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Trustee vacancy – The Museum of Somerset Coalfield Life

Radstock Museum (The Museum of Somerset Coalfield Life) is recruiting new Trustees.  We are looking for people to help oversee the running of this award-winning centre for …

AIM Connected Communities – first round of grants awarded

More than 15,000 people are being supported into volunteering and given opportunities to build social connections in libraries, museums, arts organisations and charities thanks to Governmen…

Trustee vacancy – Museum of Timekeeping

The Museum of Timekeeping in Nottinghamshire is recruiting for four new Trustees to join the Board.  Chair The Chair/ chairperson will provide leadership and strat…

Top tips to increase revenue for your museum

AIM Associate Suppliers Vennersys are experts when it comes to integrated ticketing and point-of-sale solutions for your heritage venue. Their top tips on increasing revenue will also help reduce q…

Trustee vacancy – Chair – Amersham Museum

The Trustees of Amersham Museum are looking for a new Chair.  Amersham Museum is an award-winning, accredited, independent museum, sharing the stories of local people and p…

Trustee vacancy – Gloucester 1682 Charitable Trust

The Gloucester 1682 Charitable Trust is recruiting Trustees  The Gloucester 1682 Charitable Trust has been established to secure the heritage future of the…

Trustee vacancy – Chair – Royal West of England Academy

Leading the RWA governing body, the new Chair will be responsible for all aspects of good governance and propriety and will importantly take a lead role in furthering the RWA’s ambitious programm…

Trustee vacancy – The Judge’s Lodging Trust

It’s an exciting time for The Judge’s Lodging. The Trust has just been awarded a Community Ownership Fund grant, a compliment to an NLHF grant we were awarded earlier this year. This means we w…

Investing charity money: guidance for trustees (CC14)

CFG’s Richard Sagar on updated investment guidance for charities Much of the sector has been waiting with bated breath for the Charity Commission’s guidance on Investing…

Museum Profile – Milton’s Cottage

Milton’s Cottage: where paradise was lost and found Open to the public since 1887, and based in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles, the Cottage is the pl…

LTC Rolt conference at Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust completes catalogue of the papers of LTC Rolt and announces May 2024 conference in partnership with Keele University to mark the 50th anniversary …

First round of Re:Collections Grants awarded

Three museums have been awarded Re:Collections Grants totalling over £54,000. Funded from the Welsh Government Anti-Racist Wales Culture, Heritage, and Sport Fund, Re:Colle…

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