May 22 @ 1:30 pm – May 23 @ 3:30 pm
A 1.5 day workforce summit for staff and volunteers working in rural museums and heritage, exploring the challenges and opportunities facing the sector today. There will be sessions on fundraising, inclusion, digital volunteering, wellbeing, working with young people and more.
Draft programme
Thursday 22nd
1.45pm Arrive – coffee + tea
2pm Welcome
2.15pm Meet the funders panel
3pm Delivering Change Workshop – inclusive museums
4pm Pecha Kucha talks from Highland Museums
5pm ENDS
6pm Dinner at McGregors – bookable separately
Friday 23rd
9.30am Arrive – coffee + Tea
9.45am Working with young people panel, chaired by Eleanor Moore
10.30am Coffee + Tea
10.45am Remote volunteering panel – Chaired by Geoff Belknapp NMS
11.30am Break
11.45am Wellbeing in museums panel – Chaired by Tamsin Russell MA
12.30am Lunch
1.30pm Breakout workshops – youth volunteering, remote volunteering, wellbeing plans
2.30pm How do we move forward?
3.15pm Closing message
3.30pm END