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  • On-site recycling information

    On-site recycling information

    You may have noticed new recycling bins appearing around the site as part of our ongoing sustainability efforts.

    In 2023–2024, our site-wide recycling rate was 23.21%. In 2024–2025, this increased to 32.16%—a positive step toward our environmental goals.

    Food waste bins are now available in all staff areas and are used for on-site composting, alongside coffee grounds collected from the café.

    Over the coming months, we’ll be expanding recycling facilities in staff areas by adding more bins to help capture a wider range of recyclable materials. This forms part of our ongoing commitment to improving our recycling rates and overall sustainability.

    A big thank you to the Maintenance Team for supporting this initiative and constructing the new bins—your work is greatly appreciated.

    Thank you all for your continued support.

  • 🎉 Perkbox Cashback Is Now Live! 🎉

    🎉 Perkbox Cashback Is Now Live! 🎉

    A new way to save on everyday spending – just by doing your usual shopping.

    How it works;

    1. Spot a cashback deal – Look for the yellow Cashback icon in Perks
    1.  Choose your perk – Read the instructions and click the link.
    1. Shop as normal – Then wait for your cashback to roll in.
    1. Spend your cashback – on Perkbox gift cards.

    It’s that simple – happy saving! 💸

    📌 Perkbox Cashback – Poster

  • Creating a Menopause-Friendly Workplace

    Creating a Menopause-Friendly Workplace

    We are committed to fostering an open and supportive environment for everyone experiencing menopause symptoms. Our updated Menopause Policy is designed to help make our Museum understanding and inclusive, ensuring that managers and colleagues feel comfortable having open conversations about menopause-related issues.

    The policy outlines what support is available and how to access it, making sure those affected by menopause know where to turn for help and guidance.

    This policy applies to all colleagues – including employees, casual workers, and volunteers.

    🧡 Menopause Champions are here to listen, support, and help signpost you to the right resources (attached)

    If you have any questions please email [email protected]

  • Makaton Workshop – Round 2!

    Makaton Workshop – Round 2!

    Due to the fantastic response to our recent Makaton session, we’re excited to announce another workshop with Deb!

    Makaton is a valuable tool for building confidence and raising awareness when communicating with D/deaf colleagues, visitors, and members of the community.

    📅 Date: Tuesday 22 July 2025
    🕠 Time: 5.30pm–6.30pm
    📍 Location: Classroom 1, Learning Centre
    💷 Cost: Free

    Whether you’re completely new to Makaton or looking to brush up on your skills, this friendly and practical session is a great way to develop your communication toolkit and champion inclusivity.

    To sign up, email: [email protected]

    Let’s keep working together to create a more accessible and supportive workplace for all.

  • Celebration Weekend – Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 July

    Celebration Weekend – Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 July

    Following our recent triumph at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence, we’re hosting an exciting Celebration Weekend on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 July. This public event will be filled with summer fun, freebies, and a whole lot of bostin’ Black Country spirit for our visitors!

    Here’s what our visitors can look forward to this weekend:

    • Cool down with a free Marshfield’s Farm ice cream* topped with a BCLM wafer, in a range of delicious flavours
    • Take a spin on the vintage fairground, with one free ride per child**.
    • Join the lively Gamesmaster in Folkes Park for classic sports day fun—test your skills in the egg & spoon race, limbo your way to glory, or prove you can skip better than your dad!
    • Step into Audree’s School of Dance and have a go at some dances through the decades with the historical dance teacher
    • Meet costumed historic characters, enjoy live heritage demonstrations, and take part in hands-on activities across the Museum’s immersive open-air site.
    • Celebrate everything that’s bostin about the Black Country, from its industrial roots to its unmistakable wit and warmth.
    • Explore their newly expanded 1940s–60s town, where stories from living memory come to life in an unforgettable, interactive experience.

     

    Plus, in case you missed our last post, we’ll be celebrating with colleagues too with a dedicated staff celebration in the Autumn – more details on this to follow.

  • Coming This Autumn: Colleague Thank You Event

    Coming This Autumn: Colleague Thank You Event

    As a sincere thank you for your incredible dedication, the Leadership Team and Trustees are delighted to share that we’ll be hosting a Colleague Thank You Event this September.

    This event is a chance to celebrate and recognise the amazing achievements you’ve made possible, including:

    • Winning VisitEngland’s Large Visitor Attraction of the Year 2025!
    • Delivering our busiest ever month for venue hire and events this June.
    • Seeing education visitor numbers return to 2019 levels for the first time since Covid.
    • Supporting what is shaping up to be a very busy summer period ahead.

    Your commitment, creativity and teamwork have been outstanding, and we want to take this opportunity to show our deep appreciation for everything you do.

