Accreditation: Arts Council England’s guidance
The attached is Arts Council England's guidance for their Accreditation Scheme, which sets nationally agreed standards for museums in the UK
Accreditation: Our top tips
Find out our top 10 tips to make the Accreditation Standard work for you
Collections: Care and conservation plan template
Our template will help you devise your own Care and conservation plan for your museum
Collections: Care and conservation policy template
Use our template to help you develop your own collections care and conservation policy within your museum
Collections: Cluster fly treatment
Our guide to identifying and treating cluster flies in your collection or store
Collections: Emergency plan template
Our template will help you devise your own emergency plan for your museum
Collections: Salvage priority checklist
Our checklist and guide will assist you with priorities when salvaging your collection in an emergency
Collections: Salvage sheet template
Use this template for emergency care guidance and to record the condition of your collections in an emergency
Collections: Webbing clothes moth treatment
Our guide to identifying and treating webbing clothes moths in your collection
Collections: Woodworm treatment
Our guide for treating active woodworm in your collection
Copyright: Intellectual property rights policy template
E-learning: Business planning
Learn what makes a good business plan, key elements to include and how to evaluate your plan once it is in place.
E-learning: Finance
These short e-learning courses guide you through creating a financial strategy, finance for charities and the basics of fundraising law. Each will take between 10-20 minutes, feel free to pause and revisit at many times as you like.
E-learning: Fundraising
E-learning: Governance
This e-learning module guides you through the process of decision-making, how decisions are implemented and how to build and grow a resilient museum.
E-learning: Marketing
Each module typically take between 10-20 minutes to complete. They are flexible to suit you so you can pause and go back at any point, and you are welcome to revisit them as many times as you like.
Volunteering: Confidentiality and data protection guidelines template
Use our template to help produce confidentiality and data protection guidelines for volunteers for your museum
Volunteering: Data protection statement template
Our data protection statement template can be used and adapted to ensure all volunteers in your museum are aware of the law
Volunteering: Deed of assignment of copyright template
Use our template to create a document to detail that your museum owns the copyright for certain works your volunteers 'author' during their time volunteering
Volunteering: Equal opportunities and managing diversity statement template
Our Equal opportunities and managing diversity statement template can be used and adapted to demonstrate your museum’s commitment to equality and diversity
Volunteering: Expenses template
Use our volunteer expenses template to provide a formal method for volunteers to claim and record expenses
Volunteering: Further resources
Want to read more? Take a look at our recommendations for further reading to support you with volunteer management
Volunteering: Recruitment and retention guide
Use this guide to help you plan for recruiting new volunteers and retain your existing volunteers
Volunteering: Where are you now? – Volunteer management checklist
Our checklist can help review your museum’s volunteer management and identify any gaps
Volunteering: Writing a volunteer policy guide
Use this guide to help you write and review your museum’s volunteer policy