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  • Update on Museum Covid-Safe Measures

    Face Coverings

    The Government’s advice is that it expects and recommends that members of the public continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed spaces where you come into contact with people you don’t normally meet.

    Therefore, the Museum will continue to recommend to visitors that they wear facing coverings in our indoor settings.  And so, in line with that, the Museum requires all staff that are in an indoor setting, where the public are present, and where they are unable to maintain a distance of 2 metres away from members of the public, to wear a face covering. The face covering can either be one in the form of a mask, of an appropriate style and colour or a clear face visor. 

    Social Distance

    • Staff should continue to maintain a 2 metre distance from visitors where possible

    The limits in meeting rooms will be removed with immediate effect. Users should  ensure that rooms are ventilated during meetings and face coverings are encouraged.

    • Staff bubbles  & staggered shifts will cease with immediate effect, but mixing within teams in social spaces remains discouraged
    • Morning briefings will remain separate for the moment
    • The guide hut can return to being a changing area
    • Screens will remain in place
    • Limiting  visitor numbers in small buildings will  remain and signage will be updated accordingly

    One Way & QR

    • Where access is limited or entry is narrow, we will maintain the one-way flow and the signage in these locations.
    • QR codes will remain for the moment

    Sanitisers

    Sanitisers  remain on site and all buildings and we propose no change to this at the moment.

  • Action for Happiness: Self Care September

    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 Self Care September. This month we’re encouraging everyone to be kinder to themselves (as well as others), especially when things go wrong.

    Let’s all use their calendar below, or the Action for Happiness App, to increase our resilience and get more out of life.

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

  • Museum Update: Changes from Mon 16 Aug

    You may remember an update on our Museum’s response to the ‘step 4’ Covid-19 roadmap changes that took place across England in mid-July.

    At the time, we as an organisation felt it important to take a more gradual approach to easing back to our normal ways of operating to ensure the continued safety and comfort of all our staff and visitors. To that end, we maintained important and effective safety measures including bubbling of team members and separated rest areas, reduced and timed slotted capacity to the attraction and other key areas (such as the cinema and school), one way routes through buildings and staff requirement of face masks in public areas.

    There has now been a good opportunity to understand how our visitors have responded to this latest point in the Covid-19 roadmap, and their attitudes and behaviours towards the measures we ourselves have retained.

    With this in mind and, once again, ensuring a measured focus on the overall safety of both staff and visitors, we will be making some minor amendments to the way we operate from Monday 16th August. These are:

    • To return Rolfe Street to a two-way visitor flow, with all guests exiting via the gift shop
    • A gradual return to an eat-in offer at the Tube Works Café, with a small number of tables
    • A move back to full visitor capacity in our cinema and school room
    • Removal of social distancing arrows on our main museum roads
    • A gradual increase in daily visitor capacity to the museum

    However, for the time being, and at least until the end of our summer holiday period, we will be continuing with the following precautions:

    • Maintaining the current staff bubbling and rest areas
    • Retaining the staff use of face masks in all public areas (and encouraging visitors to do so)
    • Keeping all existing safety screens in place (i.e. at till points and in historic buildings)
    • Continuing with one-way routes through historic buildings and down alleyways (re-painting messages where needed)
    • Keeping the current capacity limits in meeting rooms

    The Museum could not have delivered so many safe and enjoyable visits so far this summer without everyone’s dedication and commitment to maintaining these additional measures, and we should all be very proud of the way we have worked together as a team to make this summer happen.

    Please do discuss further with your line manager should you have any queries on these changes.

    Hopefully, the remainder of the summer period shall be as successful as it has so far, and thank you for all your hard work.

    Vaccination Survey & New Isolation Guidelines

    Thank you to all colleagues who have kindly completed the Vaccine Survey. Over 94% of colleagues are, or will be, double-vaccinated by the end of September.

    The Government guidelines on isolation are expected to change from Monday 16 August 2021. Those who are double –jabbed or under 18 and unvaccinated, will not need to self-isolate if they come into contact with  a positive case. Instead you will be encouraged to have a PCR test to confirm your covid status. If you test positive for covid, you will need to isolate for 10 days.

    Given the easing of restrictions it is now more important than ever that colleagues undertake twice weekly  lateral flow tests. Test kits continue to be available from People & Culture.

    The Covid flow chart for managers has been updated and added to HR/Wellbeing /Covid on the intranet.

  • Action for Happiness: Altruistic August

    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 Altruistic August. Altruism is all about the selfless caring for others. This month, Action for Happiness is asking everyone to take one kind act per day. 

    Let’s all use their calendar below, or the Action for Happiness App, to create a wave of kindness to spread around the workplace.

