Please see below and please let colleagues who may not be GEM members know.

 

 

Free training day – Working with young people

Renaissance South East and Strategic Commissioning

 

Date: Friday 14 January 2010

Time: 10.00 to 16.00

Venue: Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent

 

Engaging with young people can bedifficult. They don’t necessarily see museums as relevant to their lives. However through listening to them, respecting their views, providing the kind of experiences they need at the right time for them, museums can be of value to young people. This exciting day will offer a good balance of principles, practical skills and inspiring examples that will be relevant to museums just beginning to work with young people as well as those wanting to extend what they can offer.

 

Drawing on extensive experience, The Might Creative will start the day with a policy context and understanding of the principles of working with young people. A participatory workshop will then develop participant’s practical skills in consulting young people. The participation toolkit recently developed for Renaissance South East will also be available to participants. A series of short inspiring case studies and “how to” sessions on offering high quality work experience placements and developing engaging provision for young people in schools will almost complete the programme. The day will be rounded off by Melissa Strauss of HLF providing participants with insight into what makes an excellent “Young Roots” funded project.

 

Contributors to the course include: The Might Creatives, Claire Adler (consultant), Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, Brighton Museums, HLF

 

Feedback from previous courses in this programme has been extremely positive:

 

“Fantastic, well organised, inspiring and useful. Excited to “steal” some of the fab ideas I learned about today.”

 

For a plan of the day, booking form or further information contact [log in to unmask] or phone 01425 479438.

 

Priority will be given to museums in the South East but a small allocation of places has been put aside for participants from outside the region.