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Pennine Lancashire Museums: Shared Services. Volunteering Programme Simon Goff Head of Green Spaces and Amenites. Background to Shared Services Programme. Smaller Budgets Fewer Staff Non-priority, non-statutory service PL Museums trust?. Shared Museums Report: Pontefract & Bell
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Pennine Lancashire Museums: Shared Services • Volunteering Programme • Simon Goff Head of Green Spaces and Amenites
Background to Shared Services Programme • Smaller Budgets • Fewer Staff • Non-priority, non-statutory service • PL Museums trust?
Shared Museums Report: Pontefract & Bell • Marketing • Retail Offer • Exhibitions Programme • Education • Volunteering
Volunteering Strand: Aims • Support Pennine Lancashire Museums by developing a sustainable volunteering programme that attract volunteers from varied backgrounds
What success will look like: • standardised roles, procedures and policies • Joint training, advertising and recruitment • Easy system for registering as a volunteer
Investigating Good Practice: • Harris, Ironbridge MT, Reading Museums • National Council for Volunteering: “Get it Right from the Start” • Volunteering England: ‘Volunteers and the Law • ‘Volunteering in Museums and Cultural Heritage’ • Museums Australia‘Willing and Able’
Identified and quantified volunteer roles • Developed 13 volunteer role descriptions • Prepared a welcome pack • No joint volunteer policy • Investigated volunteer management software
Outcomes: • Identified and quantified volunteer roles • Developed 13 Volunteer Role Descriptions • Prepared Welcome Pack • No joint Volunteer Policy • Purchased volunteer management software
Volunteer² Software • Web Based Volunteer Management Software • Recruit through own website/Artsmap • Self-register and select roles based on qualification • Allow volunteers to work in different museums • Communicate easily with volunteers by email/text • Maintain records • Provide management report
Volunteer² Software • Web Based Volunteer Management Software
Volunteer² Software Description Unit Cost Quantity Line Total VPIE Volunteer Impact Enterprise Edition Initial Licensing Fee 3,000.00 1 3,000.00 VPNC Volunteer Impact Accounts 160.00 4 640.00 BPNE0050
Shared Museums Programme: Next Steps • Install pull-up displays at venues • Print and distribute volunteer leaflets • Refresher training for volunteer coordinators • Hold volunteer open days in venues