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

Title	Description	Tags	Select Department	Download
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
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

Audiences Resources

Title	Description	Tags	Select Department
Access Checklist	Access Checklist based on MLA’s Access for All Self-Assessment Toolkit.	MLA	Audiences
Access For All Toolkit	Access For All Toolkit: Enabling inclusion for museums, libraries and archives (MLA, 2004)	inclusion	Audiences
Appollo Fundraising Tips for Successful Digital Fundraising			Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience
Arts Award in Museums	A report on The Arts Award in Museums Programme.		Audiences
Co-creating Community Projects	Co-creating Community Projects: An Introductory Guide, by SHARE Museums East	community	Audiences
Creating New Displays: Norfolk Museums Service Access Standards for Display	Creating New Displays: Norfolk Museums Service Access Standards for Display	Creating New Displays	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
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
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
Dementia Friendly Museums	Do’s and Don’ts of Communication	dementia	Audiences
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
Family Learning Ideas Bank	Lots of tried and tested ideas to encourage family learning at your museum.		Audiences
Heritage Engineering Network: Guide to Writing Panels and Labels	Heritage Engineering Network: Guide to Writing Panels and Labels	networks	Audiences
Hidden Histories: Discovering Disability in Norwich’s Museums Collections	A research project for Norfolk Museums Service by Jonathan Tooke.	disability	Audiences
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
Make it Snappy: Top Tips for Writing Well	Make it Snappy: Top Tips for Writing Well		Audiences
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
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
Memories in the Community	Community Reminiscence Project Toolkit		Audiences
MUBU Social Media Guide	MUBU Social Media Guide, created by Sound Delivery for Renaissance East Midlands.		Audiences
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
National Museums of Scotland Social Media Guidelines	Guidelines for using social media in museums from National Museums of Scotland.	social media	Audiences
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
Red House Digital Marketing	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
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
Tips for Working with Secondary Schools	Tips for Working with Secondary Schools. Judith Carruthers (Museum Learning Consultant), 2015	schools	Audiences
Tips for Writing Well	Tips for writing good museum text for labels, panels, marketing and advocacy documents.	marketing	Audiences
Visitor Services Group Conference	Write up of the Visitor Services Group Annual Conference by Christina Lister		Audiences
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
Working Together: Summary	Summary of the findings of the Reminiscence impact study commissioned by Cambridgeshire Museums Advisory Partnership, 2012	Working Together	Audiences

