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  • Museum road safety update

    Dear colleagues,

    An important, timely reminder for everyone in order to ensure our safety around the museum site.

    For the full duration of each closed day at the museum through the winter period, our site roads are very much ‘live’ and can be busy with traffic at any time. The same goes for days that we open to the public, before 10am and after 4pm.

    Not only are the Forging Ahead contractors able to move around outside of their hoarding with heavy duty machinery during these times, but there’s also our own site maintenance vehicles and external deliveries too.

    With that in mind, please follow these simple steps to keep everyone safe;

    • Keep to pathways where available
    • If you see or hear traffic approaching, STOP, step to the side and WAIT until it has passed
    • Don’t wear headphones when walking around the site

    As a reminder, site traffic should maintain a 5mph limit at all times and personal vehicles should not be brought onto site.

    Finally, any construction vehicle or lorry reversing anywhere outside of hoarding/fencing should always have a ‘banksman’, in high-visibility clothing, stood at the rear of that vehicle. All members of the museum community should report to the Duty Manager where they don’t see this critical safety precaution in place.

    If you have any questions or queries in relation to the above, don’t hesitate to speak with your line manager who can signpost you to the best person to help.

    Thank you.

  • Car Parking – November

    Please be advised that Balfour Beatty are carrying out trenching works across the Museum’s car park for the next three weeks. The trench location will change daily. Please park where directed by Balfour staff when you arrive at the Museum.

  • All Colleague Briefings – Sign-up Required

    All Colleague Briefings – Sign-up Required

    As part of our continual Programme of ensuring engagement and communication of the Museum’s operational and strategic activity, we will be holding briefings to update all colleagues on the Museum’s progress since reopening in May of this year and the plans for 2022, a critical year for the launch of the first of the Forging Ahead buildings. These briefings will take place on:

    • Wednesday 3 November 2021
    • Thursday 4 November 2021
    • Thursday 11 November 2021

    All the briefings will be held in the WI and will commence at 9.15, finishing at 9.45.  Many of you will already be scheduled by your line managers to attend one of these sessions, if you have not then please volunteer your name on the attached sign up sheet.

    All contracted colleagues are mandated to attend these sessions. We would also strongly urge colleagues from both our volunteer and casual community to all attend.

    You only need to attend one of the briefing sessions.

    Refreshment will be provided in the WI.

    Can you please sign up using the following link: All Staff Briefings

    If you have any trouble signing up for the briefing because you do not have a BCLM email address then please speak to your line manager who will be able to add your name for you.

  • BCSC Online Talk – “The Black Country: Science Fact and Science Fiction”

    Join the BCSC and some fiendish friends for their second annual Halloween online event on Thursday 28 October at 7pm.

    This time around, they’ll be looking at the Black Country’s links with science fiction and exploring some of the weird and wonderful aspects of the region’s science facts. Expect monsters, mummies, mutants and menacing machines as they’re joined by University of Wolverhampton’s Dr Nicola Allen and Dr Martin Khechara, alongside BCLM researchers Dr Jenny Gilbert and Nadia Awal.

    From the virtual fireside, Nicola will set the science fiction scene and introduce the genre: its origins, development and characteristics. Jenny and Nadia will share some of their favourite Black Country sci-fi stories and Dr K will be exploring the science behind monsters, mutants and terrible triffids.

    There will also be an interactive quiz that will test your skills in telling scientific fact from fiction.

    Tickets for this online event are free and can be booked via the BCLM website here. Book now for a free, fun and informative night of spooky science!

  • Staff Consultative Forum – Nominations Open

    The Staff Consultative Forum (SCF) is a group of Museum wide colleagues to act as an important conduit and sounding board for many of the Museum’s key decisions around structure, policies, performance and wider activities that may impact staff. Chaired by the Museum’s Chief Executive/Chief Operating Officer, the Forum meets quarterly and particularly over the last 18 months has played a critical role in assisting the Museum’s endeavours to safeguard careers during the pandemic. The Forum’s members consist of an elected group of managers, front line colleagues and back office administrative staff to ensure representation of the whole Museum. Excluded from the membership are the Museum’s Leadership and People & Culture teams. The full terms of reference of the Forum can be found under the Documents tab here on the intranet (Documents/Information/Staff Consultative Forum (SCF)/Terms of Reference/Oct 2021).

    To ensure that the Forum remains fresh in its challenge and contribution, elected members can serve on the Forum for a maximum of two years per term and a maximum of two terms. As a result we would now like to invite nominations for the following posts*:

    • Administrative, Specialist & Managerial     x 1
    • Enterprise & Admissions     x 1
    • Historic Characters     x 1
    • Casuals     x 1

    If you would like to be considered as a Staff Representative, you will need a colleague from the same Constituency as you to propose your nomination and the name of another staff member, again within the same Constituency, who seconds the nomination.

