What we've achieved
So far...
Total number of participants to date: 82
Number of participants who have completed training: 43
Number of partner organisations: 24
Where do trainees get jobs?
The work is beginning to have an impact on the sector. Trainees and bursary students have secured employment at a wide range of museums and galleries including:
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
Leicester City Museums
Brent Museum, London
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Bristol City Museums
National Museums, Liverpool
Natural History Museum
Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham
Lincolnshire Heritage
Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
The V&A
Museum of London
Many trainees have continued to support the scheme by becoming Diversify mentors and attending Diversify events.
What do museums think?
At the end of the second phase of the Diversify scheme, the Museums Association asked the Phase 2 host venues to report back specific project achievements and outcomes. Feedback included the following comments:
'It has helped amplify our commitment to having a workforce that is representative of the City and District.'
'The trainee has gained a great deal of specialist knowledge in the engagement of new audiences. Playing an active role in a range of initiatives over the duration of the traineeship has heightened the trainee's knowledge of the potential of museums to provide a range of formal and informal learning opportunities for learners with different needs and abilities.'
External recognition
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is our main partner and funder through the Renaissance initiative. Support from MLA has enabled the scheme to expand and develop to such an extent that Diversify was cited as a leading example at the Arts Council launch of the Inspire Fellowship Programme.
David Lammy MP has also demonstrated encouragement and support towards the scheme. The seriousness of this issue for the sector was highlighted at a summit organised by the MA for the national museum directors in December 2006, which David Lammy attended. Diversify has been recognised by NMDC's cultural diversity committee and the MA is now seen as a leading sector body in the area of workforce diversification.
Total number of participants to date: 82
Number of participants who have completed training: 43
Number of partner organisations: 24
Where do trainees get jobs?
The work is beginning to have an impact on the sector. Trainees and bursary students have secured employment at a wide range of museums and galleries including:
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
Leicester City Museums
Brent Museum, London
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Bristol City Museums
National Museums, Liverpool
Natural History Museum
Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham
Lincolnshire Heritage
Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
The V&A
Museum of London
Many trainees have continued to support the scheme by becoming Diversify mentors and attending Diversify events.
What do museums think?
At the end of the second phase of the Diversify scheme, the Museums Association asked the Phase 2 host venues to report back specific project achievements and outcomes. Feedback included the following comments:
'It has helped amplify our commitment to having a workforce that is representative of the City and District.'
'The trainee has gained a great deal of specialist knowledge in the engagement of new audiences. Playing an active role in a range of initiatives over the duration of the traineeship has heightened the trainee's knowledge of the potential of museums to provide a range of formal and informal learning opportunities for learners with different needs and abilities.'
External recognition
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is our main partner and funder through the Renaissance initiative. Support from MLA has enabled the scheme to expand and develop to such an extent that Diversify was cited as a leading example at the Arts Council launch of the Inspire Fellowship Programme.
David Lammy MP has also demonstrated encouragement and support towards the scheme. The seriousness of this issue for the sector was highlighted at a summit organised by the MA for the national museum directors in December 2006, which David Lammy attended. Diversify has been recognised by NMDC's cultural diversity committee and the MA is now seen as a leading sector body in the area of workforce diversification.
