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Understanding hybrid working in the cultural sector

In February 2022, Culture24’s groundbreaking Let’s Get Real action research programme will focus the next phase on the hybrid workspac…

Look like you are in the business

Supply chain issues are having an impact on product availability across the UK, resulting in fragmented offers, empty shelves, and overdue deliveries. This can damage brand credibility and …

Cylchlythyr Ymddiriedolwyr AIM – Tachwedd 2021

Yr wythnos hon yw Wythnos yr Ymddiriedolwyr, y digwyddiad blynyddol sydd yn amlygu gwaith gwych y 700,000 o ymddiriedolwyr gwirfoddol sydd yn cynnal elusennau ar draws Cymru a Lloegr. Rydym …

Energy Action Group – Energy price update

The surge in global gas prices is showing no signs of abating, “the first big energy shock of the green era” according to Australian consultancy EnergyQuest. We spoke to Geoff Berry of …

AIM Biffa Award to support new exhibition at Biggin Hill Memorial Museum

Biggin Hill Memorial Museum is delighted to announce that they have secured £68,530 of funding from AIM Biffa Award History Makers, as part of the Landfill Communities Fund, which will fund a new…

Attracting visitors – benefits versus features

Focussing on the benefits of your offer to visitors is a useful step to moving to a visitor focus, explains Colin Mulberg. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many museums and her…

Budget 2021 – reaction from AIM Director, Lisa Ollerhead

Yesterday marked an important step in rebuilding stability following the upheavals of Brexit and Covid: the announcement of the multi-year comprehensive spending review delayed in 2019 and 2020, al…

Trustee vacancy – North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Steaming ahead after the pandemic At the NYMR we’re aware that running a heritage railway in the 2020s isn’t all about operating steam engines and rolling stock, althoug…

Using technology to improve access to the UK’s smaller museums and galleries

This summer Art Fund launched Art Pass Unbooked an innovative approach to helping visitors support local cultural institutions. According to Research conducted by Opinium fo…

Trustee vacancy – Tiverton Museum of Mid-Devon Life

Tiverton Museum of Mid-Devon Life is an award-winning independent museum that holds one the largest collections in the West Country. We are seeking a Chair and up to 4 trustees to help us take the…

Trustee vacancy – Urras Achadh an Droighinn/The Auchindrain Trust

Urras Achadh an Droighinn/The Auchindrain Trust in Argyll, Scotland is seeking outward-looking movers, shakers and influencers, to win hearts and minds and/or bring ideas to attract people and inco…

Trustee vacancy – Stanley Spencer Memorial Trust

The Sir Stanley Spencer Memorial Trust runs the Gallery devoted to the work of Sir Stanley Spencer RA. We are looking for a new treasurer to take over the finances of the trust, including administr…

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