Creative Facilitation for Young People – 2 & 9th September
This course provides an introduction to a creative approach to group facilitation. It aims to encourage, develop and inspire those with responsibility to lead others through a facilitative process, be it for the purposes of team building, consultation, idea-generation or training. Throughout 2 x 2.5 hour sessions, we will be using a number of different […]
Online Safeguarding for the Arts and Cultural Sector
This one hour webinar will help you identify and consider the risks and areas of concern that you might encounter with online delivery. As organisations adjust to the current climate and move programmes and activities to online delivery, they may find themselves needing new approaches and guidance around safeguarding children and young people. This one […]
Doing Digital on a Budget
This session covers free online tools & open source software to help smaller orgs and museum educators embrace digital in their practice. Adding digital elements to your workflow can be a challenge at the best of times, to do so on a budget can seem near impossible, but as we all know it has become […]
GEM Training: Heritage Interpretation Online (Sept/Oct)
Zoom , United KingdomHeritage Interpretation was developed in 2017 by Sarah Oswald (the Authentic Spark) in a partnership between GEM and AHI. The online course brings together heritage learning and interpretation professionals to share practice, ideas and approaches, and work through the challenges we mutually face. GEM and AHI continue to work together to develop CPD for […]
East of England Coffee Morning: information sharing and learning
Online , United KingdomMeet the GEM East of England Area Reps in a casual coffee morning. Grab a coffee, come armed with your best experiences and also your worst to share and learn from each other at this informal coffee morning. This is an opportunity to bring a coffee and share learning and experiences with each other and […]
Trial and Error: An Honest Account of Online Heritage Engagement
Learning Arc and GEM NE have combined forces to offer you an honest account of their experiences of online heritage engagement during lockdown. Speakers from a variety of different heritage organisations, including Tees Valley Museums, Sunderland Culture, Durham University Archives and Museums, Newcastle University Special Collections and Archives, Durham County Record Office and Amber Film and […]
Supporting Mental Health in the Arts and Cultural Sector
Learn how to support positive mental health in young people in the creative and cultural settings. The Coronavirus pandemic exacerbating an already alarming mental health crisis in young people, supporting the mental wellbeing of those you work with has never been more critical than it is today. In this four-part course, you will learn how […]
Creating a Safeguarding Risk Assessment
Practical workshop to help organisation’s consider the risks of activities & create/update a safeguarding risk assessment for their projects.This 1.5 hour session is a practical workshop for organisations and individuals working with children, young people and adults at risk who have a current understanding of safeguarding. For safeguarding policy and practice to be effective, it […]
Queer Voices in Museums – 2 day event
You’re invited to attend Hull Museums’ two day Queer Voices in Museums symposium on exploring queer history and heritage with eight of the most exciting expert queer voices working with museums in interpretation and audience engagement. Sessions will run for 45 minutes each, with a presentation by the guest speaker followed by a Q&A. This […]
Embedding Safeguarding Practice (Artswork Leadership Training)
This course focuses on a whole team approach to embedding safe practice across creative, cultural and heritage sectors. An Organisational Approach to Safe Practice with Children and Young People in the Creative and cultural sectors This course is for those who wish to develop a strategic approach to safeguarding and are responsible for overseeing safeguarding […]