York Museums Trust created a framework for participation, defining what it means to them, what a 'conmunity' is, and why this matters to the organisation. They brought teams together to create the framework and embed it as a way of working.
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
York Museums Trust created a framework for participation, defining what it means to them, what a 'conmunity' is, and why this matters to the organisation. They brought teams together to create the framework and embed it as a way of working.
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
All ready for @glamcares.bsky.social conference today! Looking forward to hearing from all the speakers on the line up.
#GLAMCares2025
#GLAMCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
All ready for @glamcares.bsky.social conference today! Looking forward to hearing from all the speakers on the line up.
#GLAMCares2025
#GLAMCares2025
Our final session explores Creative Health, a practice we've heard a lot about. Creative activities can support a huge range of participants as well as practitioners, and work at all scales.
First, a presentation on creativity for birthing parents, then hands-on activities!
#GlamCares2025
First, a presentation on creativity for birthing parents, then hands-on activities!
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our final session explores Creative Health, a practice we've heard a lot about. Creative activities can support a huge range of participants as well as practitioners, and work at all scales.
First, a presentation on creativity for birthing parents, then hands-on activities!
#GlamCares2025
First, a presentation on creativity for birthing parents, then hands-on activities!
#GlamCares2025
Do you work with communities with or outside of museums, galleries, archives and libraries?
If so Save The Date for the in person GLAM Cares annual conference in #Leeds on Thursday 26 June 2025 #GLAMCares2025 @glamcares.bsky.social glamcaresnetwork.wordpress.com
If so Save The Date for the in person GLAM Cares annual conference in #Leeds on Thursday 26 June 2025 #GLAMCares2025 @glamcares.bsky.social glamcaresnetwork.wordpress.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Do you work with communities with or outside of museums, galleries, archives and libraries?
If so Save The Date for the in person GLAM Cares annual conference in #Leeds on Thursday 26 June 2025 #GLAMCares2025 @glamcares.bsky.social glamcaresnetwork.wordpress.com
If so Save The Date for the in person GLAM Cares annual conference in #Leeds on Thursday 26 June 2025 #GLAMCares2025 @glamcares.bsky.social glamcaresnetwork.wordpress.com
Setting us up for a workshop to try out some wellbeing activities, Tom Hughes from Dumfries and Galloway sets the scene for simple and low cost activities museums can offer, including warm spaces and wellbeing walks
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Setting us up for a workshop to try out some wellbeing activities, Tom Hughes from Dumfries and Galloway sets the scene for simple and low cost activities museums can offer, including warm spaces and wellbeing walks
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
And back from lunch we are at Session 2 - @alexandrawoodall.bsky.social is leading this session around Community Engagement and Participation. @glamcares.bsky.social #GLAMCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
And back from lunch we are at Session 2 - @alexandrawoodall.bsky.social is leading this session around Community Engagement and Participation. @glamcares.bsky.social #GLAMCares2025
'real life is messy and unpredictable, and community engagement should reflect this'.
Plan and allow for adaptation from the start to better care for staff, participants, and increase impact
#GlamCares2025
Plan and allow for adaptation from the start to better care for staff, participants, and increase impact
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
'real life is messy and unpredictable, and community engagement should reflect this'.
Plan and allow for adaptation from the start to better care for staff, participants, and increase impact
#GlamCares2025
Plan and allow for adaptation from the start to better care for staff, participants, and increase impact
#GlamCares2025
Now Royal College of Nursing is highlighting how creativity and culture can support wellbeing of nurses/midwives, who suffer with high levels of stress and poor mental health
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Now Royal College of Nursing is highlighting how creativity and culture can support wellbeing of nurses/midwives, who suffer with high levels of stress and poor mental health
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
Co-creating exhibitions also gives nursing staff new skills, connections, and a voice to share their experiences
#GLAMCares2025
#GLAMCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Co-creating exhibitions also gives nursing staff new skills, connections, and a voice to share their experiences
#GLAMCares2025
#GLAMCares2025
@glamcares.bsky.social #GLAMCares2025 Hearing about the wellbeing of nurses and how and who cares for THEM. Some great lessons learned from other sectors where individuals are working in emotionally laden spaces. Projects to support this community were creative and inspiring.
June 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
@glamcares.bsky.social #GLAMCares2025 Hearing about the wellbeing of nurses and how and who cares for THEM. Some great lessons learned from other sectors where individuals are working in emotionally laden spaces. Projects to support this community were creative and inspiring.
Our second annual conference is underway. A fantastic first panel shared their projects working to support mental health and wellbeing in participants, with top tips for caring for staff too...
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Our second annual conference is underway. A fantastic first panel shared their projects working to support mental health and wellbeing in participants, with top tips for caring for staff too...
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
Great to hear about the work of York Museum Trust to develop a new framework for community engagement. www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/community-en... #GLAMCares2025 @glamcares.bsky.social
Community Participation | York Museums Trust
www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Great to hear about the work of York Museum Trust to develop a new framework for community engagement. www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/community-en... #GLAMCares2025 @glamcares.bsky.social
A big thank you to everyone who attended #GlamCares2025 from across the UK! A great day exploring care for practitioners in all models of engagement work and lots to take away!
June 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A big thank you to everyone who attended #GlamCares2025 from across the UK! A great day exploring care for practitioners in all models of engagement work and lots to take away!
There's still time to book for the GLAMCares conference next week - join us in Leeds on Thurs 26 June!
