Please see our toolkit for a wider range of support and resources, but check back here for recordings of our guest speakers, case studies, advice, and support we’ve captured in our networking events.
June 2025
Sport & Fashion month conservation surgery
- Find out more about textile conservation: practical measures you can take to protect your collection, when to call in professional help and how to document the way you care for your collection with textile conservator, Rebecca Bissonnet ACR.
- A summary of the links shared in the chat thread.
May 2025
Introducing reviewing your collections
- Hear from consultant Heather Lomas as she outlines the reasons to undertake a collection review, the best way to approach the task and the benefits of doing this type of activity.
- A summary of the links shared in the chat thread.
November 2024
Sharing Stories Study Day at PRONI
Explore all the resources from our first in-person networking event in Northern Ireland.
September 2024
Meeting focus: Growing your audiences
- Hear from audiences expert Emma Parsons about how to start growing your audiences. This recording also includes short presentations from Community Grant recipient’s Dr Fiona Reid from Bayfirth CIC and Dr Brigid Power from Leeds Irish Health & Homes about their audience focused projects.
- Emma’s slide deck which containing step by step instructions and links
- The summary of the links shared in the chat thread.
July 2024
Meeting focus: Working with families
- Find out the different ways you can support families to access your heritage in our ‘In conversation’ session with Alison Bowyer, Executive Director of Kids in Museums
- Alison’s full slide deck containing lots of ideas and links to the range of Kids in Museums resources
January 2023
Meeting focus: collection digitisation
- Presentation given by Dr Becky Bowd, University Archivist at Heritage Quay about how they work with England Netball and other sporting organisations to preserve and digitise their collections.
- Copy of Becky’s presentation slides.
- Summary of links shared in the chat thread.