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

  • Action for Happiness: Jump Back Up July

    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 Jump Back Up July. This is all about resilience and understanding how we can build skills that will help us to bounce back.

    Let’s all use their calendar below, or the Action for Happiness App, for their daily suggestions on how we can build our resilience this month. 

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

  • Action for Happiness: Joyful June

    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 “Joyful June”. This is all about finding the joy in life, even when things are difficult.

    Let’s all take daily actions, using their calendar below or the Action for Happiness App, to train our brains to find the joy.

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

  • New food & drink discount in WI Cafe

    The Enterprise Team have launched a new Spring/Summer menu in the Worker’s Institute and would like to invite you to try it!

    From Mon 24 May, we are inviting all Museum staff to visit the WI to make use of our new trial discount of 50% off many food and drink items in the Worker’s Institute. Please note that there are only 6 tables available in the café to comply with social distancing. Therefore, please make use of our takeaway option so that we can accommodate visitors at tables where possible.

    Feedback from Museum colleagues, alongside input from our visitors, means we have introduced a more inclusive offer to try and cater for everyone. We now offer and range of milk alternatives so that everyone can enjoy a hot drink, vegan options and gluten free options. Therefore, we’d encourage you to try the range of food and drink now avaiable from the Worker’s Institute with your discount. Please note: if you have a food allergy, please speak to the team who have allergen manuals on hand to help you order.

    Ts&Cs: 

    50% off Food and Drink will apply to all hot food, cold food and hot drinks (i.e. sandwiches, paninis, salads, sausage rolls, coffee etc). Some exclusions apply, please speak to the team. Items such as cold drinks, crisps and sweets unfortunately will not be included. Discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

    25% will still be available at Hobbs Fish Shop and all other units as it was before. 

    This discount trial will run from the 24th May until July 18th but may be removed or extended at any time. 

    Any feedback would be much appreciated in helping the team deliver a more inclusive offer that works for both our teams, and our visitors. Please email any feedback to [email protected]. All feedback will be treated as confidential.  

  • Action for Happiness: Meaningful May

    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 “Meaningful May”. This is all about reflecting on what gives our life meaning. Being a part of something bigger than ourselves and focusing on things that we value is key to our wellbeing. 

    Take daily actions, using their calendar below, to reflect on what you care about and what adds value to your life.

    (Click to open a larger version)

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

  • Face Covering Guidance Update (27/04/21)

    Please note that the UK Government has recently updated its guidance on face coverings.

    Following this update, BCLM staff and volunteers working in non-public indoor spaces are recommended to wear a face covering, particularly when they are in discussions with colleagues and in common areas.

    We have updated our BCLM Staff COVID-19 Safe Return to Work Guidelines to reflect the above. We would encourage all staff to read through this document and re-familiarise yourself with the expected COVID-19-safe behaviours whilst on site.

    In addition to the above, we are asking all staff to please note the following:

    – Unless you have an exemption, a face covering must be worn at all training sessions during the re-opening training programme taking place from Tuesday 4th to Thursday 13th May 2021.

    – Staff are encouraged to take voluntary lateral flow tests at home prior to attending their first day of training. You can get a free test from most pharmacies or order online at https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests

    – If your lateral flow test result is positive, you must not attend the Museum and immediately arrange a PCR test at your nearest testing centre. You must contact your line manager and email [email protected] with immediate effect to inform us of your positive result. Failure to immediately notify the Museum of a positive result may lead to disciplinary action.

    Watch this short video for a quick guide on lateral flow tests:

    As a Reminder

    By attending the Museum, you are confirming that neither you nor a member of your household has any of the main COVID-19 symptoms, as outlined by NHS England, i.e.:

    – A high temperature – this means that you feel hot to touch on your chest or back and you do not need to measure your temperature.

    – A new and continuous cough – this means coughing a lot more than an hour, or three more coughing episodes in 24 hours. If you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual.

    – A loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you’ve noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal.

    You must not attend the Museum, even if requested to do so, if you have any of the above symptoms.

    Thank you for support with ensuring BCLM remains a COVID-19 secure workplace.

  • An update from Andrew – 24 Feb

    An update from Andrew – 24 Feb

    Andrew has recorded a short video to update colleagues on the latest Museum news.

    In the video below Andrew talks about the beginning of major works on Forging Ahead and gives an initial response to the publication of the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown.

    Further information on plans for re-opening will follow as soon as possible, so please do keep a look out for intranet updates and notifications via PlanDay.

    As a reminder to all colleagues, we’re hosting virtual coffee catch ups every Wednesday between 2.30-4.00pm on Microsoft Teams – via this joining link.