AIM mentoring programme providing advice, guidance and support to help you and your museum.
“An extremely empowering idea… I really valued our conversations and the reassurance provided”
“It felt like a true privilege to dedicate time to focus entirely on myself – my concerns, my goals and my growth.“
“The programme offers a perfect blend of practical guidance and personal development. My mentor went above and beyond in tailoring her advice to our unique needs, helping us not just achieve our goals but also identify new opportunities. Her mentorship has had a lasting impact on my confidence and strategic approach to museum work.“
AIM has provided mentoring opportunities to our grant recipients for several years. This opportunity has been universally well received. We were told “Please continue to offer mentors to museums”
Who is it for?
This programme provides mentoring support to individuals. You could be working for an AIM member museum or be an individual member of AIM.
How does it work?
We are now offering 10 one to one mentoring opportunities.
Provided by our experienced roster of consultants, this programme of support and development is open to anyone working in an organisation that is a member of AIM or individual AIM members. You will receive four 1 – 1 ½ hour one to one mentoring sessions with one of our consultants. You need to be able to commit time and energy to the process and be prepared to work in between the mentoring sessions.
Mentoring offers an opportunity to:
- Reflect and plan
- Ask powerful questions
- Work through concerns and opportunities
- Increase your confidence
- Design your future.
Our consultants are experienced experts in their fields. They can offer mentoring in:
- Leadership
- Project management
- Problem solving
- Business development
- Community development
- Collections and stories
- Co-curation
- Fundraising
- Diversification and democratisation of decision making
- Organisational, commercial and strategic development
- Digital innovation
- Marketing and audience development
- Reviewing governance
- Creating engaging interpretation and exhibitions
- Supporting your workforce
- Volunteering.
When is it?
The mentoring sessions will take place before the end of December 2026.
How to apply?
To register your interest and find out more email Margaret Harrison, Head of Programmes at AIM on [email protected] with:
- Your name, role and organisation
- What you would like to get out of the programme, both personally and for your organisation
- Please list your preferred mentor and why you would like to work with them
- Please also list an additional two mentors you would like to work with
- Why it is important for you to take up this opportunity now.
AIM Aspire is also open to anyone working in a museum in Wales. To register your interest, please contact Margaret Harrison, Head of Programmes on [email protected] with the details above.
Our mentors
We have a large pool of mentors with a diverse range of skills and experience. If you would particularly like to work with a specific mentor, do let us know.