GLAM Cares hosts free or low-cost training and events throughout the year. Events are run online and in-person. These are an opportunity for community engagement professionals to network, facilitate self-care and build skills that are useful in their work.
Upcoming Event:
Thursday 23 May 2024 [in-person], Birmingham Thinktank
GLAM Cares One Day Conference
10am – 4.30pm (arrive from 9.30am)
Join our in-person community of care. This one-day conference will explore socially engaged practice, wellbeing and support through engaging presentations, case studies and workshops. Tickets are just £20.
Conference Programme
23 May 2024, Thinktank, Birmingham, 10am – 4.30pm (arrive from 9.15am)
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09:15 Registration, tea, and coffee available upon arrival
10:00 Conference welcome, Alex Woodall, GLAM Cares
10:15 Workshop 1: Ruth Singer, Freelance Consultant, Working Together Better: understanding and working by your values
11:00 Case Studies and Panel Questions, Kate Fellows, GLAM Cares
- Louise Thompson, Manchester Art Gallery, Creating Safer Spaces: striving to be a trauma informed art museum
- Jemma Conway, Barnsley Libraries, All In
- Tom Hughes, Dumfries and Galloway Culture, Taking Time: care in co-creation
- Esther Amis-Hughes, Leeds Museums and Galleries, Fostering A Sense of Wellbeing and Belonging: benefits and considerations
- Tabs Deadman, Wellcome Collection, Churning the Emotions: the Milk exhibition
12:30 Workshop 2: Kate Oliver, Freelance Consultant, Radical Rest
12:45 Lunch – please note that lunch is not provided in order to keep the ticket cost down
13:45 Welcome back, Tamsin Russell, GLAM Cares
14:00 Heather Thomas, The Lightbox, The Wellbeing of Wellbeing
14:30 Holly Bee, University of Leicester, A Fire, a Web, and a Water Cycle: how it feels to be a socially engaged practitioner
15:00 Break
15:15 Workshop 3: Louise Campion, Culture, Health, and Wellbeing Alliance, with Denise Greaney and Liam Skillen National Civil War Museum,
Newark & Sherwood, Things That Make Us Feel Good: what we have learnt from being in a network
16:00 Closing reflections, Victoria Ryves, GLAM Cares
16:30 Close, drinks at Birmingham New Street for networking
Previous Events:
Thursday 14 March 2024, 9.20am-11.30am [Online]
Peer Support Session: Managing Up
This 2 hour, small group session will involve getting and giving peer support. Participants are invited to bring along a current ‘managing up’ challenge that they want help with. This is not a therapeutic space, but one that will enable you to process and find clarity with the support of others. Led by Bryony Rowntree, a coach and Mental Health First Aid instructor.
Monday 15 January 2024, 1pm-2pm [Online]
Sharing Best Practice- Esther Amis-Hughes (Leeds City Museum) and Julie Brown (Birmingham Museums)
Join us to hear best practice and replicable tips and tricks from two museum professionals. Esther and Julie will share insight on staff wellbeing, emotional labour and community engagement.
Free Event: Self Care at Christmas
Thursday 14 December, 10am-11am
Via Zoom (link to follow), booking required
Join GLAM Cares this December to share Self Care tips for the holiday season whether it is your coping mechanism or something you put in place to control the situation we want to hear and learn from you. Wellbeing is affected by our home and work life and flows between, so understanding both at this busy time of year may help both.
So bring along a coffee, a mince pie, share insight and celebrate the end of a busy year.
Trauma Informed Working for Community Engagement
Friday 21 October 2022, 10am-4pm, Leeds Discovery Centre
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trauma-informed-working-for-community-engagement-tickets-414543710397
Join us for a full day workshop on trauma-informed working aimed at GLAM community engagement professionals.
Led by Vicky Richardson of Bread and Roses Counselling with Jane Bradley. Vicky has over fifteen years’ experience of supporting people with their mental health and wellbeing, in a range of roles, and is also a former museum professional. Jane is a writer, educator and therapist.
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