AIM Aspire mentoring programme

New mentoring programme exclusively for AIM members. Advice, guidance and support to help you and your museum.

“An extremely empowering idea… I really valued our conversations and the reassurance provided” 

“really helpful and reassuring too…can’t praise her highly enough” 

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”

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. The mentoring support is free, exclusively for AIM members.

Click here to read the biographies of the AIM Aspire mentors>>

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 from September to December 2024. The deadline for applications is 9am on Wednesday 21 August.

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. Click here for the list of AIM Aspire mentors>>
• 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.

Deadline for applications

9am on Wednesday 21 August.