritage Machinery – Heritage Engineering Network | Operating guidance following the Heckington Windmill incident in Lincolnshire. | Collections |
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| Oral History – How To Ask Questions | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History – Sample Interview Log | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History- Interview Checklist | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Choosing Interview Topics | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Listening Exercises | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Sample Interview Guide | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Sample Recording Permission Form | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Tips For Practising | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| Oral History: Using the Marantz Solid State PMD660 | A series of helpful guides on Oral History. | Collections |
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| P&L / Stock / Sales Record spreadsheet | Excel spreadsheet | Commercial Operations | commercial-operations sharedenterprise | ||
| Preliminary Asbestos Checklist Handout | Derek Brain, Conservator, Birmingham Museums Trust | Collections |
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| Preparing to meet your prospects | An Apollo Fundraising Guide to confidently meeting with potential supporters
| Individual Giving |
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| Product Development Case Study – Warner Textile Archive | A case study from the Warner Textile Archive (2014) | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Quick Access Checklist for Volunteer based Museums | Quick Access Checklist for Volunteer based Museums, based on MLA’s Access for All Self-Assessment Toolkit. | Audiences |
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| Red House Digital Marketing | Audiences | audiences | |||
| Retail KPI spreadsheets | Retail KPI spreasheets to download and use. From the SHARE Museums East Retail Forum. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience | leadership-governance-resilience | ||
| Retail KPI Spreadsheets | Excel Spreadsheet | Commercial Operations | commercial-operations sharedenterprise | ||
| Safeguarding for Museums – DBS | Safeguarding for Museums: A Series of Short Guides. DBS Checks – Who Needs One? (Kathy Moore and Tom Bright, 2014) | DBS, safeguarding | Audiences |
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| SHARE Advisory Forum Terms of Reference 2018 | The SHARE Advisory Forum has been set up to advise and inform the work of the SHARE Programme in 2018-22. It is composed of 12 nominated and elected members who represent the region’s museums sector, both geographically and the different types of museum. It is SHARE’s ‘critical friend’. | SHARE Advisory Forum | The SHARE Programme | the-share-programme | |
| SHARE Guidance for ACE Emergency support applications | SHARE Guidance for ACE Emergency Fund applications | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| SHARE Guidance for NLHF Heritage Emergency Fund applications | SHARE Guidance for NLHF Heritage Emergency Fund applications | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Something Borrowed – Studies in Partnership | Introduction to the Renaissance-funded Something Borrowed project, in partnership with the BritishMuseum. | Collections |
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| Something Borrowed – Things to consider when preparing for a loan from another museum | Resource from the Renaissance-funded Something Borrowed project, in partnership with the British Museum, on what to consider when preparing for a loan from another museum. | Collections |
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| Strategy Handout by =mc | Strategy |
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| Stronger Together Report | Stronger Together: Langley Academy, Berkshire, describes itself as the only school in England with a Museum Learning Specialism. They have been working with the River and Rowing Museum, other schools and museums on an ACE funded project. Report by Judith Carruthers, May 2015. | schools | Audiences |
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| The SHARE Annual Review 2015-16 | The SHARE Annual Review is a summary of the SHARE Museum Development Programme over the year. It contains an overview of all our main programme strands, along with a summary of museum development activity in each county. | annual review | The SHARE Programme |
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| The SHARE Annual Review 2016-17 | The SHARE Annual Review is a summary of the SHARE Museum Development Programme over the year. It contains an overview of all our main programme strands, along with a summary of museum development activity in each county. | annual review | The SHARE Programme |
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| The SHARE Annual Review 2017-18 | The SHARE Annual Review is a summary of the SHARE Museum Development Programme over the year. It contains an overview of all our main programme strands, along with a summary of museum development activity in each county. | annual review | The SHARE Programme |
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| The SHARE Annual Review 2018-19 | The SHARE Annual Review is a summary of SHARE Museum Development work in the first year of our 2018-22 programme. It contains an overview of all our main programme strands, along with a summary of museum development activity in each county | annual review | The SHARE Programme |
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| Tips for Working with Secondary Schools | Tips for Working with Secondary Schools. Judith Carruthers (Museum Learning Consultant), 2015 | schools | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Tips for Writing Well | Tips for writing good museum text for labels, panels, marketing and advocacy documents. | marketing | Audiences |
| audiences |
| UK Fundraising: 10 ways to increase donations through your website | A Youtube video | Online/Digital | online-digital sharedenterprise | ||
| Visitor Services Group Conference | Write up of the Visitor Services Group Annual Conference by Christina Lister | Audiences |
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| Volunteer Agreement – Swaffham Museum | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Application Form – John Bunyan Museum | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Application Form – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Application Unsuccessful Letter – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Confidentiality Agreement – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Development Programme 2011-12 | A report giving an overview of this regional museum development programme and its impact so far. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Information – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Policy – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Recruitment Form Example – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Reference Request Letter – St Edmundsbury Borough Council | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Role Profile: Collections – John Bunyan Museum | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Role Profile: Education – John Bunyan Museum | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Role Profile: Event Assistant – National Trust | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteer Role Profile: Museum Steward – John Bunyan Museum | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteering in the Arts – Toolkit | Volunteering In The Arts: a toolkit created by Voluntary Arts and Volunteering England, 2012 | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Volunteering Leaflet – Cambridge Museum of Technology | A series of example documents relating to volunteering in museums, including recruitment forms, letters and role profiles, created by museums in the Eastern region. | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| What Do I Do With That? | Some thoughts on dealing with harmful items from a Health & Safety viewpoint. Martin Adlem, Health and Safety Adviser | Collections |
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| Working Together: Full Report | Full evaluation of reminiscence work involving museums and care settings in Cambridgeshire. Commissioned by Cambridgeshire Museums Advisory Partnership. Amanda Burke, 2012 | Working Together | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Working Together: Summary | Summary of the findings of the Reminiscence impact study commissioned by Cambridgeshire Museums Advisory Partnership, 2012 | Working Together | Audiences |
| audiences |
| Working with freelancers | A guide to help museums recruit, brief and work with freelancers | Leadership, Governance & Resilience |
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| Writing HLF Project Bids | Introductory Guidance | Bid Writing |
| bid-writing sharedenterprise |