Collections Resources

Title	Description	Tags	Select Department	Download
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
Asbestos in Collections Handout	Derek Brain, Conservator, Birmingham Museums Trust		Collections
Caring for Records & Archives in the Museum: Information Resources & Glossary Handout	Sandra Freshney, Archivist, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, UCM		Collections
Collections Access and the Use of Digital Technology	A report and recommendations by Norfolk Museums Service.		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 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 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 Rationalisation Policy Template 1	This template can be used and adapted by your museum to develop its own Collections.		Collections
Condition Report Example 1	(to accompany crib sheet)		Collections
Condition Report Example 2	(to accompany crib sheet)		Collections
Condition Reporting Crib Sheet	Deborah Walton, UCM Regional Conservation Officer for Cambs & Peterborough, 2011		Collections
Conservation Housekeeping: Equipment List			Collections
Conservation Housekeeping: Housekeeping & Maintenance Checklist			Collections
Conservation Housekeeping: Housekeeping & Maintenance Notes			Collections
Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 1			Collections
Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 2			Collections
Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 3			Collections
Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 4			Collections
Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Example 5			Collections
Conservation Housekeeping: Risk Assessment Guidance			Collections
Copyright FAQs	A basic guide to Copyright, including typical questions asked by museums and collections. By Naomi Korn, IP Consultant		Collections
Copyright: Bibliography	Information and Resources		Collections
Copyright: Copyright Fact Sheet	Key points to remember		Collections
Copyright: Exceptions & Library Privilege	A Quick Guide to the UK’s Exceptions and Limitations to the Exclusive Rights		Collections	DOWNLOAD PDF
Copyright: Scenarios	Discuss and address the scenarios		Collections
Copyright: True or False?	Worksheet: IP Quiz		Collections
COSHH in the Context of Historic Chemical Collections	Larry Carr, Collections Hazards Officer, Science Museums Group		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
Emergency Planning Toolkit	Comprehensive guide. Renaissance East of England. Sarah Norcross Robinson, Norfolk Museums Service.		Collections
Emergency Planning toolkit Word version	Comprehensive guide. Renaissance East of England. Sarah Norcross Robinson, Norfolk Museums Service.		Collections	DOWNLOAD WORD DOC
Environmental Monitoring – Introduction	Comprehensive guidelines and information. SHARE Museums East, 2011.		Collections
Glossary of Light Terms	A glossary of light terms developed by staff and students at University of Cambridge Museums, 2018.		Collections
Hazards Surveys: Undertaking a Collections Survey – where to start and what to do next	Laura Ratcliffe ACR, Freelance Objects and Preventive Conservator		Collections
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
How To Guide – Hazards	Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East.		Collections
How to Guide – Insuring Museums Collections	Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East.		Collections
How to Guide – Plan and Prioritise for Collections Care	Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East.		Collections
How to Guides – Assess and Manage Risk in Collections Care	Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East.		Collections
How To Guides – Packing Museum Objects	Practical guide produced by SHARE Museums East.		Collections
IPM: Guidelines for Pest Prevention	FILE MISSING?		Collections
IPM: Insect pest identification Guides and Handbooks	A list of guides		Collections
IPM: Insect Trap Record – Template			Collections
IPM: Insects Found In Traps Which Are Not Pests	Poster		Collections
IPM: Key Questions for Pest Prevention			Collections
IPM: List of Insect Pests Found In Museums			Collections
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
IPM: Pest and Damage Table			Collections
IPM: Pest Management – Practical Survey Checklist			Collections
IPM: Recognising Insect Damage			Collections
IPM: Using insect traps and pheromones in Museums and Historic Houses			Collections
IPM: What Is Integrated Pest Management?			Collections
Labelling: Labelling & Marking Museum Objects Booklet	Labelling & Marking Booklet from Collections Trust		Collections
Labelling: Marking and Labelling Methods and Positions	Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool		Collections
Labelling: Sewn-on Label	Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool		Collections
Labelling: Sticking a Label on the Object	Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool		Collections
Labelling: Tie-on Label	Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool		Collections
Labelling: Writing on the Object	Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool		Collections
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
Mounting: Design A Label: Guidelines on Labelling for Museums	labelling guidelines		Collections
Mounting: Fabric covered display boards: How To	Fabric Covering Boards		Collections
Mounting: Pinning on Small Objects: How To	Pinning on Small Objects		Collections
Mounting: Top Tips on Design for Labels and Display Panels	Designing labels and display panels, top tips		Collections
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
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 18^th 2012 at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.		Collections
Object Handling Guidelines	Collected resources from our Object Handling & Packing course. Sarah Norcross Robinson (Norfolk Museums Service) and Deborah Walton (UCM).		Collections
Object Packing Guidelines	Collected resources from our Object Handling & Packing course. Sarah Norcross Robinson (Norfolk Museums Service) and Deborah Walton (UCM).		Collections
Operating Heritage Machinery – Heritage Engineering Network	Operating guidance following the Heckington Windmill incident in Lincolnshire.		Collections
Oral History – How To Ask Questions	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections
Oral History – Sample Interview Log	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections
Oral History- Interview Checklist	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections
Oral History: Choosing Interview Topics	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections
Oral History: Listening Exercises	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections
Oral History: Sample Interview Guide	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections
Oral History: Sample Recording Permission Form	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections
Oral History: Tips For Practising	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections
Oral History: Using the Marantz Solid State PMD660	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections
Preliminary Asbestos Checklist Handout	Derek Brain, Conservator, Birmingham Museums Trust		Collections
Something Borrowed – Studies in Partnership	Introduction to the Renaissance-funded Something Borrowed project, in partnership with the BritishMuseum.		Collections
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
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

Leadership, Governance & Resilience Resources

Title	Description	Tags	Select Department	Download
Appollo Fundraising Tips for Successful Digital Fundraising			Audiences, Leadership, Governance & Resilience
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
Evaluation Toolkit	Toolkit for museums, including case studies and planning materials.		Leadership, Governance & Resilience
Exploring Trust Options	Exploring Trust Options: A practical guide to the feasibility stage (Renaissance Yorkshire)		Leadership, Governance & Resilience
Focus Groups in a Museum Setting	A guide to using focus groups in a museum setting.		Leadership, Governance & Resilience
Forward Planning – Top Tips	Top Tips for Forward Planning.		Leadership, Governance & Resilience
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
How To Do Retail – Top Ten Tips	A guide to retail in museums. SHARE Museums East & Association for Cultural Enterprises.		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
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
Product Development Case Study – Warner Textile Archive	A case study from the Warner Textile Archive (2014)		Leadership, Governance & Resilience
Retail KPI spreadsheets	Retail KPI spreasheets to download and use. From the SHARE Museums East Retail Forum.		Leadership, Governance & Resilience	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE
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
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
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
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
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
Volunteer Development Programme 2011-12	A report giving an overview of this regional museum development programme and its impact so far.		Leadership, Governance & Resilience
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Volunteering in the Arts – Toolkit	Volunteering In The Arts: a toolkit created by Voluntary Arts and Volunteering England, 2012		Leadership, Governance & Resilience
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
Working with freelancers	A guide to help museums recruit, brief and work with freelancers		Leadership, Governance & Resilience

