Booking for the new SHARE training calendar opens on 2nd September, but who are SHARE and why should you be interested?
SHARE Museums East are Arts Council England’s Museum Development partner for the East of England. They receive funding to provide training and other support to Accredited museums and those working towards Accreditation. Their activity programme includes formal training days, seminars, peer networks and project cohorts. The subjects covered are based on ACE Goals and include nearly every aspect of running a museum such as collection care and conservation, learning and engagement, income generation, marketing and reviewing your governance. Those of you who responded to my training needs survey have had their thoughts and ideas passed up to SHARE and that information helped to shape this year’s calendar.
Most of the details for this “school year” have already been uploaded to SHARE’s website so you can have a look and see which events you and your colleagues might wish to attend.
However, please be aware that SHARE is funded to provide these opportunities to Accreditation museums and those officially “Working Towards Accreditation”. While other museums may book, priority will be given to museums that fall within their remit.
If your museum isn’t Accredited yet but would like to be, or if you don’t really know what Accreditation is and would like to know more, please send me an email to discuss it further.
There are over 100 training events on the calendar so I’m sure there will be at least one subject of use to your museum.
Interesting session coming up in the first month are:
| 07/09/2015 10:00 am – 3:30 pm |
Captivating Captions – On A Budget The Red House, Aldeburgh Suffolk |
| 18/09/2015 10:00 am – 3:30 pm |
How to Run a Youth Panel Colchester Castle, Colchester |
| 21/09/2015 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
SHARE Retail Forum: Selling Skills and Sound Retail Practice The Mews (National Horseracing Museum), Newmarket |
| 22/09/2015 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
Social Media: Next Steps Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton Bedfordshire |
| 24/09/2015 10:00 am – 3:30 pm |
Volunteers: Getting Them In and Keeping Them Happy (a Volunteer Co-ordinators’ Forum event) Ipswich Transport Museum, Ipswich Suffolk |
| 25/09/2015 9:30 am – 1:00 pm |
Being Creative With Memories: Music and Life Stories Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford Essex |
| 28/09/2015 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
Public Services Collections Seminar Bishop’s Stortford Museum, Bishop’s Stortford Hertfordshire |
| 29/09/2015 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
Keeping A Record: The Essentials of Museum Documentation Parham Airfield Museum, Framlingham Suffolk |
| 30/09/2015 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
Excellent Visitor Programmes Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich Norfolk |
Most of the calendar is already on-line and available to view here.
In part two I will go publish the results of the training needs survey and highlight where you can find the training you’ve requested
