STOP PRESS:

We are excited to announce that talented Yorkshire poet, journalist and broadcaster IAN MCMILLAN has agreed to act as compere for the morning programme!

Ian, who has written and performed his own works for over 30 years, will interact with delegates, host the expert panel debate and even perform an exclusive poem specially created by him at the event.
Photo by: Jon Parker Lee www.manchesterphotographer.com and Manchester Literature Festival

Building Resilience Showcase:
Helping to develop future resilience and sustainability within army museums in the UK

Army Museums Ogilby Trust (AMOT) is building on its successful Festival in October by holding a Building Resilience Showcase in 2018. Our showcase will provide delegates with an opportunity to:

• get updates from our Army Museums into the Future programme
• find out how to make an application to the AMOT Grant Scheme
• get involved with a specialist panel debate on ‘How our organisations and sectors can become more resilient’ with key professionals from leading funding, investment, and support agencies
• access one to one information via our Resilience not Reliance Hot Desks clinics, and
• attend one of our practical workshops

AMOT recognises the need to support Charity and Museum venues wherever possible, and with this in mind we are thrilled that our showcase will take place at the fabulous National Football Museum in Manchester city centre. We are so excited about this venue, which will offer us access to multiple rooms across four open-plan floors, where delegates will be able to see first-hand how the public engages with and enjoys the museum, its collections and exhibits. This exciting venue will make for an inspirational, immersive event not to be missed, so be prepared to get involved with a totally unique showcase, unlike anything we have ever held before (NB: this is a working museum and some exhibits are interactive with background music and sound effects).

What will our showcase offer you:

This showcase represents a brand new event from AMOT providing an opportunity for individuals and organisations from the wider cultural, heritage, arts, charity, social enterprise, and business sectors to attend, and participate in our day within a working museum. It will provide updates on all our Army Museums into the Future project strands and will also include:

• opportunity to engage with industry leaders on our Building Resilience panel debate
• access to our Resilience not Reliance Hot Desk clinics
• practical and interactive Resilience workshops where attendees can get hands-on advice and guidance on key areas impacting their museum's future resilience.

See below for full programme.

Headline Sponsor: UTILITY AID

AMOT are delighted to announce that the Building Resilience Showcase Headline Sponsor is Utility Aid, the UK's lowest cost energy broker.

Partner Sponsor: PLB LTD

And we're really pleased to say that our Partner Sponsors are PLB Ltd, leading providers of creative museum design and strategic heritage services.

To contact us for more information or queries about the event, please email event organiser Ali Glew at aj.glew@ntlworld.com.

Travel Bursaries

With a view to developing a sustainable and resilient network of museums, funding is available from the Arts Council England Army Museums into the Future project to support attendance at this event. Applicants can apply for monies to cover:

• Travel (standard class)
• Subsistence (maximum <£25 per day per person)
• Accommodation (maximum <£100 per night per person)
• Back-filling an existing position

We will consider all applications but particularly welcome those from museum volunteers, assistant staff, and those usually unable to attend training and conference events. Find out more at: www.armymuseums.org.uk/bursaries.

PROGRAMME

9.15 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

10.00 Welcome - introducing our compere for the morning:
Ian McMillan, writer and broadcaster

Project Updates:

• Governance / Economies of Scale
• Volunteering and army museums
• Archive programme
• Resources
• Scoping programme
• Regional Networks, events and training, case studies

11.10 Refreshment break, exhibition and networking

11.50 'Building Resilience Across Sectors ' - Panel Discussion / Audience Q&A - hosted by Ian McMillan and Jo Boardman

• Key Fund- Dave Thornett
  
• National Council for Volunteering Organisations (NCVO) - Paul Winyard
  
• Chief Cultural and Leisure Officers Association (CLOA) - Sue Thiedeman
  
• South East Museum Development Programme - Jaane Rowehl
  
• WSX Enterprise- Peter Grant
  
• Financial Resilience - Viv Parry
• Architectural Heritage Fund - Jess Steele
  
  

13.00 Poem by Ian McMillan, written specially for the Showcase

13.30 Lunch, exhibition and networking

14.30 Delegates may choose 1 or more from the following sessions:

Extended RnR Hot Desk Clinics (sign up on the day) including:

• Funding and social investment
• Marketing and communications
• Volunteering
• Financial Resilience
• Business Planning
• AMOT Grants
• Regional Networks

Workshops - each will run twice (sign up on the day)

• Financial Resilience and Income Diversification
• Regional network projects and case studies

Guided Tours of the Museum - two tours, each 45 mins (sign up on the day)

16.00 Refreshment break, networking and exhibition

16.30 Showcase summary and AMOT Next steps / Q&A / Evaluation

17.00 Showcase ends