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  • Personal Details Check – Information Required

    As outlined in our Privacy Policy, we are undertaking a periodic review of the personal information we hold to ensure that it is correct and up to date. As such we are asking all employees to complete a Personal Details Check form.

    The Personal Details Check form is available to download under the Documents tab above. Forms will also be distributed to managers to cascade to their teams, and will be made available in Morning Briefings and in break rooms around site.

    Please can all forms be returned to the People & Culture team by Friday 8 November 2019.

    Completed forms can be handed to a member of the People & Culture Team, emailed to [email protected], or returned via internal post using the black post box next to reception or the black post box in Rolfe Street situated by the People & Culture team.

    We appreciate that for some of you this will be the second time we’re asking for this, however given the changes in the People & Culture Team we want to make sure that the data we hold is accurate.

    For details on how we use your personal information please refer to the Museum’s Data Protection Policy and Privacy Policy.

  • Updating your personal information

    Don’t forget to inform the People & Culture team of any changes in personal details including a change of address, change in telephone number, updating emergency contact details and a change in bank account details. It is important that we have the most up to date and correct information on file.

    If you need to update any of your personal information, the relevant forms can be found under the ‘Documents’ tab above under ‘Forms: For Staff’ and should be sent to [email protected] on completion or passed onto a member of the People & Culture team.

    For details on how we use your personal information please refer to the Museum’s Data Protection Policy and Privacy Policy.

  • Pre Paid Flu Jab Vouchers

    The Museum is committed to providing a healthy working environment and improving the quality of working lives for all staff and volunteers. As part of our continuing efforts under the umbrella of ‘Health and Wellbeing’ of all our staff and volunteers, we are pleased to confirm that prepaid flu jabs 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 (Ben/Sukhi/Ricki/Hayley) based at Rolfe Street or feel free to approach us if you see us on site.

  • Discounted Leisure and Gym Membership

    Did you know, Museum staff are eligible to benefit from the Corporate ONE Membership at Sandwell Leisure Trust?

    Museum staff can get all the benefits of the ONE Card but for only £22.80 per month*

    • Unlimited access to all casual public swimming sessions.
    • Unlimited access to fitness classes.
    • Unlimited access to fitness gyms and weights.
    • FREE One2One Exercise Plan our Fitness Crew will help you get the most out of your workout.
    • Sports pre-booking online or by phone up to 7 days in advance includes badminton, tennis, squash and 5-a-side.
    • Free British Tennis Membership
    • When you register Tipton Sports Academy as your ‘place to play’ on the LTA website
    • Tennis discounts at Tipton Sports Academy.
    • Golf discounts at Brandhall Golf Course.
    • Unlimited use of sauna and steam.
    • Bearwood shopping discounts
    • Discounts where you see SLT’s leisure pass poster.

    Visit  https://www.slt-leisure.co.uk/memberships/corporate/ for more information or see the poster in the Rolfe Street Kitchen.

    *minimum contract term applies – standard membership is £28 per month

  • Staff Announcement

    We will be bidding a fond farewell to Dianne Rivers on 14 June.

    Di has played a key role in building up the Museum’s reputation and capability as an organisation where volunteers make an important contribution.  We’re grateful for the work Di has done in building and looking after a team of very talented volunteers.

    Please wish Di all the best for the future.

  • Staff Announcements

    After undertaking an external competitive assessment, the Trustees and myself are delighted to announce that Carol King has been appointed as the new Director of Programmes, starting on 1 July.

    Carol has worked in museums for 10 years, most recently with us since last September as Interim Head of Collections Team.  Carol’s previous role was the strategic lead for Heritage, Culture & Visitors at the National Civil War Centre, Newark.  Carol has experience with learning programmes and visitor engagement, has a degree in English & History and MAs in Culture & Colonialism and Museum Studies.

    We’re delighted that Carol will be staying with us in this new key strategic role.

    And congratulations go to Sophie (Fi) Howell, Development Coordinator who will be taking up the role of Development Manager from Monday 10 June.

  • Staff Announcements

    We will shortly be waving a fond farewell to Pat York.

    Pat joined us as a Guide/Demonstrator in 2002 and will be sorely missed by the Learning Team. We would like to thank Pat for her hard work and commitment shown to the Museum, and wish her every success in the future.

    We would like to also wish Jacqueline Gordon every success for the future after leaving us for pastures new.

  • Thrive at Work/Health and Wellbeing Steering Group

    Thrive at Work is a trial being run by The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to evaluate the effectiveness of Wellbeing Premium Programmes run by companies to assist the improvement of the health and wellbeing of their employees.

    The Museum has been chosen as one of the companies to be part of this trial and a number of staff have already contributed through participating in the initial research interviews.

    We already have in place, many elements of a Wellbeing Programme but we need to develop the few areas where we have gaps and to do so we are seeking a handful of staff to join a small working group (Health and Wellbeing Champion/Steering Group) to take this forward. This will include looking at health areas such as mental, musculoskeletal and physical health and promoting healthy lifestyles.

    If you are interested in being part of this working group, please email [email protected], after conferring with your line manager.  

    We will be shortly releasing a questionnaire which we would appreciative if staff could complete, anonymously, to help us understand health and lifestyle trends across the organisation and help direct the work of the Health and Wellbeing Champion/Steering Group.

    Please keep an eye out for this survey.


  • Confidential Support – when you need it most

    From accredited telephone counselling to legal and financial information, confidential and independent support is now available, to all BCLM staff and workers, 24 hours/7 days a week through the Employer Assistance Programme (EAP).

    Accredited counsellors and experienced information specialists offer support and signposting across a range of personal legal, medical, health and wellbeing issues, as well as a telephone counselling service.

    Support can be accessed via the telephone helpline and there is also an online portal available, where you can access further information. The service is also available to partners and dependents over the age of 18, (or over 16 in full-time education) residing in the same household

    You can use the service as often as you wish and remain totally anonymous.

    How it works

    Simply call the helpline and a telephone counsellor will identify the nature of assistance required.

    All non-counselling calls will be transferred to the appropriate specialist, counselling calls will include an in-depth assessment where a referral will be made within 24 hours for telephone or face-to-face counselling.

    If you find yourself struggling at any point, a 24-hour confidential helpline is open to all staff. Call 0800 015 7287 (quote Black Country Living Museum) for help with issues including health and relationships, financial or legal queries, or visit www.colleaguesupport.co.uk and use 72160 as your username and password.

    Credit card sized handouts with the above information have been left in staff pigeon holes and break areas for colleagues to take away and keep for reference.

  • Staff Prize Draw

    The Museum have taken part in a ticket swap with local and national attractions. There are a number of tickets available to employees. To be in with a chance of winning one of these tickets please complete a staff prize draw slip and return to the HR postbox in Rolfe Street. Prize draw slips will be available from tomorrow and will be above Doo’s, in the Guide Hut and in Rolfe Street kitchen. The deadline for entries is Friday 12 April 2019 at 5pm. Winners will be drawn at random on Monday 15 April 2019. Tickets will then be distributed through Line Managers.