Research & Data Resources

Title	Description	Select Department	Download
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2011-12	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2011-12.	Research & Data	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2012-13	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2012-13.	Research & Data	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2013-14	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2013-14.	Research & Data	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2015-16	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2015-16.	Research & Data	DOWNLAOD EXCEL FILE
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2016-17	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2016-17.	Research & Data	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2017-18	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2017-18.	Research & Data	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2009-10	The 2009-10 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.	Research & Data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2010-11	The 2010-11 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.	Research & Data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2011-12	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2011-12.	Research & Data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2011-12 – Summary	A summary of the 2011-12 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.	Research & Data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2012-13	The 2012-13 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.	Research & Data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2013-14	The 2013-14 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.	Research & Data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2015-16	The 2015-16 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.	Research & Data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2016-17	The 2016-17 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.	Research & Data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2017-18	The 2017-18 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.	Research & Data
Benchmarking – Making Your Data Count	A guide to the use of benchmarking in advocacy. Dr Harriet Foster.	Research & Data
Benchmarking and Funders	Information on how to use Benchmarking data effectively for funders.	Research & Data
Benchmarking and Politicians	This resource supports you use your benchmarking data effectively to develop relationships with your local politicians.	Research & Data
Benchmarking and the Media	Information on how to use Benchmarking data when providing information to the media.	Research & Data
Benchmarking Data and Its Use	Examples of calculations that can be performed on benchmarking data. Dr Harriet Foster.	Research & Data

The SHARE Programme Resources

Title	Description	Tags	Select Department	Download
Museum Freecycle: A How-To Guide	Museum Freecycle: A How-To Guide (Liz Elmore, SHARE Museums East, 2014)		The SHARE Programme
Museums East of England Group Minutes		networks	The SHARE Programme	MEE-minutes-2017-03-13 MEE-minutes-2017-07-12 MEE-minutes-2017-11-22
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	MEE Terms of Reference 2017
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	SHARE Advisory Forum Terms of Reference 2018
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
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
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

SHARE Case Studies

Title	Description	Tags	Select Department	Download

SHARED Enterprise Resources

Title	Description	Select Department	Download	section_hfilter
=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	VISIT AIM WEBSITE	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	VISIT =mc WEBSITE	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 Workshop 3 – Major Gifts	Individual Giving		individual-giving sharedenterprise
Apollo Fundraising: Individual Giving – Relationship Fundraising	Shared Enterprise and Apollo Fundraising Individual Giving and Legacies – Workshop 1 Relationship 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	READ BLOG	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	DOWNLOAD WORD DOC	trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise
Example Trustee Role Description	Word doc	Trustees and Friends	DOWNLOAD WORD DOC	trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise
Fundraising Committee Terms of Reference	Word doc	Trustees and Friends	DOWNLOAD WORD DOC	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	VISIT YOUTUBE	legacies sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: Effective Leadership	A Youtube video	Trustees and Friends	VIEW YOUTUBE	trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: Fundraising in the community	Link to Youtube video	Strategy	VIEW YOUTUBE	strategy sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: Fundraising Planning & Developing a Mixed Fundraising model	Link to Youtube video	Strategy	VIEW YOUTUBE	strategy sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: making the most of digital	A Youtube video	Online/Digital	VISIT YOUTUBE	online-digital sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: Partnering with bigger institutions	Link to Youtube video	Strategy	VIEW YOUTUBE	strategy sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: successful event fundraising	Link to Youtube video	Strategy	VIEW YOUTUBE	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	WATCH ON YOUTUBE	bid-writing sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: Trusts, Foundations and High Net Worth individuals	A Youtube video	Trusts and Foundations	VIEW YOUTUBE	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. This is not a comprehensive or exhaustive list of online giving providers. Before choosing to use any online giving service, careful research should be undertaken to inform your decision.	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	VIEW YOUTUBE	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	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE	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	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE	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	VISIT YOUTUBE	online-digital sharedenterprise
Writing HLF Project Bids	Introductory Guidance	Bid Writing		bid-writing sharedenterprise

