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2024 AIM Economic Impact Toolkit spreadsheet to calculate economic impact for a museum
Economic Impact of Independent Museum Sector 2024 - Summary Report
AIM Pilgrim Trust 360 Giving grant data 2024
AIM Annual Report and Accounts 2023
This report highlights some key AIM activities and achievements during 2023.
AIM Conference 2024 delegate handbook
AIM finance trustee recruitment pack 2024, updated July 2024
Full details of the trustee roles at Royal Engineers Museum, 2024
Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome business consultancy brief
Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome evaluation consultancy brief
Higher Mill Museum trustee recruitment pack 2023
Admissions Pricing Policy full research report Welsh
Success Guide - Research into admissions pricing policy in museums and its impact
Admissions pricing research executive summary
Admissions pricing policy full research report
Executive Summary of the Admissions Pricing Policy Research Welsh
Admissions Pricing Policy Success Guide Welsh
AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day guidance notes 2023-24
Steady state? Results of AIM's state of the sector survey September 2023
Slides from the DESNZ session on the Energy Bills Discount Scheme held in July 2023, for Museums, Libraries and Archives
AIM Conference 2024 speaker callout
AIM Conference 2023 delegate handbook
AIM Annual Report and Accounts 31 December 2022
Re:Collections grants terms and conditions
AIM Connected Communities grant terms and conditions
AIM Connected Communities full application form
AIM Connected Communities application guidance notes
AIM Connected Communities Expression of Interest form
Re:Collections grant eligibility details and full guidance in Welsh
Re:Collections grants eligibility details and guidance in English
Re:Collections grants application form in Welsh
Re:Collections grants application form in English
AIM Pilgrim Trust collections care application form
AIM Pilgrim Trust remedial conservation application form
AIM Pilgrim Trust collections care grant guidance notes
AIM Pilgrim Trust collections care audit application form
AIM Pilgrim Trust remedial conservation guidance notes
AIM Pilgrim Trust collection care audit applicant guidance notes (2023 - 2025)
Pleasure Connection Purpose - leveraging emotions for museums report
AIM Success Guide - Successful Fundraising at Museums, published November 2022
AIM Success Guide - Museum Displays and Interpretation
Seeking Certainty - AIM snap survey Sept 2022
AIM Success Guide - Setting up a new museum
AIM New Stories New Audiences application form 2022
AIM New Stories New Audiences guidance notes 2022
16 June 2021 AGM record of attendance
Booking form for tickets for AIM Conference 2022
Balancing optimism and realism - AIM Covid impact survey report January 2022
Arts Scholars logo for use by recipients of the AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day conservation grants only
AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day grant application form round 3 2023-24
AIM Guides for Boards - Framework for a trustee review English and Welsh version
AIM Guides for Boards - Role descriptor for a museum trustee English and Welsh version
NRW Rising Leaders Programme 2022 - application form in Welsh
AIM equality diversity monitoring questionnaire 2021
Application for NRW Rising Leaders Programme 2022
EOI for Equity and Inclusion Programme Welsh
EOI form for Equity and inclusion for museums programme to be returned to your local Museum Development team
How safe are your collections? AIM guidance on how to report heritage assets in annual accounts
Slides from the AIM Culture Recovery Fund support workshop held on 1 September 2021
Successfully Managing Archives in Museums - updated 2021
Overview of benefits available to AIM members
AIM work with JG Creative and RareEarth to keep the AIM website refreshed. Here, the two agencies share their top tips for a quick and simple digital refresh, to help you present yourself well online and generate more visitors.
We’ve put together six top tips to digital content creation to help focus your efforts so you’re using your time wisely and have the best possible chance of engaging with your audience.
AIM consultants Hilary Barnard and Ruth Lesirge of HBRL Consulting, expert advisors on charity and museum governance, have shared their advice on good governance in a crisis.
Are you facing immediate issues? The following checklist may help members consider their current situation and plan not just for the present, but any challenging times.
AIM New Stories New Audiences guidance notes
New Stories New Audiences terms and conditions
AIM New Stories New Audiences application form
Steps to Sustainability programme brochure
Annual Report & Accounts, year-ending 31 December 2020
Summary Biographies (proposed new trustees)
18 June 2020 AGM record of attendance
Form to complete to advertise a trustee vacancy with AIM. Updated July 2022
CHEIN student volunteering scoping proforma
AIM training grants application form 2024
Successful Governance for Museums 2020 (Welsh)
If you missed our presentation from Social Enterprise Academy about their Steps to Sustainability programme, catch up with the back ground information on these slides.
This guide is designed to be of practical help to Boards of independent museums throughout the UK.
Explanatory note to the new AIM articles
Job Support Scheme FAG from The HR Dept, published 5 November 2020
AIM Hallmarks Grants Tackling Inequality application form 2021
AIM Hallmarks Grants Tackling Inequality guidance notes for applicants, October 2021
Federation of Museums and Art Galleries of Wales presentation given to NRW virtual Gregynog by Victoria Rogers
NRW virtual Gregynog slides from Anra Kennedy from Culture24's presentation
Mandy Sims session from NRW Gregynog on conversations that make things happen
NRW virtual Gregynog final programme
AIM's Retail Success Guide has been refreshed for 2020 including the latest advice and up to date case studies from AIM members
National Lottery Project Grants presentation given by Isabel Churcher, Senior Manager Museums, Arts Council England
AIM Complaints Procedure and Proforma
List of ICON accredited conservators able to help with AIM Pilgrim Trust collections care audits
Legal issues arising from COVID 19- Farrer's conference slides
Ahead of the AIM virtual conference session 'How do we get through this' with Nick Winterbotham, attendees are encouraged to take a look at this pre-read - the resilience bestiary.
AIM’s Success Guide on Marketing seeks to demystify the discipline for small and medium-sized museums, providing an overview of what marketing is and a helpful framework for developing a strategy and action plan.
How much do you know about the make-up of your audience or visitor base? Do you know who is and isn't visiting, the frequency of their visits, what would make them visit more, spend more, donate or volunteer with you? What could improve their engagement with you and spread the word? And what about who isn't visiting but could be persuaded to? This guide will help you to consider what you know about your audiences both current and potential, why it would be worthwhile improving this, and how you might go about doing it. Crucially, it looks at how you can then use this knowledge and insight to deliver your strategic goals and make your organisation more resilient.