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  • A fantastic summer 2019

    A fantastic summer 2019

    We’ve had a tremendous summer. 

    The summer events and activities were very well received, including “Back in 10” written, directed and performed by our friends at Black Country Touring. The focus on Black Country heroes and heroines offered some lovely opportunities for story-telling.

    Attendance over the six-week holiday has been very strong as well; very nearly equalling the record-breaking summer of last year, despite some less than summery days, and significantly higher than the target we set ourselves.  It means 2019 continues to be another year of growth for the Museum, bringing value, relevance and enjoyment to tens of thousands of people. 

    The 5 late-night Fridays were particularly popular with 5,321 attending on the £5 ticket (2018: 3,635), equivalent to a 46% increase year-on-year.  The success of these evenings in reaching new audiences is making us wonder how we can make Summer Lates bigger and better for next year. What do you think?

    So, as we enter the autumn/winter months, including a packed events programme, starting this weekend with our Peaky Blinder evenings, the year-to-date attendance position is that we are currently 6% ahead of forecast, at 243,185, and 1% ahead of the same point last year.

    My very grateful thanks and appreciation for what is always an intense time for the Museum.

    Andrew

  • School’s out for Summer!

    BCLM Community Roadshow continues to travel far and wide and will be at the International Glass Festival on Saturday 24 August and Moseley Folk & Arts Festival from 30 August to 1 September.

    We’re still on the lookout for memories from local people about the Elephant and Castle Pub and Stanton’s Record and Music shop.

    Music and cultural festivals feature throughout our Community Roadshow programme reaching a broad spectrum of diverse communities. We look forward to having a presence at Moseley Folk & Arts Festival for the first time, where we will be sharing Black County skills in the heart of Moseley Village.

    If you wish to get involved, please contact Community Engagement Assistant [email protected] for more information.

  • Do you have a great idea for a Museum event?

    We’re looking for ideas to develop the Museum’s programme of events for next year and beyond.

    If you have an event idea you’d love to see brought to life, click on the link below and fill in a short survey to tell us all about it.

    No matter how big or small your idea is, we’d like to hear about it. Tell us what we can do to come up with new ideas to engage our audiences and let us know how you want to get involved with planning our programme for the future.

    Click here to share your ideas.

  • Shop and Give for Free

    Raise extra funds for BCLM for free when shopping online on Amazon.

    We have recently enrolled in Amazon’s AmazonSmile programme, where they donate 0.5% of the net purchase price of your eligible purchases to your chosen charity. You can choose to donate to BCLM by visiting smile.amazon.co.uk and selecting the Museum from the list. Amazon will remember your selection, and every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.co.uk will result in a donation at no cost to you.

    So if you are an Amazon user please select to support BCLM, your everyday online purchases can benefit the Museum without costing you a penny when you shop with AmazonSmile.

  • Fuel Card Update

    Please note that the following vehicles now have their own fuel cards which are kept in the glove box (same as the pool car). This will enable staff to re-fuel as necessary while out and about at Tesco, Morrisons & Sainsbury’s forecourts. Details on how to do this will be found in the use log folder.

    The cards are specific to each vehicle with the registration number clearly shown.

    • Small Peugeot Van – KM06 CEY (Petrol)
    • Large Citroen Van – LB64 GXM (Diesel)
    • Land Rover – Y872 GAA (Diesel)

    Can I please ask that if you do take any of the modern vehicles off site don’t return them with less than a quarter of a tank of fuel, this goes for the pool car as well.

    David Pitt

  • Health and Wellbeing Survey – Update

    Thank you to everybody who took the time to complete the recent Health and Wellbeing survey. It was really positive to receive over 70 completed surveys from staff members and volunteers across all parts of the Museum.

    The results of the survey will now be used by the Health and Wellbeing steering group to assist them in their work of devising and proposing a Health and Wellbeing programme for the Museum.

    The prize draw, for those individuals that entered, was drawn at July’s Leadership Team meeting with the following lucky people selected!

    •             Winner of the Fit-Bit:  Heidi Gwynne

    •             Runners up receiving Alton Towers tickets:  Liam Parkes, Sheila Chamberlain-Hyett and Tom Laws.

  • Rolfe Street Meeting Room Changes

    Rolfe Street Meeting Room 2 (RS2) is no longer available for meetings, it is now an office.

    From Monday 22 July 2019, the library will become a bookable space for meetings. As the library holds some rare and valuable books, the following procedures are in place to protect the books in this room:

    • Reception will hold a key for the library. This will need to be signed out and returned at the end of the meeting. Please ensure you lock the library before returning the key to reception
    • No food or drink is to be taken into and consumed in the library
    • Please kindly refrain from using pens/ink in the library. Pencils are to be used instead.

    Meetings can be booked directly by everyone through the Library room calendar on Outlook.

    Rolfe Street Meeting Room 1 (RS1) is still available for bookings.

  • Collections Update – Research

    Research:  we are trialling a new process for research. As such, from Monday 22 July 2019 the following will be in place:

    • Appointments to carry out research will be limited to two periods every week. These will be Wednesday mornings between 9am and 1pm, and Thursday afternoons, from 1.30 to 5pm.
    • A notice period for research requests for both staff and external researchers will come into effect.  Therefore, should you wish to access an item from the archive and/or library to carry out research, we kindly ask that you give at least one week’s notice from the date you hope to access the information (in line with the above allotted times). This will allow the necessary time to prepare the requested information. 

    All requests to carry out research should be made to the Museum’s Archivist & Librarian Karen directly at [email protected]

  • Spinsonic SEND Sensory Circus

    Spinsonic SEND Sensory Circus will be visiting BCLM on Tuesday 13 August. Up to 50 children with additional needs from the Dudley area, aged 16 and under, along with siblings and parents/carers will join in the inclusive and relaxed circus skills play session from 10am-12pm in Hall 2.

    Activities include ground based circus skills comprising: juggling balls, rings and scarves, hula hoops, plate spinning, pedal goes, starter stilts, diabolo, poi spinning, balance beam, free standing slackline, flower sticks, walk the rolling drum. There will also be a chill out corner with circus play tents, tunnels, books, cushions.

    To find out more contact: [email protected] Community Engagement Manager

  • Oversized Rubbish Clearance Update

    Oversized Rubbish Clearance Update

    Please note there will be a skip placed in the top compound opposite the guides building next Monday (29th July) to enable the Cleaning Team to remove the rubbish that has accumulated in the area by the bins over the last few months. I would ask staff to please not place any items directly in the skip while it’s here to give the Cleaning Team a chance to clear this area once and for all.

    With regards to oversized rubbish in the future once the compound has been cleared can I please ask all staff to raise a ticket on the help desk, the Cleaning Team will then make arrangements with you for its disposal. This area of the site is visible to our customers when the brown sliding gate is opened and closed during the day and currently looks very unkempt.

    Can all managers make their teams aware of this revised process.

    David Pitt