GEM Cymru Opportunities for Museums

GEM Cymru Museum Learning Mentor Scheme 2024 – 2025

Mentors

We are looking for experienced museum learning practitioners with an interest in museum mentoring to work with selected museums in Wales to help them design, develop and test out new resources and services that relate to the new curriculum, please download this document for information and how to apply.

Museums

Applications are welcome from accredited museums in Wales who are seeking support from experienced heritage learning professionals as they develop their learning service. Priority will be given to museums who were not part of the 2023-4 mentoring scheme.

Applications can be submitted until July 19th 2024, but please feel free to apply earlier.

Applications are particularly welcome from museums who have not previously applied to GEM for support. In this case, if you would like assistance on your application, please contact robin@gem.org.uk for an initial conversation and potential onsite, in-person advice.

Download the Application form

GEM Cymru Learning Support Grant 2024-2025

Please see the attached information regarding the GEM Learning Support Grant scheme for 2024-5.

Applications are welcome from accredited museums in Wales who are seeking support developing their Curriculum for Wales based learning service. Priority will be given to museums who have not previously received funding from GEM.

Applications can be submitted until July 19th 2024, but please feel free to apply earlier.

Applications are particularly welcome from museums who have not previously applied to GEM for funding. In this case, if you would like help on your application, please contact robin@gem.org.uk for an initial conversation and potential onsite, in-person advice.

GEM Case Studies: Anti-racist Journeys in Museums (Special Edition)

For this special series GEM is seeking case studies that showcase anti-racist work in museums. As museums move towards diversifying their collections and ways of working, these case studies offer opportunities to learn from those who are already on this journey. By sharing experiences, struggles, and successes, they provide insights and practical strategies, and inspire confidence in museum staff as they work towards greater inclusivity and equity at their sites.

This series is not about capturing finished projects, though those are welcome, it’s about the entire journey: anti-racism is an ongoing process of learning and is a collective effort. The focus of a GEM Case Study is not on “this is what I did” but rather “on reflection this is what I would have done”. The more you analyse what you have done, the more useful your case study is likely to be to others.

This series is supported by the Welsh Government as part of its Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan, but impactful anti-racist work is happening across the UK, and so these case studies are open to all museums. This extends the reach of anti-racist work, empowering museums everywhere to create more inclusive and equitable spaces.

This edition of Case Studies will be bilingual. You are welcome to submit your Case Study either in English or in Welsh.

Please send your case studies suggestion to [email protected] using one of the templates below by 30 September 2024.

Download the Case Study Suggestion form in English