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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	VISIT AIM WEBSITE	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	VISIT =mc WEBSITE	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.		Research & Data	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE	research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2012-13	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2012-13.		Research & Data	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE	research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2013-14	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2013-14.		Research & Data	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE	research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2015-16	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2015-16.		Research & Data	DOWNLAOD EXCEL FILE	research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2016-17	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2016-17.		Research & Data	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE	research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Data 2017-18	The data collected through the Annual East of England Museum Benchmarking exercise 2017-18.		Research & Data	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE	research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2009-10	The 2009-10 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.		Research & Data		research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2010-11	The 2010-11 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.		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.		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.		Research & Data		research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2012-13	The 2012-13 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.		Research & Data		research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2013-14	The 2013-14 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.		Research & Data		research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2015-16	The 2015-16 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.		Research & Data		research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2016-17	The 2016-17 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.		Research & Data		research-data
Annual East of England Benchmarking Report 2017-18	The 2017-18 Annual East of England Benchmarking report.		Research & Data		research-data
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 Workshop 3 – Major Gifts		Individual Giving		individual-giving sharedenterprise
Apollo Fundraising: Individual Giving – Relationship Fundraising	Shared Enterprise and Apollo Fundraising Individual Giving and Legacies – Workshop 1 Relationship 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.		Research & Data		research-data
Benchmarking and Funders	Information on how to use Benchmarking data effectively for funders.		Research & Data		research-data
Benchmarking and Politicians	This resource supports you use your benchmarking data effectively to develop relationships with your local politicians.		Research & Data		research-data
Benchmarking and the Media	Information on how to use Benchmarking data when providing information to the media.		Research & Data		research-data
Benchmarking Data and Its Use	Examples of calculations that can be performed on benchmarking data. Dr Harriet Foster.		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	DOWNLOAD PDF	collections
Copyright: Scenarios	Discuss and address the scenarios		Collections		collections
Copyright: True or False?	Worksheet: IP Quiz		Collections		collections
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
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	READ BLOG	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	DOWNLOAD WORD DOC	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
Example Secretary Role Description	Word doc		Trustees and Friends	DOWNLOAD WORD DOC	trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise
Example Trustee Role Description	Word doc		Trustees and Friends	DOWNLOAD WORD DOC	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
Fundraising Committee Terms of Reference	Word doc		Trustees and Friends	DOWNLOAD WORD DOC	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	VISIT YOUTUBE	legacies sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: Effective Leadership	A Youtube video		Trustees and Friends	VIEW YOUTUBE	trustees-and-friends sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: Fundraising in the community	Link to Youtube video		Strategy	VIEW YOUTUBE	strategy sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: Fundraising Planning & Developing a Mixed Fundraising model	Link to Youtube video		Strategy	VIEW YOUTUBE	strategy sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: making the most of digital	A Youtube video		Online/Digital	VISIT YOUTUBE	online-digital sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: Partnering with bigger institutions	Link to Youtube video		Strategy	VIEW YOUTUBE	strategy sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: successful event fundraising	Link to Youtube video		Strategy	VIEW YOUTUBE	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	WATCH ON YOUTUBE	bid-writing sharedenterprise
Giving to Heritage: Trusts, Foundations and High Net Worth individuals	A Youtube video		Trusts and Foundations	VIEW YOUTUBE	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.
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		commercial-operations 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. This is not a comprehensive or exhaustive list of online giving providers. Before choosing to use any online giving service, careful research should be undertaken to inform your decision.		Online/Digital		online-digital sharedenterprise
IPM: Guidelines for Pest Prevention	FILE MISSING?		Collections		collections
IPM: Insect pest identification Guides and Handbooks	A list of guides		Collections		collections
IPM: Insect Trap Record – Template			Collections		collections
IPM: Insects Found In Traps Which Are Not Pests	Poster		Collections		collections
IPM: Key Questions for Pest Prevention			Collections		collections
IPM: List of Insect Pests Found In Museums			Collections		collections
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		collections
IPM: Pest and Damage Table			Collections		collections
IPM: Pest Management – Practical Survey Checklist			Collections		collections
IPM: Recognising Insect Damage			Collections		collections
IPM: Using insect traps and pheromones in Museums and Historic Houses			Collections		collections
IPM: What Is Integrated Pest Management?			Collections		collections
Labelling: Labelling & Marking Museum Objects Booklet	Labelling & Marking Booklet from Collections Trust		Collections		collections
Labelling: Marking and Labelling Methods and Positions	Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool		Collections		collections
