A teenage girl and a young girl crouching down on the floor to look at a display caseRead the full February Newsletter from South West Museum Development

Now that we’re fully in the swing of 2025, we’re bringing back our popular Small Open Grants later this month! In this edition of our newsletter we also have some good news about new grants coming later this year.

As some of you may be aware, Arts Council England are going to be reviewing the museum Accreditation scheme this year, read on to find out how this affects you and how you can get support.

We also have an update on our equity, diversity and inclusion project Growing Together and how you can get involved, as well as all your usual sector news and opportunities.

Finally, we have some staff changes to announce this month, as Alex Gibson rejoins us and Julie Taylor Kent takes over as Gloucestershire Museum Development Officer. The much-loved Stephanie Clemens will be leaving her post as Cornwall Museum Development Officer at the start of March, and we hope you’ll join us in wishing her well in pastures new.

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