Museum Development is hosting Accreditation refresher workshops for museums in the North of England. This Forward planning refresher session is the first in the series and details of future sessions can be found below.

These interactive online workshops are open to all museums across the regions. They will be hosted by Accreditation Advisers, Emma Chaplin, Kelly Chapman and Heather Lomas, with additional input from Collections Trust.

Each refresher session will provide museums with:

An overview of key topics
Top tips for meeting this area of the Accreditation standard
Opportunities to ask questions and discuss issues
Signposting and links to helpful resources
Networking and sharing with museums from across all regions

Our aim is for participants to leave the session with increased knowledge and understanding of the topic plus the confidence to implement this area of the Museum Accreditation standard.

The schedule of future sessions is as follows:

13 September 2022 - Emergency Planning, Led by Emma Chaplin
28 September 2022 - Collections Development Policy for trustees, Led by Collections Trust & Emma Chaplin
31 October 2022 - Risk assessment - Security, Led by Kelly Chapman
10 November 2022 - Access Policy and Plans, Led by Emma Chaplin
23 November 2022 - Documentation policy, Led by Collections Trust & Emma Chaplin
9 January 2023 - Developing audiences - users and non-users, Led by Heather Lomas
21 February 2023 - Developing engagement with Audiences, Led by Kelly Chapman

Please note that essential booking information, including email addresses, will be shared with MDY and MDNW for the purposes of administering this session.

By booking a place on this training event you are agreeing to the following:

1. Only one representative from each museum can book a place on this training course. Additional bookings from the same museum will go on to a reserve list. You can request additional places by emailing Anna McNab - anna.mcnab@twmuseums.org.uk. Places on this training course will be confirmed by email.

2. That you are either paid staff, a volunteer or a trustee who works within or with a museum or heritage organisation which is in the Arts Council England’s Accreditation Scheme (either fully accredited or working towards accreditation). Where this is not applicable (i.e. you are a non-accredited museum), you acknowledge that in the event that training is oversubscribed, priority will be given to museums or heritage organisations in the Scheme.

3. It is a condition of receiving the training provided without charge that the evaluation form is completed by the specified deadline in the email notification, unless this is given out for completion on the day.

Museum Accreditation Workshops 2022/23 - 1. Forward planning (refresher)