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  • Blooming Marvellous Easter – programme overview

    Event overview 

    Date(s): Sat 1 – Sun 16 April

    Concept: Spring has sprung in the Black Country and we want to celebrate the new season with you! With flowers planted and seeds sprouting, the feeling of new beginnings is in the air. Find out what’s growing in the gardens, see the buds as they bloom and discover springtime flavours with some delicious recipes! 

    With park games, egg and spoon races and the chance to make your own paper flower bouquet – there are plenty of activities to join in with. Don’t forget to look out for our 1950’s Sweet Seller, our friendly village Postie and keep an eye out for Mr Singh and Carmen and Hyacinth. There are also plenty of sweet treats to try, including the Jamaican Spiced Bun and delicious hot chocolate.

    If you have any questions, please contact a member of the Programming team (located in Canalside offices).

    Thank you.

  • Red By Night – programme overview

    Event overview 

    Date(s): Fri 24 Mar & Sat 25 Mar

    Concept: Exploring Living Industrial History when the Black Country was ‘Red By Night’ because of the factories and machines that were working 24 hours a day. We will opperate some of our industrial machines such as the Anchor Forge and have guest engines positioned around the site.

    Staff Tickets: All staff will receive 50% off Red by Night tickets. (You are allocated four tickets for family and friends at 50% off).

    If you would like to purchase tickets for this event please visit our Sales and Ticketing team in Canalside. Our team can only accept card payments. 

    Themes: Industry, engines and machines.

    Please read the Red by Night Overview thoroughly to familiarise yourself with the programme and offers available.

    Thank you.

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  • Living Dangerously (Feb half term) – programme overview

    Event overview 

    Dates: Sat 18 – Sun 26 Feb

    Concept: A fun, family-friendly and informative themed day time offer, exploring health and safety in the Black Country throughout History, up to and including 1940s and 1950s.

    Themes: Accidents, Health & Safety, Migration stories.

    Please read the Feb half term event overview thoroughly to familiarise yourself with the programme and offers available.

    Thank you.

     

  • Beat the Street – Bostin’ BCLM Results!

    We would like to thank all those that took part in our Beat the Street Game and joined our team, Bostin’ BCLM!

    You helped to collect points and got active in the process.

    The leader board results are in and successful winners will be notified by email shortly…

    Thank you again, we hope you enjoyed it!

  • Staff Consultative Forum Nomination 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. 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 post:

    • Administrative, Specialist & Managerial     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 SCF 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 22 June . 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.

  • Action for Happiness: Joyful June

    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 is packed with actions you can take to help create a happier and kinder world.

    This month’s theme is Joyful June: Let’s look for what’s good.

    Let’s all use their calendar below, or the Action for Happiness App, to do more good this month.

  • Pension Guidance

    Making the most of your workplace savings

     The Museum’s pension provider, Aegon are running a series of sessions designed to help you get the most out of your workplace savings.

    Key areas that will be covered in these sessions include:

    • How to get the most out of your pension.
    • Your pension contributions and combining your pension pots.
    • Your investment fund options and retirement planning tools.
    • Reaching your retirement.

    Please find details of the sessions below, to book your place follow the relevant link below and register your details:11 May 10:30am
    How to get the most out of your pension
    11 May 12:00pm
    Your pension contributions and combining your pension pots
    12 May 10:30am
    Your investment fund options and retirement planning tools
    12 May 12:00pm
    Reaching your retirement
    18 May 10:30am
    How to get the most out of your pension
    18 May 12:00pm
    Your pension contributions and combining your pension pots
    19 May 10:30am
    Your investment fund options and retirement planning tools
    19 May 12:00pm
    Reaching your retirement

  • Annual Leave – Important Information

    Please find below an update in regards to the Museum’s annual leave policy and provisions.

    Annual Leave Entitlement

    We are pleased to confirm that the Museum will be honoring the additional bank holiday to mark the Queen’s Jubilee and this will be included in to the 2022/2023 annual leave entitlement. As a result, holiday entitlement for the 2022/2023 holiday year will increase to 34 days for full time staff and will be pro-rata for part time staff. We will reflect this against your leave entitlement on Myhrtoolkit and Planday.

    Annual Leave Policy

    The Annual Leave policy has been updated to include reference to Myhrtoolkit for annual leave requests for salaried staff and also provides greater clarity on potential exceptional circumstances for Carry Over of Annual Leave requests. You can view the policy here.

    Annual Leave Buy & Sell Scheme

    Employees are now able to submit requests to purchase additional annual leave or sell annual leave for the 2022/2023 leave year. Please note the maximum amount of annual leave an employee may buy or sell is the equivalent of one contractual week, however, the total holiday entitlement inclusive of any carry over or purchase of holiday cannot exceed 38 days for full time employees or the equivalent for part time employees. This means for the 2022/2023 leave year a full time employee who will be entitled to 34 days may only submit a request to purchase 4 days holiday.

    Employees who wish to make a request must familiarise themselves with the Museum’s Buying & Selling Annual Leave Scheme and complete a Buying & Selling Annual Leave Form which can be found here. Requests under the scheme will require approval from the employee’s line manager and the People & Culture Team.

