Renaissance East Midlands has five Museum Deveoplment Officers, one for each county in the region who work with museums on the ground to help them access funding, training and generally support their ongoing development. The museum development officers work in close partnership with the museum forum of each county.
How we can help:
Heritage Awards: The Renaissance Heritage Awards are run each year in each county to celebrate the excellent work of museums. To access the aqpplication forms for the awards 2010 and information about the 2009 winners please visit the Heritage Awards Page
Survive and Thrive: Survive and Thrive is a programme managed by Cultivate, to address future sustainability of museums by supporting organisations to work with business planning and Board development experts. Museums will undertake a review of their governance structures and business planning procedures. Tailored support will be delivered to ensure participating museums will have robust governance structures fit for the future. 20 museums will benefit, with 10 taking part in Arts and Business Board development workshops. Please see the Survive and Thrive Flyer for further information or contact andrew@cultivate-em.com
Accreditation: The Regional Accreditation Officer is part of the museum development team and provides direct support to all museums to help them meet and maintain the standards of the national Museum Accreditation scheme. The Museum Development Officers (MDOs) also provide support and can be a first point of contact. A regional curatorial advisers network is also maintained providing training and support for curatorial advisers as part of the Accreditation scheme. Contact Simon Davies, Regional Accreditation Officer on Tel: 0116 305 5097 simon.davies@leics.gov.uk
Universal Offer: Renaissance employs a Museum Development Officer (MDO) in Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire who work alongside the Leicestershire County Council Community Museums Officer to deliver support and advice to over 250 non-Renaissance partner museums (small to medium sized local authorities and independent museums) across the region. The majority of museums are run solely by volunteers and MDOs provide support in developing partnership working, funding applications, joint marketing initiatives and develop projects in response to need and advocate the sector locally, regionally and nationally. MDOs support the county museums forums to ensure museum networking and sharing of best practice across counties. Museums are also supported and encouraged to participate in other REM projects.
The Flagship Volunteering Project: The project seeks to help museums become champions of best practice in museum volunteering with the aim of raising standards across the region. This will be achieved by setting up cluster groups of museums that are at various stages of volunteer development to share skills and experiences. If you have any questions please contact Claire Browne, Museums Development Manager 0116 305 4112 claire.browne@leics.gov.uk
County: Lincolnshire
MDO: Hannah Gould
Forum:Lincolnshire Heritage Forum
Website: www.lincsheritageforum.org.uk
Email: hannah.gould@leics.gov.uk
County: Derbyshire
MDO: Anita Hollinshead
Forum: Derbyshire Museum Forum
Email: anita.hollinshead@leics.gov.uk
County: Nottinghamshire
MDO: Mark Laurie
Forum: Nottinghamshire Heritage Forum
Email: mark.laurie@leics.gov.uk
County: Leicestershire and Rutland
MDO: Robin Clarke
Forum: Leicestershire and Rutland Museums Forum
Website: www.lrmf.org.uk
Email: robin.clarke@leics.gov.uk
County: Nothamptonshire
MDO: Jane Seddon
Forum: Northamptonshire Museums Forum
Email: janeseddon@northampton.gov.uk