Wednesday, 10 September

Time Sessions
9.15 – 10:00 Registration, tea and coffee
10:00 – 10:10 GEM Welcome
10:10 – 11:10 Keynote
Meta Knol
Shifting Narratives: Towards the Museum of the Future
11:10 – 11:40 Presentations
Bridging the gap – new models for lattice partnerships within the culture sector
Jo Bradshaw, National Trust

Introducing the Cultural Education Network
Mary Ealden, ACE

11:40 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 13:00 Keynote
Caro Howell, Imperial War MuseumsIntroduced by Sharon Heal (MA)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Workshops
Working with Young People: Sustainability, Progression Routes and Responsibility
Rachel Moss, Ashley Almeida (The British Museum)
Empowering you to reduce the environmental impact of learning programmes – practicalities, advocacy and creating new best practice
Reyahn King, TEG
Collective Climate Action – How to make your own Agency for World Change Agreements
Ashley Rayna Mackenzie-White, Geraldine Heaney, Lucy Bull, National Museums Scotland
Ripples of resilience: Simple tools and strategies to support your and your team’s resilience
Sarah Oswald, The Authentic Spark
Generic Environmental Outcomes
Kathy Moore, Bridget McKenzie
Mentoring Tools and Techniques and how to use them to support your own development
Louise McAward White
Radical Rest
Kate Oliver
15:00 – 15:20 Break
15:20 – 16:20 Presentations
Sustainable Community Partnerships (Leeds City Museum) Engaging with Schools and Beyond (Leeds Art Gallery)
Interwoven Histories: Developing a Sustainable Approach to Community Partnerships at The Postal Museum
Sharondeep Jawanda, the Postal Museum
Making Choices: Using data to make visits more accessible
Fran Jeens, UK Parliament
Wriggle Room – Co-creation, Community and Care
Mollie Howells, Towner Eastbourne
Plastic and our generation: co-producing a showcase on climate action with a secondary school
Eleanor Hamblen, The Horniman Museum
It takes a village: the power of partnerships for creating meaningful heritage encounters for teenagers
Sarah Wilson, Kirklees Museums
Alex Bird, National Saturday Club
Space to Learn: Creating Sustainable Schools Sessions at the Brunel Museum
Holiday Donaldson, Katherine McAlpine, The Brunel Museum
Stomp and Stamp: Building sustainable community partnerships through co-curation
Melany Rose, Discover Children’s Story Centre
How can the LOtC Quality Badge support your organisation?
Kim Hudson, Anne Hunt, CLOTC
16:20 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:00 Keynote
Sustaining Museum Learning Practices: Making the economic case for supporting and prioritising staff wellbeing in museums and sharing examples from the Working Together network to support our own wellbeing and those we manage.
Louise Campion, Victoria Hume (CHWA), Denise Greany (Working Together Project)
17:00 Conference day ends
17:00 – 19:00 Leeds City Museum – Drinks Reception
Welcome by David Hopes, Head of Leeds Museums and Galleries

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