    If the request to buy or sell annual leave is approved, employees will be notified of the resulting change in their monthly salary. Adjustments in pay as a result of the scheme will commence from April, for a period of 12 months.

    Requests must be received by the People & Culture team by no later than Friday 11 March 2022.

    Requests to Carry Over Annual Leave

    As a reminder, ordinarily untaken leave cannot be carried forward into the next leave year and will be lost. However, in exceptional circumstances a maximum of one contractual week may be carried over from one holiday year to the next. Please note that the total holiday entitlement inclusive of carry over (if approved) cannot exceed 38 days for full time employees or the equivalent for part time employees.

    Approval must be sought from an employee’s line manager and the People & Culture Team if an employee wishes to carry forward any annual leave into the next leave year. Employees should complete a Carry Over of Annual Leave Request Form which can be found here.

    All requests for carry over of annual leave usually need to be submitted 4 weeks prior to the of the leave year, however, it has been agreed outside of our usual policy that all requests are submitted by no later than Friday 11 March 2022.

    If you have any queries in relation to the Museum’s annual leave policy or the Buy & Sell Scheme please contact the People & Culture team ([email protected])

  • Open audition call out – BCLM social media

    The Audiences & Communications team will be re-launching the Museum’s TikTok account for 2022. The team plans on uploading one video per week (this may be subject to change) and intend to feature a mixture of informational and entertaining videos, all with an educational undertone.

    The team would love to give everyone at the Museum the opportunity to submit their interest to take part in both Tiktok and the Museum’s other social media content. Types of content could include acting, lipsyncing (TikTok specifically) or voiceover work. To do so, the team is inviting you to submit audition videos for their consideration.

    If you would like to be involved, the team is asking you to prepare a video of yourself performing the audition material below.

    Please bear the following in mind when filming your video:

    • Ensure your voice can be heard clearly (no need to add background music or additional sound)
    • There’s no need to dress up in costume for the audition video as the team are looking at your performance
    • Please film your video in your own time and not at the Museum during your working hours
    • Think about how you physically perform as well as your delivery of the script
    • Film your videos in portrait – mobile quality is fine, there’s no need to film on a camera unless you would prefer to
    • Try to learn each line so that you’re not visibly reading the script

    Submissions should be sent to the BCLM Marketing Team iPhone via whatsapp or text on 07563 074173 for Hannah and the A&C team to review. Alternatively you can email videos to [email protected].

    Along with your video messages, please send your name, department and line manager’s name. If the team think you would be a good fit they will be in touch. Please note that involvement with all social media filming sessions are classed as paid shifts so staff will be paid for their involvement.

    The cut-off date for auditions is Friday 18 February. Anything received after this time will not be accepted for this round of auditions. There may be may additional audition periods throughout the year in case people change their mind or to give new staff in the future an opportunity to express interest.

    If you have any questions at all don’t hesitate to contact the A&C team via [email protected].

    Please note that the team is currently only looking for expressions of interest for performers and is not looking for ideas on video content at this time.

    Audition Script

    Did you know that a lot of the food that working class Victorians ate was adulterated?

    Bread was a staple food in the Victorian period and was consumed for almost every meal.

    But most working-class Victorians that lived in back-to-backs like this, didn’t have the time or facilities to bake their own bread from scratch.

    So, they relied on local bakers and retailers to get their bread.

    The problem was that at every point in the supply chain adulterants like chalk, alum and plaster of paris were added.

    These adulterants could build up to dangerous levels and left an already impoverished population very malnourished.

    It could even have deadly consequences for babies.

    The original video can be viewed on TikTok here.

  • Updated COVID guidelines for staff

    Following the Government announcement of the easing of COVID restrictions from Thursday 27th January, the following control measures will remain in place across site. All other restrictions are no longer valid, unless mentioned below.

    • All visitors will be encouraged to wear a face covering in indoor settings.
    • All staff are required to wear a face covering, unless exempt, in indoor public settings and are encouraged to wear a face covering in indoor settings where they may come into close contact with someone who is not in their household e.g. corridors.
    • Visitors are encouraged to maintain a 2 metre distance from those not in their household. Staff should maintain a 2 metre distance from visitors and always at least 1 metre from colleagues.
    • Break spaces and times will be fixed to reduce mixing between teams.
    • Morning briefings will remain separate.
    • Screens will remain in place.
    • Rooms should be ventilated during or after use as appropriate.
    • Sanitising stations will remain in place.
    • Shared spaces should be sanitised with the materials provided after use.
    • Visitors and staff must not attend site if they have symptoms or have tested positive for COVID-19, or have been advised to self-isolate by Test and Trace. Colleagues should continue to regularly test with Lateral Flow Devices and must self-isolate immediately; and notify People & Culture if they either receive a positive result or develop symptoms.

    These measures will be reviewed in 4 weeks or sooner if government advice changes.

    You will notice that individual COVID-19 signage across museum buildings will be removed in coming days in favour of larger messaging at key locations along the visitor journey. Such an approach will retain clear recommendations to our visitors, whilst allowing us to showcase the museum at its best.