| Event title | Planning for volunteer involvement and embracing diversity (W8) |
| Details | 1000-1600
Volunteers play a vital role in the development of museum services, including engagement with the local community.
This workshop offers approaches and tools to help you embed volunteering into the work of your museum. It will help you to identify ways in which volunteering can help you make your museum more accessible to service users.
By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
• plan for volunteer involvement in the the organisation planning cycle
• set objectives for volunteering, with measurable outputs and outcomes
• recognise the benefits of promoting a diverse volunteer team
• use practical methods to promote diversity within your volunteer programme
• develop partnerships with other organisations to engage socially-excluded groups.
Trainer
Maggie Piazza and Felicity Dwyer, CIPD trainers and Volunteering England training providers
Only 12 places available. Early booking is advised.
Fees:
MA member £155
Non-member £210
All fees include coffee, tea, copies of speaker presentations and notes. Joining instructions will be sent out two weeks before the event.
Training grants of up to 60% may be available to applicants from AIM member museums, from the AIM Bob Harding Grants Scheme. To apply contact Michael Cates: mac@mcates.fsnet.co.uk
Institutional members and prospective AMA's CANNOT book online and should download a PDF below... |
Click here for programme and booking form, December 2008 to March 2009 (pdf) |
| Fee | £See highlighted box |
| Dates | 17 March 2009 |
| Venue | Museums Association offices, London |
| Organiser | Museums Association Conferences and Events |
| Address | 24 Calvin Street
London
E1 6NW
United Kingdom |
| Tel | 020 7426 6940 |
| Fax | 020 7426 6961 |
| Email | lorraine@museumsassociation.org |
| Contact | Conference and Events Department |
