Category: Information Sharing

  • Forging Ahead Update – December

    Huw Davies, Project Manager for Forging Ahead, gives us an update on what’s happened in December and what’s to come in January on the Forging Ahead project.

  • Christmas Post – Collection Dates & Times

    Please be advised that the collection dates and times for post will be different over the Christmas period. Post will be collected as follows:

    Tuesday 24th December 2019 any time between 11am and 2pm
    Friday 27th December 2019 as normal
    Tuesday 31st December 2019 any time between 11am and 2pm

    If you have post that urgently needs to be sent on the 24th or 31st December please ensure it is by the franking machine no later than 10.30am.

    In addition, Royal Mail have advised that our post collection time will change permanently in the new year. From 2nd January 2020, please can you ensure that all post is by the franking machine by no later than 3pm. If you have a significant number of letters or parcels to be sent via post please provide notice in advance to Ben Careless and ensure that all items are by the franking machine as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the items to be franked.

  • Christmas staff volunteering 2019

    We are looking for additional support from staff for our Christmas Evenings

    If you’d like to be involved, please complete the below form.

  • Membership Video

    The Development Team would like to send a big thank you to Ed (our star!) and everybody who helped create our new membership video on 6th November: Bramwell, Dan, Anna, Janet, Sarah, Jordan, Hannah, Abby, Kirsty and the Bottle & Glass staff for letting us in early to film, and Jeni-May and the Hobbs Staff for whipping up some fake wrapped chips (sorry to spoil the illusion!).

    Please take a look, we hope you enjoy!

  • Forging Ahead – Update

    Huw Davies, Project Manager for Forging Ahead, gives us a brief update on where we are with the project including the tendering process and building works.

  • December Pay Date

    This year’s December pay date will be Friday 20 December.

    This will apply to both salaried and hourly paid colleagues.

    Hourly paid colleagues will be paid for the four weeks ending 22nd December.

    Casual holiday pay for the period from 30th September to 31 December will be paid in January 2020.

    Pay dates for 2020 can be found on the intranet at: Documents/Information/Support Teams/Finance & Payroll/Payroll/2020

  • Updated Health and Safety Policy

    The Health and Safety Policy has been reviewed and revised to reflect the recent changes in the Museum’s organisational structure and responsibilities for the management of health and safety. The updated policy, version 3.0, is available on the documents section of the  staff intranet under policies along with the procedures for Risk Assessment, Incident Reporting and Investigation, First Aid and Fire & Emergency Evacuation. Hard copies of the Health and Safety Policy will be placed on staff notice boards.

    Please familiarise yourself with any changes that may affect you.

  • Health & Wellbeing at BCLM

    We are delighted to launch our Health & Wellbeing Policy.  Please do take a moment to read this. 

    As part of our endeavours to increase awareness and opportunities of achieving a healthier lifestyle, we are delighted to also announce our Health and Wellbeing champions:

    Healthy Eating: Demi Whitehouse & Helen Taylor

    Lifestyle: Craig Edmondson & Dawn Hampton

    Mental Health: Ann Key, Barbara O’Sullivan & Glenis Williams

    Physical Activity: Carla Handy & Lucy Brown

    Spiritual Wellbeing: Michelle Darby & Steven Grainger

    Please do contact any of the above people if you have ideas that can deliver greater physical and mental wellbeing for our colleagues.  The Museum site offers lots of options to keep us all active as well opportunities for social engagement.  Our recent Healthy Living workshop will soon be available to view as a video link.  

    As you may know we now have a covered cycle rack and to support this we will also soon be launching a new Cycle to Work scheme.

  • Newspaper Appeal

    With the arrival of the cold weather and darker afternoons we need your old newspapers to keep our braziers burning for longer during events and also for filming.

    Please leave your used newspapers in the guide hut.