Benchmark Your Museum’s Financial Performance For Free

AIM members can now discover how their financial processes shape up – for free – by using a benchmarking tool called Finance Count.…

The Art Of Gifts In Wills: Five Tips To Drive Your Legacy Fundraising

The following is a guest article for AIM written by Valerie Harland. Valerie has over 30 years of experience as a fundraiser in the UK and New Zealand and is a Trustee at AIM members, the Clifton S…

All The Answers To Your Top Gift Aid Questions

Gift Aid is a tax relief that generates over £1.3bn in additional income for the UK charity sector each year. However, £560m still goes unclaimed each year. Rachel Cooper – of Welbec…

What Are The Benefits Of Smart Meters (AMR) For Your Museum?

Smart meters, or more precisely, Automatic Meter Readers, are rising in popularity and many museums are coming to understand what they can gain from installing an AMR meter. If you’re still unsur…

Writing Effective Proposals To Trusts And Foundations For Museums And Heritage Sites

AIM Associate Suppliers – Tarnside Consulting – work with charities to help them fundraise effectively. In this article, they offer thought…

AIM And Charity Finance Group Gift Aid Webinar: Top Tips And Resources

If you couldn’t attend the recent AIM and Charity Finance Group webinar on Gift Aid, the slides and recorded presentation are now available below. Rachel Cooper, who runs …

AIM And Charity Finance Group Launch New Three-Year Partnership

AIM members can now receive free membership of the Charity Finance Group after AIM and CFG launched their new partnership during AIM National Confe…

Admission Charges – What Does The Research Tell Us?

Our Director, Emma Chaplin is giving a talk today at the Museums + Heritage Show with Jonathan Durnin of DC Research called: Admission Charges – What Does The Research Tell Us? 12:35 – 1…

Budget Round Up And Museums & Galleries Tax Relief Update

This week’s budget was dominated by news of the slow down in the UK economy, but what did it contain for museums and heritage organisations?  A £2 million Cultural…

The Museums Association Has Published Updated Salary Guidelines For Museums

The Museums Association Has Published Updated Salary Guidelines For Museums The guidelines are intended as a practical resource for employers, employees and funders in the museum sector when…

Check Your Energy Bills With The AIM Energy Action Group

The AIM Energy Action Group helps AIM member museums to reduce their bills and demonstrate energy sustainability.  So far 130 members have joined up for free, so don’t miss out on saving your mu…

Business Rates Appeals – What’s The Rush?

The successful appeal on behalf of York Museums Trust has generated a lot of media interest… but little museum activity. AIM has been working toward this for their membership, with help from …