We have a packed programme with great speakers, workshops and panels. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
The day starts with sessions on Mental Health & Wellbeing...
#GLAMcares2025
We have a packed programme with great speakers, workshops and panels. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
The day starts with sessions on Mental Health & Wellbeing...
#GLAMcares2025
June 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
There's still time to book for the GLAMCares conference next week - join us in Leeds on Thurs 26 June!
We have a packed programme with great speakers, workshops and panels. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
The day starts with sessions on Mental Health & Wellbeing...
#GLAMcares2025
We have a packed programme with great speakers, workshops and panels. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
The day starts with sessions on Mental Health & Wellbeing...
#GLAMcares2025
Qu for the panel - ways of working with people with specific lived experience?
- work with partner orgs who have their best interests in mind and expertise
- treat people as individuals
- take time to build trust
- work 'with'/'by' people, not 'about' them
#GlamCares2025
- work with partner orgs who have their best interests in mind and expertise
- treat people as individuals
- take time to build trust
- work 'with'/'by' people, not 'about' them
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Qu for the panel - ways of working with people with specific lived experience?
- work with partner orgs who have their best interests in mind and expertise
- treat people as individuals
- take time to build trust
- work 'with'/'by' people, not 'about' them
#GlamCares2025
- work with partner orgs who have their best interests in mind and expertise
- treat people as individuals
- take time to build trust
- work 'with'/'by' people, not 'about' them
#GlamCares2025
GLAM cares board member Bryony Rowntree now leads a workshop on centring and empowering yourself, exploring spheres of control and giving tools to take away.
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
GLAM cares board member Bryony Rowntree now leads a workshop on centring and empowering yourself, exploring spheres of control and giving tools to take away.
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
Advocating for the value of community work can be a challenge, and recognising that the relationship is as/more important as a physical output
#GLAMCares2025
#GLAMCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Advocating for the value of community work can be a challenge, and recognising that the relationship is as/more important as a physical output
#GLAMCares2025
#GLAMCares2025
We finish the day with sessions looking at Creative Health, from building your network, to simple tips to add wellbeing in your work, and ending with zine making to take away!
Do book and join us and participants from across the UK, just £25 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#GLAMcares2025
Do book and join us and participants from across the UK, just £25 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#GLAMcares2025
June 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We finish the day with sessions looking at Creative Health, from building your network, to simple tips to add wellbeing in your work, and ending with zine making to take away!
Do book and join us and participants from across the UK, just £25 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#GLAMcares2025
Do book and join us and participants from across the UK, just £25 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#GLAMcares2025
Birmingham Museums Trust is in a unique partnership with the council's Public Health department, looking at how heritage can change health behaviour, and using participatory research and balancing museum methods and Health data needs.
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/about/what-w...
#GlamCares2025
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/about/what-w...
#GlamCares2025
Food and Drink Oral History Project | Birmingham Museums
Reinterpreting our oral history collections through a public health lens In an innovative partnership, Birmingham Museums Trust and Birmingham City Council
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Birmingham Museums Trust is in a unique partnership with the council's Public Health department, looking at how heritage can change health behaviour, and using participatory research and balancing museum methods and Health data needs.
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/about/what-w...
#GlamCares2025
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/about/what-w...
#GlamCares2025
Qu - how do you get buy-in for creative research?
- creativity opens up different conversations
- it allows for flexibility and responsiveness
- 'messy' research can demonstrate real impact
#GlamCares2025
- creativity opens up different conversations
- it allows for flexibility and responsiveness
- 'messy' research can demonstrate real impact
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Qu - how do you get buy-in for creative research?
- creativity opens up different conversations
- it allows for flexibility and responsiveness
- 'messy' research can demonstrate real impact
#GlamCares2025
- creativity opens up different conversations
- it allows for flexibility and responsiveness
- 'messy' research can demonstrate real impact
#GlamCares2025
@glamcares.bsky.social #GLAMCares2025 Session 1 has started and the panel discussion is underway. Fabulous insights around multidisciplinary working, the importance of metrics, the application of standards, and the need for appropriate resources for facilitation and mental health support.
June 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
@glamcares.bsky.social #GLAMCares2025 Session 1 has started and the panel discussion is underway. Fabulous insights around multidisciplinary working, the importance of metrics, the application of standards, and the need for appropriate resources for facilitation and mental health support.
On my way to the second annual @glamcares.bsky.social conference in Leeds today. If you aren’t there in person why not follow #GLAMCares2025. @museumsassociation.org is a supporting this work as part of our Wellbeing Campaign, for more information and support visit our website. 🤓
June 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
On my way to the second annual @glamcares.bsky.social conference in Leeds today. If you aren’t there in person why not follow #GLAMCares2025. @museumsassociation.org is a supporting this work as part of our Wellbeing Campaign, for more information and support visit our website. 🤓
Questions from Bryony to ask yourself about some of the things that may be taking up your energyb- think about what is in or outside your control, and putting your energy into the things that you can control.
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Questions from Bryony to ask yourself about some of the things that may be taking up your energyb- think about what is in or outside your control, and putting your energy into the things that you can control.
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
Our final workshop explored how making zines can help you explore and present ideas, construct futures and think creatively. As a tool for participant and practitioner wellbeing, zines give space for reflection and community building
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025
June 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Our final workshop explored how making zines can help you explore and present ideas, construct futures and think creatively. As a tool for participant and practitioner wellbeing, zines give space for reflection and community building
#GlamCares2025
#GlamCares2025