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  • Health & Wellbeing Group Presents – Mr Motivator Prize Draw (competition now closed)

    Thank you to everyone who entered our competition below, we have now secured our winners! 

     

    The Health & Wellbeing group have secured x3 pairs of tickets for Mr Motivator at Halesowen Town Hall  on Sunday 24 September 2023 at 10am-2pm.

    Mr Motivator and his Motivators bring to you ‘The Motivational Experience’, a day jam-packed full of activities aimed to improve your sense of wellbeing and make you smile.

    You will enjoy a variety of classes taught by Mr Motivator suitable for any age group, level of fitness and from a chair or standing, it’s up to you!

    Not only will The Motivational Experience help you to move more, but also includes motivational and stress talks, advice, and so much more including a fun session with the Motivators to give you that real party vibe. Don’t miss it!

    Come dressed prepared and ready to sweat, laugh and get motivated by the main man himself, MR MOTIVATOR!

    If you would be like to be entered into the prize draw, please email [email protected] by 4pm on Friday 7th September 2023.

  • We are the Black Country – introducing our new draft strategy

    Following the recent all-colleague briefings where the Museum’s draft strategy for 2024 – 28 was trailed, we hope you find this summary helpful in understanding our future direction and work.

    We’ve been working to develop this strategy since January and we are delighted that more than 1,500 people gave us their views, including colleagues, visitors and members, volunteers, Community Panel members and stakeholders like Arts Council England and West Midlands Growth Company. There was consensus that our vision and mission should have an external focus, and be about people and place which chimed with our desire to be ‘more than a museum’.

    We’re pleased to be able to share the headlines with you now but this will be a vital document for us to share with external audiences too in the new year, such as those who invest in us and work with us.

    New to this Strategy is a set of Guiding Principles that brings together the values prioritised by colleagues, volunteers and Trustees during the strategy consultation. We hope they will resonate with all of you, whatever your role or area of work, and that going forward they will be considered in all that we do.

    Next steps:

    • Leadership team and senior colleagues will shortly begin to work on more detailed delivery plans
    • During autumn, teams will use this as a basis on which to plan for 2024
    • Launched publically in early 2024.

    We’re happy to hear your comments or feedback on this draft either in person to any of the Leadership team or by email to [email protected].

  • Accessing the site – important information

    Accessing the site – important information

    Can everyone please remember that the metal vehicle gates at the side of the Visitor Centre should not be used to access/egress site after 10am even if they are open.

    These gates are on a timer and fitted with sensors, so while they would not cause injury, we do still need to lead by example and not encourage visitors to access site using this method.

    The pedestrian gate should always be used to gain access and entry from site during opening hours.

    Thank you.

  • All Colleague Briefings – weekend opportunity

    All Colleague Briefings – weekend opportunity

    After careful deliberation, our People & Culture team has now opened up an additional date for our all-colleague briefings, for this Saturday (5 Aug). This is to allow those who are only here on weekends to attend.

    For clarity, this new date will be:

    Sat 5 Aug, 9-9.30am

    People & Culture have now added the new date to the original booking spreadsheet, please ensure you sign up.

    If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

     

  • A Message from Andrew Lovett

    Dear Colleagues,

    I was pleased to see the message to you all from Paul Belford, our Chair of the Museum Board, after we opened the Row of Six.  I hope it helped to show how much the Board is aware of the enormity of the project and the contribution everyone has made.  However, the contribution of every member of staff really kicks-in now, with much of the new development open, some of our new buildings trading, and new storylines being told.  It’s as though you all, the collective “client” now takes the reins.

    At the same time as this message of thanks, I have today recognised over 30 staff – with personal thanks from me – who have been at the centre of the creative process which has led us to this point.

    We will have all learnt new things and skills during this project, and that is a terrific legacy and resource for the Museum.

    With thanks and admiration,

    Andrew

  • Spam Emails

    Hi all,

    As some of you may already be aware, we are experiencing an increasingly large amount of spam emails from people identifying as members of our Leadership team.

    After investigating further with our IT department, we’re asking everyone with a bclm email address to be vigilant of the following:

    • Encourage everyone to check with IT if they’re unsure about the validity of an email
    • Look at the ‘from’ email (does it end in @bclm.com?)
    • Please never open attachments or reply straight away if you are unsure and always check with IT first

    Thank you

     

  • Halesowen College Employer Awards

    Halesowen College has highlighted the achievement of its cornerstone Employers with a special awards ceremony, where the Black Country Living Museum was presented with the ‘Supported Internship Employer of the Year’ Award.

    Representatives of the Museum, Ricki Boden, Volunteer Coordinator and Susannah Green, People & Culture Advisor, accepted the award on Thursday 13 July at a ceremony attended by James Morris, MP for Halesowen – for the work we have been doing in partnership with Halesowen College. We look forward to our next cohort of learners in September.

    Claire Hawkes, Supported Employment Coordinator said:

    “The Supported Internship of the year award was presented to BCLM for their constant and conscious effort to implement required reasonable adjustments to enable our supported interns to feel confident, engaged and productive within the setting. Each intern’s mentor received training and has worked meticulously with the Job Coach and young people to generate valuable resources tailored to the way each intern learns best. This has created an environment where diversity is celebrated, we are proud to continue to work with them as one of our cornerstone employers.”

    Well done everyone!

  • Summer “Tunes Through Time” – programme overview and trail

    Dates: Saturday 22nd July – Sunday 3rd September

    Concept: From gramophones to electric guitars, from Thomas Edison’s recordings to Elvis Presley. Explore the eras, Look, Listen and Feel to discover what will be your favourite style of music. This Summer Holiday we’re exploring the journey of music throughout the decades including industrial Folk songs, music sheets, the gramophones, the radio and MORE. Come and see the musical folk of the Black Country and join us for a song or two!

    For more detail, please see the crib sheet and trail. For any questions, please see Izzy Taylor – [email protected]  in the Programming Team.

    Tunes Through Time Trail. 

    Thank you.

  • Aegon Pension Letter

    Aegon Pension Letter

    It seems that colleagues who are members of the Aegon pension scheme have recently received a letter in the post suggesting a new investment contract has started.

    Aegon have advised that this is an IT glitch which is currently being investigated and that the letter can be ignored.

    They have apologised for any confusion this may have caused.

  • A Message from Paul Belford, The Museum’s Chair

    “Dear Colleagues

    On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I want to express my admiration and grateful thanks for all that has been achieved with Forging Ahead; culminating in the launch of The Row of Six this weekend.

    The Board has been monitoring this extraordinary transformation for the last six years. The complexity and challenge of the project has ranged across so many disciplines, including collecting, research, fundraising, finance, negotiation, legal, construction, storytelling, interpretation and character development, training, logistics and planning, marketing, stakeholder management – the list goes on. It has been a Master Class. The Board is so proud of what has been achieved and so should you all.

    The next phases, including the reconstruction of Woodside Library, will be equally exciting and so very important to the continued success and impact of the Museum.

    Thank you.”

    Dr Paul Belford 

    Chair – Board of Trustees