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    • Support & Grants
    • Development Support 2018-2022
      • Delving Deeper: Reinterpreting Collections Programme
      • Engaging with Schools Programme
      • 21st Century Visitor Attractions
      • Banish the Backlog Programme
    • Networks
      • Lone Workers Network
      • Trustee Network
      • Risk and Emergency Preparedness Network
    • Emergency and Risk Support
      • Emergency and Risk Resources for Museums
    • Grants
      • Recovery Grants
      • Small Grants
      • Collections Access
    • Organisational Health Check 2018-22
    • Development Support 2015 – 2018
      • Business Development
        • Business Diagnostic
        • Organisational Review Programme
      • Engaging Children & Young People
        • Become a Mystery Shopper
        • Mystery Shopper Programme
      • Digital Strategies
      • Artists in Museums
      • Greener Museums
    • External Conservation Grants
      • The Kathy Callow Grant
      • The Daphne Bullard Grant
      • The Elizabeth Hammond Grant
    • Regional Collections Symposium 2020
  • Coming Up

    Mar
    2
    Tue
    10:00 am Museum Accreditation Q and A @ Online
    Museum Accreditation Q and A @ Online
    Mar 2 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
    This short session will be an opportunity for museums to …
    Mar
    9
    Tue
    10:00 am Unlocking Our Sound Heritage: Pr...
    Unlocking Our Sound Heritage: Pr...
    Mar 9 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
    This online workshop will provide an introductory overview for managing …
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Development Support 2018-2022

MDEM recognises that museum needs change over time so we provide a range of specialist support to address these needs based on what museums tell us, from the findings of the MDEM Business Diagnostic and the requirements of Museum Accreditation.

On the tab to the left, you’ll find information on current programmes of support, with information on content and how to get involved.

Summary of Support:

Advice and information – enquiry service, newsletter and website for sharing case studies and learning from across the region.

Regional Collections Adviser – Collections advice and information, training and small grants (up to £1000). Collections review and rationalisation support. Contact Anita Hollinshead for information.

Small grants (up to £1500) – Grant funding for projects that are hard to fund from other funding streams.  Grants fund purchase of materials, services and equipment linked to a museum’s forward plan and key priorities. 10% match funding required.

Training programme – flexible and responsive to needs of the sector; diverse range of  training events that focus on key areas of identified need e.g. audience development, collections, learning and engagement, environmental improvement, display and interpretation, Accreditation, workforce development, governance, policy and planning etc.

Facilitation of regional networks – Museum Mentors (Accreditation) Network; Trustees network; market town museums; lone workers; volunteers networks; support for county museums/ heritage forums.

Museum Accreditation support – advice, training and support for museums and mentors.

Organisational Reviews – facilitated ‘root and branch’ organisational reviews for c. 3 museums/ year – associated small grants, training, peer-reviews and ‘go and see’ visits. Contact Heather Lomas for more information.

Mystery Shopper   – User and non-user reviews of the visitor experience.

Audience Development – facilitated support and training for small cohorts of museums focusing on user/ non user and community consultation; marketing and promotion; diversifying audiences etc. through peer-review, ‘go and see’ visits, small grants to support action planning. We are also running our ’21st Century Visitor Attraction Programme’ to support work in this area.

Advocacy – sector data survey to report trends/ issues to stakeholders.

For more information contact: Claire Browne, MDEM Programme Manager claire.browne@leics.gov.uk

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  • Coming Up

    Mar
    2
    Tue
    10:00 am Museum Accreditation Q and A @ Online
    Museum Accreditation Q and A @ Online
    Mar 2 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
    This short session will be an opportunity for museums to …
    Mar
    9
    Tue
    10:00 am Unlocking Our Sound Heritage: Pr...
    Unlocking Our Sound Heritage: Pr...
    Mar 9 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
    This online workshop will provide an introductory overview for managing …
  • Keep In Touch

    To keep up to date, sign up for our e-newsletter

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