MLA London's Training Programme Transfers to HVM

 

From April 2010 Hopkins Van Mil: Creating Connections
<http://www.hopkinsvanmil.co.uk/>  will manage and further develop MLA
London's Training Programme.  Over the last few months we've been
working closely with the MLA London team to ensure that we maintain the
programme's recognised quality and affordability and build on its
needs-led approach.  What was known as MLA London's Training Programme
will now be called HVM's Capacity Building Programme.

 

Who we will be working with

The transfer is being supported by MLA London
<http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/index.cfm>  to ensure that 2,500 museum,
library and archive professionals benefit from an excellent tailored
training programme. Renaissance London will fund almost 200 free
Renaissance training places for museums and also support a proportion of
the programme running costs. 

 

Hopkins Van Mil will be collaborating closely with the museums,
libraries and archives community.  It is essential to the delivery of
the programme that it meets the needs of people in their current jobs as
well as the longer-term professional development needs of individuals
and the sector. 

 

Paddy McNulty <http://www.paddymcnulty.co.uk/> , previously Workforce
Development and Events Manager at MLA London is setting up his own
consultancy business and will be a freelance associate for HVM alongside
Lucy Auger who will support the administration of the programme. 

  

What does the new programme look like?

HVM's Capacity Building Programme has been designed around the needs
expressed in the market research commissioned by MLA London in February
this year.  An online survey sent to current users of the training
programme generated a 34% response rate, demonstrating the importance
the sector places on the learning they have received. Additional focus
group consultation and stakeholder interviews added to our knowledge so
that we have a clear picture of what the new programme needs to do,
namely: 

o        Meet the needs of the sector - for current roles and future
development

o        Ensure it is recognised by decision-makers as being effective

o        Allow people to gain new ideas through the buzz of effective
networking

o        Use training time effectively and efficiently

o        Use involving and engaging techniques so that the learning
stays with participants

o        Allow for post-training support & access to online resources.

 

Many of the training providers who worked with MLA London will be
running updated courses for Hopkins Van Mil's Capacity Building
Programme.  Courses on the digital agenda, conservation and collections
management, education and learning, volunteer management, networking and
community engagement to name a few will all remain core to the
programme. You'll also see Henrietta and Anita from Hopkins Van Mil who
as before will be delivering training around advocacy, fundraising and
marketing.  A full programme will be available on our website
<http://www.hopkinsvanmil.co.uk/>  from mid April. 

 

Anita van Mil, Partner at Hopkins Van Mil said, 'We relish our
relationships and are delighted to be working in partnership with MLA
and Renaissance London to continue to deliver high quality training
demonstrating our commitment to capacity building in the sector.
Henrietta and I are looking forward to maintaining affordable training
provision for London and beyond whilst piloting a number of new
initiatives including an online community of learners for peer support
and in-house training provision for larger services.'  

 

Andrew Holden, Director of Engagement, at MLA said: 'MLA London's
experience has demonstrated a continuing need for more high quality
training opportunities for the whole MLA sector in the capital. We are
delighted that our highly-regarded and well-attended workforce
development programme will be transferring to Hopkins van Mil, with whom
we have worked in partnership for a number of years'.

 

'Renaissance London is delighted to be able to work with Hopkins Van Mil
to ensure that museums across London continue to have access to high
quality, free and subsidised training and professional development. At a
time of great change it is essential that we continue to invest in
equipping our workforce with the skills they need to respond to the
challenges facing the sector.' said Prof. Jack Lohman, Director of
Museum of London & Chair of Renaissance London Board.

 

'There is lots to discover and explore for anybody working in museums,
libraries and archives' said Henrietta Hopkins, Partner Hopkins Van Mil,
'HVM's Capacity Building Programme will support workforce development
needs in the sector, engaging and inspiring staff for now and the
long-term. We're very much looking forward to building our network of
users so do get in touch
<http://www.hopkinsvanmil.co.uk/hvm/09/index.aspx?id=5>  with us, check
our website <http://www.hopkinsvanmil.co.uk/> , or go to our blog
<http://hopkinsvanmil.wordpress.com/>  to find out more.'

 

Notes:

Hopkins Van Mil was formed in 2005 by Henrietta Hopkins and Anita van
Mil from a desire to support strategic working in the museum, library,
archive and cultural heritage sector in the UK and internationally.
Hopkins Van Mil: Creating Connections is about engagement with the
sector to help achieve ambitions. Henrietta and Anita are both Fellows
of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and active members of the Arts
Marketing Association, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the
Institute of Fundraising, the International Council of Museums (ICOM),
and the Museums Association. Both HVM partners have BTEC Level 4 Train
the Trainer qualifications and Anita van Mil is a qualified Action
Learning Set Facilitator.

 

For more information please contact Anita Van Mil
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>  on 07961 887081 or Henrietta Hopkins
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>  on 07985 514638. 

 

 

 

Hopkins Van Mil: Creating Connections

Old Lodge, Vincent Square

London SW1P 2PW

T: 020 7821 6500

M: 07985 514638

www.hopkinsvanmil.co.uk

 

 

 


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