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Changemakers – SHARE Leadership Development Programme 2016-18
Sian Woodward reflects on the Changemakers programme In 2015, my manager nominated me to apply to the Changemaker programme. As I read through the invitation to apply, I was uncertain as to my suitability, but could recognise the opportunity....
Lisa Little reflects on the the Volunteer Awards 2018
I have been in post nearly 10 months now as the Museum and Collections Manager at the Sheringham Museum at the Mo, on arrival it became quickly apparent how wonderful all our volunteers are. In short we wouldn’t have a museum without them! When the Share Volunteers...
Volunteers Co-ordinators Forum session – 1 May 2018
I was looking forward to the Volunteers Co-ordinators Forum session on museums as contributors to wellbeing for volunteers at Gainsboroughs House in the first week of May. I have previously enjoyed SHARE events as an education volunteer, but in my new role as a...
From Botany to Brontosaurs, Molluscs to (Social) Media, Weavers to Whales…
At this year’s Natural Sciences Collections Association conference, held at Leeds City Museum and titled ‘The Museum Ecosystem: exploring how different subject specialisms can work more closely together’, it really seemed like all aspects of this ecosystem were...
My history with the NatSCA Conference
Firstly, a confession – I’ve never actually written a blog before. I must admit, despite a few people trying to explain to me, I’m still not even sure what a blog actually is! Dictionary definitions don’t help much, “a truncation of the expression weblog”. Well, I’m...
Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSca) annual conference 2018
‘The Museum Ecosystem: exploring how different subject specialisms can work more closely together’ Does it Fart?, Corals in space, Horse botfly larvae, Mermaid monkeys and the Spiral of doom:- this has got to be one of the strangest conferences that I have been to in...