Labelling: Sewn-on Label	Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool		Collections		collections
Labelling: Sticking a Label on the Object	Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool		Collections		collections
Labelling: Tie-on Label	Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool		Collections		collections
Labelling: Writing on the Object	Series of guides for labelling different types of object – all from National Museums Liverpool		Collections		collections
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		audiences
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		collections
Make it Snappy: Top Tips for Writing Well	Make it Snappy: Top Tips for Writing Well		Audiences		audiences
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		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		audiences
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		audiences
Matt Woor, Suffolk County Council	Powerpoint presentation on Creating a good social media content	Digital Media
Memories in the Community	Community Reminiscence Project Toolkit		Audiences		audiences
Mounting: Design A Label: Guidelines on Labelling for Museums	labelling guidelines		Collections		collections
Mounting: Fabric covered display boards: How To	Fabric Covering Boards		Collections		collections
Mounting: Pinning on Small Objects: How To	Pinning on Small Objects		Collections		collections
Mounting: Top Tips on Design for Labels and Display Panels	Designing labels and display panels, top tips		Collections		collections
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		collections
MUBU Social Media Guide	MUBU Social Media Guide, created by Sound Delivery for Renaissance East Midlands.		Audiences		audiences
Museum Freecycle: A How-To Guide	Museum Freecycle: A How-To Guide (Liz Elmore, SHARE Museums East, 2014)		The SHARE Programme		the-share-programme
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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	VIEW YOUTUBE	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		audiences
Museums East of England Group Minutes		networks	The SHARE Programme	MEE-minutes-2017-03-13 MEE-minutes-2017-07-12 MEE-minutes-2017-11-22	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	MEE Terms of Reference 2017	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		audiences
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 18^th 2012 at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.		Collections		collections
Norfolk Museums Service Weddings	Weddings at Norwich Museums		Commercial Operations		commercial-operations sharedenterprise
Object Handling Guidelines	Collected resources from our Object Handling & Packing course. Sarah Norcross Robinson (Norfolk Museums Service) and Deborah Walton (UCM).		Collections		collections
Object Packing Guidelines	Collected resources from our Object Handling & Packing course. Sarah Norcross Robinson (Norfolk Museums Service) and Deborah Walton (UCM).		Collections		collections
Operating Heritage Machinery – Heritage Engineering Network	Operating guidance following the Heckington Windmill incident in Lincolnshire.		Collections		collections
Oral History – How To Ask Questions	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections		collections
Oral History – Sample Interview Log	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections		collections
Oral History- Interview Checklist	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections		collections
Oral History: Choosing Interview Topics	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections		collections
Oral History: Listening Exercises	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections		collections
Oral History: Sample Interview Guide	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections		collections
Oral History: Sample Recording Permission Form	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections		collections
Oral History: Tips For Practising	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections		collections
Oral History: Using the Marantz Solid State PMD660	A series of helpful guides on Oral History.		Collections		collections
P&L / Stock / Sales Record spreadsheet	Excel spreadsheet		Commercial Operations	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE	commercial-operations sharedenterprise
Preliminary Asbestos Checklist Handout	Derek Brain, Conservator, Birmingham Museums Trust		Collections		collections
Preparing to meet your prospects	An Apollo Fundraising Guide to confidently meeting with potential supporters		Individual Giving		individual-giving sharedenterprise
Product Development Case Study – Warner Textile Archive	A case study from the Warner Textile Archive (2014)		Leadership, Governance & Resilience		leadership-governance-resilience
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		audiences
Red House Digital Marketing	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	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE	leadership-governance-resilience
Retail KPI Spreadsheets	Excel Spreadsheet		Commercial Operations	DOWNLOAD EXCEL FILE	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		audiences
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	SHARE Advisory Forum Terms of Reference 2018	the-share-programme
Something Borrowed – Studies in Partnership	Introduction to the Renaissance-funded Something Borrowed project, in partnership with the BritishMuseum.		Collections		collections
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		collections
Strategy Handout by =mc			Strategy		strategy sharedenterprise
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		audiences
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		the-share-programme
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		the-share-programme
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		the-share-programme
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	VISIT YOUTUBE	online-digital sharedenterprise
Visitor Services Group Conference	Write up of the Visitor Services Group Annual Conference by Christina Lister		Audiences		audiences
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
Volunteer Development Programme 2011-12	A report giving an overview of this regional museum development programme and its impact so far.		Leadership, Governance & Resilience		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
Volunteering in the Arts – Toolkit	Volunteering In The Arts: a toolkit created by Voluntary Arts and Volunteering England, 2012		Leadership, Governance & Resilience		leadership-governance-resilience
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		leadership-governance-resilience
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		collections
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		leadership-governance-resilience
Writing HLF Project Bids	Introductory Guidance		Bid Writing		bid-writing sharedenterprise