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  • Welcome to Perkbox-Launch

    Welcome to your BCLM Perkbox – an online platform designed to create opportunities to improve the financial and non-financial wellbeing for all of us at BCLM.

    If you are Manager, there are also lots of facts sheets to help you support your teams overall wellbeing.

    Starting today, you’ve got access to our Wellness Hub which is designed to support you – both in and out of work. Including videos and information to navigate many of today’s mental and physical wellbeing challenges. This portal offers potential savings to suit all lifestyles!

    The launch is initially being phased to salaried staff in the 1st instance and hourly paid and eligible casuals shortly after.

    For all enquiries please email: [email protected]

  • Cycle to Work Scheme

    Save between 25-39%
    Can be used to purchase a new bike and/or accessories
    Also valid on e-bikes, cargo bikes and specialist adapted cycles – see full list of retailers see full list of retailers
    Check the savings using Cyclesheme’s savings calculator

    For more information email: [email protected]

     

  • Health Care Cash Plans

    Through Perbox you may be able to save:

    • Employees can claim back 100% of their healthcare costs
    • Cash plans start from just £1 a week depending on level of cover
    • Reduce the cost of absenteeism to your business
    • Look after your employees’ wellbeing
    • Easy set up and management with UK Healthcare

    For more information please visit: please visit: UK Healthcare or email: [email protected].

  • Save on tech purchases

    With a huge range of tech from Currys PC World:

    • Save between 2-12% depending on the tax rate
    • Valid on over 5,000 products from Currys PC World
    • Employees can spread the cost with up to 12 payments across 12 months
    • Check the savings using Techscheme’s saving calculator

    For further information please email: [email protected]

  • GP on-demand

    Doctor Care Anywhere (DCA) provides healthcare advice at your fingertips by connecting you to a doctor whenever needed. Reassuring advice, repeat prescriptions and more are easy to set up and organise through the DCA app.

    • 24/7 worldwide access
    • Book and speak to a doctor in a few hours
    • Unlimited 20 minute appointments with ability to choose doctor by name and gender
    • Prescriptions delivered to your door or nearest pharmacy
    • £3 per employee per month with a minimum commitment of £5k

    For further information please email: [email protected]

  • Cancer Screening

    Check4Cancer is a trusted provider of personalised cancer detection services, offering rapid access to personalised screening services for anyone anxious about a possible cancer diagnosis. Their clinically led and validated services cover the six most common cancers in the UK, which are breast, bowel, cervical, prostate, lung and skin cancer.

    • No need for a GP visit
    • Four of the six screening tests done in the comfort of your own home
    • Personalised screening programmes
    • Onward support and advice from clinical experts
    • 10% discount to Perkbox customers

    For Further information please email: [email protected]

  • A Bostin’ Jubilee Bash – get involved!

    To celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, we’re having a bostin’ Jubilee bash every day during Whitsun half term (28th May – 5th June) and we want you to join in!

    We’ll be commemorating past monarchs: recreating community celebrations for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in the Village and George VI’s coronation on OBR. We’re then bringing the story up to date in and around Gripton’s, celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s televised coronation in 1953. Alongside many other characters, visitors will meet Mr Singh who moved to the Black Country from the Punjab in 1951. The schoolroom will be updated to 1953 to tell a story of Queen and Commonwealth.

    Decoration in communities was important – including all kinds of flags. In the title image, you can see the Union Flag alongside the Lion of Scotland, the South African Flag and the Red Ensign Star of British India on a pub in Darlaston in 1953.

    As with all street parties – food and drink will play an important role. As such, we’ll have a celebration jelly as well as the baker’s special contribution: a loaf in the shape of a crown. Visitors will be able to buy jam tarts, jellies, fruit cake and samosas.

    The day will end with visitors taking part in a parade across the site from 1:30pm, and a rousing rendition of God Save the Queen on the canal dock to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.

    We need your help!
    • Do you have any flags or bunting at home which we could borrow for the duration of the event?
    We are looking for flags and bunting made from cotton/linen/canvas (not polyester). They don’t have to be Union flags, or red, white and blue – all Commonwealth Nation flags are welcome. This includes St George’s Flags, Royal Banners of Scotland and other Commonwealth countries. We can return them to you at the end of the event.
    • Fancy getting crafty, helping us to make banners and decorations?
    Are you free on Friday 29th April (10-12.30pm) or (1.30-4.30pm) to help us recreate a banner like the one below, as well as making bunting and flags? We have hundreds of metal bottle tops already, we just need your help to glue the tops onto the fabric to form the letters on the banner.

    Please email [email protected] if you have any bunting/flags or would like to join for the crafting session.

  • People News Update 21/04/2022

    Welcomes

    Following a successful assessment day on 14 April 2022, we are welcoming a number of new casual colleagues in our Enterprise, Admissions and Historic Character teams over the next few weeks.

    We are delighted to confirm the appointment of Claire Packer as Head of Audiences & Communications. Claire will officially join us towards the end of June/beginning of July but will visiting the Museum to get an early understanding of how the Museum works and meet new colleagues ahead of her ‘official’ start date. Claire has a wealth of marketing and communications experience, having most recently worked as Communications Manager at the University of Birmingham.

     

    Farewells

    Kaye Williams left the Cleaning team on 17 April 2022 after 5 years at the Museum to pursue a career in residential care.

    Jack Turner, Enterprise Team Member, leaves on 21 April 2022. Jack has worked at the Museum alongside studying his PGCE, having now qualified as a teacher he leaves us to pursue his teaching career at Wolverhampton College.

    Ben Peers, Duty Manager, leaves on 22 April 2022 to relocate with his wife to Scotland.

    We extend our best wishes for the future to Kaye, Jack and Ben.

     

    Other news

    Annie-Rose Pitman who joined us on a fixed term contract has been permanently appointed in the role of Digital Marketing Administrator.

    Demi Whitehouse and Kirsty Clark-Biles have been appointed as Enterprise Team Managers, we wish them every success in their new role.

  • Andrew discusses Peaky Blinders with BBCR4 Today programme

    Following the season finale of the last ever series of Peaky Blinders airing on Sunday night on BBC One, Andrew Lovett appeared on BBC Radio 4’s the Today programme to discuss the impact of the show on the Museum as well as the wider West Midlands.

    To listen to the interview in full, use the media player below:

  • Winners at the West Midlands Tourism Awards!

    On Thursday 31 March, Black Country Living Museum were thrilled to be crowned with the Resilience and Innovation Award at the 2022 West Midlands Tourism Awards.

    This was a newly created category for this year, which sought to recognise how organisations in the tourism sector adapted when faced with the difficult circumstances that Covid-19 presented.

    The Museum was recognised for the many ways that it was able to connect with audiences during the difficult year it faced in 2021. This included being able to provide a space for the NHS to distribute vaccines to the local community, connecting with worldwide audiences through TikTok, and hosting the production of a number of high profile filming projects.

    Andrew Lovett, CEO, said: “I would like to extend my thanks to everyone here at the Museum for their combined efforts over what has been a trying year for us all. The award for which we were nominated was highly competitive with a number of excellent organisations in the running, so it brings me great joy to see us recognised as winners in this category. This award reaffirms our collective resilience and creativity during 2021 in the face of difficult circumstances.”

    Paul Crofts, COO, added: “A huge, huge well done to everyone across the teams in your effort, professionalism, innovation and work in once again seeing the museum recognised.”

    Following  success in the regional awards, the Museum will be put forward for the same category in the national awards.