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Access For All ToolkitAccess For All Toolkit: Enabling inclusion for museums, libraries and archives (MLA, 2004)
Quick Access Checklist for Volunteer based MuseumsQuick Access Checklist for Volunteer based Museums, based on MLA’s Access for All Self-Assessment Toolkit.
Access ChecklistAccess Checklist based on MLA’s Access for All Self-Assessment Toolkit.
Accreditation: Museum Mentors HandbookAccreditation: Museum Mentors Handbook (Dec 2011)
Accreditation: Museum Mentors Expression of Interest FormAccreditation: Museum Mentors Expression of Interest Form
Becoming A Charitable Incorporated Organisation – PresentationHandout/presentation from Julie Cole’s “Becoming A Charitable Incorporated Organisation” training session on 20th March 2014.
Benchmarking:
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Coping with Accreditation in 26 WeeksGuidance for Museum Development Officers/Museum Mentors and museums starting to plan their workload in the six month run up to submitting their Accreditation return.
Emergency Planning ToolkitComprehensive guide. Renaissance East of England. Sarah Norcross Robinson, Norfolk Museums Service.
Emergency Planning Toolkit – Word versionWord version of the Emergency Planning toolkit.
Evaluation ToolkitToolkit for museums, including case studies and planning materials.
Exploring Trust OptionsExploring Trust Options: A practical guide to the feasibility stage (Renaissance Yorkshire)
Focus Groups in a Museum SettingA guide to using focus groups in a museum setting.
Forward Planning – Top TipsTop Tips for Forward Planning.
Forward Planning TemplateForward Planning Template for Small Museums.
Grant Applications in Ten Easy StepsA 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.
Greater Fens Museum Partnership: Studies in PartnershipIllustrated report. Partnership working and wide-ranging community activity involving twenty Fenland museums. Renaissance East of England, 2010
HLF Funding Opportunities – Stuart HobleyPresentation on HLF funding opportunities, given by Stuart Hobley at the Museums Norfolk meeting at The Nelson Museum on 28th February 2014.
Maritime Heritage East: Studies in PartnershipIllustrated report. Partnership working, tourism, marketing, skills sharing, exhibitions & events. Renaissance East of England, 2010.
Volunteer Development Programme 2011-12A report giving an overview of this regional museum development programme and its impact so far.
Volunteering in the Arts – ToolkitVolunteering In The Arts: a toolkit created by Voluntary Arts and Volunteering England, 2012
Volunteer Application Form – John Bunyan Museum Volunteer Application Form – St Edmundsbury Borough Council Volunteer Application Unsuccessful Letter – St Edmundsbury Borough Council Volunteer Confidentiality Agreement – St Edmundsbury Borough Council Information for Volunteers – St Edmundsbury Borough Council Volunteer Offer Letter – St Edmundsbury Borough Council Volunteer Recruitment Form – St Edmundsbury Borough Council Volunteer Reference Request Letter – St Edmundsbury Borough Council Volunteer Role Profile: Collections – John Bunyan Museum Volunteer Role Profile: Education – John Bunyan Museum Volunteer Role Profile: Event Assistant – National Trust Volunteer Role Profile: Museum Steward – John Bunyan Museum Volunteer Role Profile: Park Volunteer – St Edmundsbury Borough Council Volunteer Agreement – Swaffham Museum Volunteer Policy – St Edmundsbury Borough Council 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.
Wide Skies Resources
Wide Skies is a three year project, commencing April 2011, concerned with recruiting and training volunteers in nine Cambridgeshire museums to work with their collections to develop learning activities within their communities. The below resources have been developed as part of the project.
Evaluation report on the Wide Skies project (Dr Harriet Foster, December 2013)
Wide Skies Project: Sharing the LearningA resource for small and medium sized museums on the basics of volunteer management (Harriet Foster, 2014)
Wide Skies Project: Appendix 1 – Volunteer Handbook Wide Skies Project: Appendix 2 – Volunteer Recruitment & Development Process Wide Skies Project: Appendix 3 – Volunteer Registration Form Wide Skies Project: Appendix 3 – Volunteer Development Record