    To put yourself forward, please complete and return a nomination form to the People & Culture team (based at Canalside) either by hand, deposited in the black post box outside the People & Culture office, or via email to [email protected].

    The closing date for nominations is Wednesday 27 October 2021. Elections will be held following this date if we have multiple candidates for a single role.

    Unsure about which Constituency you fall under? Check the Constituencies paper saved on the Intranet (Museum Documents/Information/Staff Consultative Forum (SCF)/Constituencies) or contact the People & Culture team.

    *All contracted colleagues, bar the Leadership and People & Culture teams, are eligible to be nominated for any of the above Constituencies, excluding the “Casuals” Constituency. Casual colleagues are eligible to be nominated for the “Casuals” Constituency only.

  • #ProudToBe – Black History Month 2021

    This year’s Black History Month UK is celebrating the theme of ‘Proud To Be’. Across the country people are sharing their stories and inspiring others to take pride in Black history and culture.

    In collaboration with Rites of Passage Productions, Black Country Living Museum has produced four short films that celebrate the lives of four remarkable Black people. This work spans stories from the nineteenth century up to the present day and is designed to encourage us all to think about how we are making history all the time in our own ways.

    These videos will be premiering throughout this and next week – to view exclusive previews of all four films ahead of their launch, watch below!

    #ProudToBe RESILIENT – Cyrille Regis

    The first of our films is ‘Proud to Be Resilient’: featuring Stefan Davis as West Bromwich Albion and England icon, Cyrille Regis. The film is a dramatic re-telling of Cyrille’s rise to the top flight of the beautiful game and how a shocking incident ahead of his England debut in 1982 spurred him on to event greater success.

    This film is made in loving memory of Cyrille Regis, 1958-2018

    #ProudToBe COURAGEOUS – Henry Box Brown

    In the second of the series, we discover the story of American-born abolitionist lecturer Henry Box Brown. Born into enslavement in North Carolina in around 1815, he became famous after he escaped by mailing himself in a wooden box to abolitionists in Philadelphia. Following this he fled to England in 1850, and embarked on a successful publishing and performing career and became an important campaigner for the abolition of slavery.

    #ProudToBe CARING – Nurse Brown

    In the third film in our Proud To Be series, we meet “Nurse Brown”. Her portrait is part of the collection at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, yet little is known about her – a symbol of the difficulties historians face when seeking to uncover hidden histories of people of colour from the past.

    #ProudToBe Me – in conversation with Tonia Daley-Campbell

    In the final film of the series, we sit down with Tonia Daley-Campbell. An inspiring actress, writer, director and mentor, Tonia shares with us the story of her educational and professional journey. She discusses her proudest career moments and shares advice for young people in the industry today.

  • Staff Social-RSVP

    Calling all staff and volunteers, we are delighted to announce that our Staff Social we be held on Monday 8th November from 6:00pm onwards in hall 2.

    Please join us for a fun evening of entertainment, food and drink.

    If you are interesting in attending please complete the Staff Social RSVP We will be ordering food and drink based on RSVPs so please complete the form and let us know if you have any dietary requirements. RSVP deadline 22nd October 2021

    More details to follow.

  • Parking Update – Wed 13 Oct

    For all staff that use the car park, please can all staff park at the far end of the main car park (at the bottom end on the gravel) on Wednesday 13 October rather than the usual staff area. This is to allow for Balfour Beatty to carry out scanning work.

  • Pre Paid Flu Jab Vouchers

    BCLM is committed to providing a healthy working environment and improving the quality of working lives for all staff and volunteers. As part of our continued efforts under the umbrella of ‘Health and Wellbeing’ of all our staff and volunteers, we are pleased to confirm that prepaid flu jab vouchers are available for anyone wishing to have one. The vouchers are redeemable at Boots outlets.

    If you would like a voucher please contact any of the People & Culture team via [email protected] or pop into our office at Canalside. All we need from you is your name and your preferred contact method (either email or text message) in order for the voucher to be sent to you.

  • Action for Happiness: Optimistic October

    Action for Happiness is a movement of people committed to building a happier and more caring society.

    Each month they release a “Monthly Action Calendar” which are packed with actions you can take to help create a happier and kinder world.

    This month’s theme is Optimistic October.

    Especially when things are feeling a bit tough, it can help to set some goals.  Making goals achievable and ensuring that you have a few short term as well as longer term, more ambitious goals helps us feel we’re making progress. It doesn’t matter if your goal for the day is something really small, the important thing is to give yourself the opportunity to feel like you’ve achieved something and to celebrate that! This month’s calendar is full of ideas to help you think about how you can put this into practice.

    Let’s all use their calendar below, or the Action for Happiness App, to celebrate our achievements no matter how small.

    Find out more about Action for Happiness and view their previous monthly action calendars.