Services and Projects
Audience Development
- audience development strategies and plans
- practical projects for individual organisations and whole services
- advice on training and staff development
- help to consult and nurture new audiences so that change is long lasting
- action plans which improve emotional and intellectual access as well as physical
- networks to share info and support staff
Relevant Projects (2004):
Setting up and running the Museums Archives and Libraries Disability Association (MALDA), a support and contact network giving people working in the sector up to date information on disability issues.
- researched and confirmed a database of key contacts
- researched and produced a Regional Good Practice Case Studies report
- organised the successful launch event
- helped co-ordinate the network
- produced up-to-date resource packs for network members on the topics covered by meetings, e.g. giving full access to reserve collections
Client: Yorkshire Museums, Libraries & Archives Council (YMLAC)
Audience Development Strategy: an action plan and strategy for audience development as part of a Stage 1 HLF bid for Locke Park, Redcar.
- researched the current audience
- collated existing data
- investigated potential new audiences and ways of working with them
Client: Scott Wilson Ltd and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) schemes
- putting together working teams for bids
- advising on, and writing bids for HLF Stages 1 and 2, Your Heritage etc.
Relevant Projects (2000-03):
Successful HLF bids: led team and wrote bid to secure £360,000 for the restoration of Shibden Hall. Oversaw the restoration of the Grade II* 15th century hall. Founder member of multi-disciplinary Estate Management Team which wrote £6m restoration bid for the whole of Shibden Park (Stage 1 approval granted, March 2004).
Client: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Premises management and refurbishment
- intellectual and emotional access audits
- access action plans in compliance with DDA
- health & safety surveys and action plans
- planned maintenance strategies for Grade I and Grade II* listed buildings
- liaison with HLF, English Heritage, health & safety officers and disabled users
Relevant Projects:
Premises managed: 1500 seat theatre, cinema, 15th century manor house museum, community village halls and 18th century building housing shops, open air market and events
Networking
Bringing people together: this is a particular strength.
Relevant projects (2000-04):
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- setting up email group and network for professional arts organisations
- advising Square Chapel, a voluntary run Arts Centre, on working with the local authority and finding community partners
- linking museums education services with Looked After Children’s Education Service
- surveying local creative industries
- developing a support network for creative businesses
- facilitating links between the council’s cinema and local schools, colleges and universities
- linking Libraries’ Writer in Residence scheme with arts professional contacts
- helping local community history groups to find funders, advising them on HLF
- community history research for public art commission
Evaluation
I can evaluate projects, exhibits and displays, web resources, audience development initiatives, community projects, networks etc.
- devising evaluation criteria to meet funder’s and client’s needs
- monitoring and interim reporting on projects
- helping with project planning and amendment
- finding good practice examples
- carrying out effectiveness surveys and writing final reports for funders and clients
Relevant projects:
People’s History Museum, Manchester: monitoring of Designation Challenge Fund Banner project 2004-06.
Monitoring and feedback reports including:
- HLF monitoring reports
- Regional and National Arts Council monitoring reports
- monitoring and feedback for regional funders such as RDA and Museums Council
- best value performance reports on both quantitative and qualitative indicators