    More details about the event will follow soon – but for now, please know how much your efforts mean to all of us.

  • 📚 H&W BCLM Bookworms – A Book Club for All Colleagues!

    📚 H&W BCLM Bookworms – A Book Club for All Colleagues!

    Love to read? So do we! Come together and share your love of reading with colleagues!
    We’ll be working our way through Reese’s Book Club: The Complete List – Reese’s Book Club. Each month, we’ll meet to chat about the current read and pick our next book together. Not feeling a particular title? No worries – you’re welcome to skip it and join us for the next one!
    📅 When:
    • Wednesday 25 June
    • Wednesday 23 July
    • Wednesday 20 August
    • Wednesday 17 September
    • Wednesday 15 October
    • Wednesday 12 November
    • Wednesday 10 December
    🕣 Time: Drop in anytime between 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM – cant meet or too early? Don’t worry, we have a WhatsApp group where we can discuss the books anytime!
    📍 Where: Learning Centre, Classroom 1 – bring your tea and enjoy a biscuit!
    No need to sign up – just come along! If you’d like more information, feel free to email [email protected]
    We can’t wait to see you there!
    We also have a collection of books the group has previously read. If you’d like to borrow any of these – or even start your own book club within your team – just let us know!
    Available titles include:
    Little Women, Where the Crawdads Sing, The Woman in Black, Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow, All My Mothers.
  • Colleague Consultative Forum – Nominations Open

    Colleague Consultative Forum – Nominations Open

    There is currently a vacancy on the Colleague Consultative Forum (CCF) within the volunteer constituency. As a nomination has been received, we would like to ask for any further nominations for the volunteer representative position.

    The closing date for nominations will be Friday 27th June 2025. Elections will be held following this date if we have multiple candidates for this role. If the candidate for nomination is unopposed, volunteer constituents will be invited to endorse their candidature.

    If you would like to be considered as a CCF representative for the Volunteer constituency you will need;

    • To be engaged by the Museum as a volunteer.
    • Have a colleague who is also a volunteer propose your nomination.
    • Have another colleague who is also a volunteer second your nomination.

    In the interest of ensuring a cross representation of the Museum, the 2 representatives in the Volunteer constituency cannot be from the same team. Therefore, nominations will only be accepted from volunteers outside of the Community Advisory Panel.

    To put yourself forward, please complete and return a nomination form to the People Team (based at Hartills) either by hand, deposited in the black post box just inside the entrance to Hartills offices, or via email to [email protected].

  • Join the Street Sixes Cricket Team for a day!

    Join the Street Sixes Cricket Team for a day!

    We’ve been offered the chance to take part in the Worcester Street Sixes – a fast-paced, fun cricket competition organised by the Worcestershire Cricket Foundation.

    We have a team of six places available for the event, which takes place on Thursday 19 June at 6pm at the Museum. Entry is completely free – so whether you’re a seasoned cricketer or just up for a bit of friendly competition, you can get involved.

    If you’re interested in taking part, please get in touch as soon as possible:

    • Contact Alice ([email protected]) by the end of today, Thursday 12 June.

    • Or contact Kate ([email protected]) by Friday 13 June.
      Make sure to include your t-shirt size when you respond.

  • Wedding photoshoot – we need your help! (updated)

    Wedding photoshoot – we need your help! (updated)

    Could you be a model for our upcoming wedding photoshoot? We need wedding guests for our photoshoot this July!

    As some of you may already know, we are keen to continue developing our venue hire offer and have been in long discussions with various teams about offering wedding reception packages here at the Museum. In the short term, this will be a package after we close for the day on an exclusive hire basis. Excitingly, we are now ready to promote our ‘Union Package’ based in the Workers’ Institute, and our ‘Link Package’ based in the Bottle & Glass Inn and get the word out to any happy new couples.

    The promotion side is where we need your help! With the help of Audience and Comms, we have planned a mock wedding reception photoshoot for Thursday 3 July from 5-8/9pm, where we will be inviting in two photographers to photograph up to three “couples” (these don’t have to be real couples!) and their ‘fake wedding guests’ in formal attire so we can promote these packages. Following casting, we will speak to our bride and groom models about costume.

    We are keen to represent our wider community as part of the shoot, so we would welcome any kinds of couples to come forward.

    Photos from this shoot will be used in promotional material by the Museum and may also be submitted to key publications such as wedding magazines as part of advertising. Participants will be required to sign consent forms expressing agreement of the use of images.

    If you would be happy to either participate as a guest or as part of a couple and are available on this date, please contact Alice as soon as possible to discuss further – either via email at [email protected] or pop to Canalside to chat to her. Nibbles and a selection of drinks will be provided during the shoot!