TRAINING FOR HERITAGE ENTHUSIASTS, DIVERSE HERITAGE PROFESSIONALS & ORGANISATIONS
PASSIONATE ABOUT EDI
By Norma Gregory
Diverse Heritage Consultant Nottingham News Centre CIC, UK
Providing professional services and products for education through inclusive heritage training, heritage management, diverse heritage media production.
A partnership project with the Social Enterprise Support Fund,
& Partners © Nottingham News Centre 2023
Resonance LTD UK
Introductions
• Welcome & introductions
• My role, experience in heritage, values, mission
• Encourage others: sharing, openness, thinking/reflection time…
Training topics:
Theme/Topics Sharing knowledge /Discussions
AN INTRODUCTION TO DIVERSE HERITAGE, INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE & EDI
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FINDING WORK AS AN EDI HERITAGE PRACTITIONER; FUNDRAISING and GETTING PAID
Being an EDI heritage partner: Understanding equality law, understanding industrial heritage, the heritage sector and its service for diverse communities it serves. Understanding duty and the roles we all play for an inclusive society and how this might translate in the industrial heritage / heritage sector.
HERITAGE & EDI: BUILDING THROUGH INCLUSIVE HERITAGE SERVICES & PRODUCTS
How to become an EDI industrial heritage practitioner or consultant, a beginners’ guide
How to find paid opportunities and fundraising avenues as an EDI practitioner or EDI consultant for the heritage sector, in the UK and overseas.
How to develop your skills and knowledge as an EDI heritage practitioner or EDI consultant: training, CPD, self led-education, learning on the job, and planning, strategies for success, feedback and testimonials. Types of services and products you could offer as a diverse consultant or EDI practitioner.
STRENGTH IN DIVERSE PARTNERSHIPS
How to form lasting partnerships within the heritage/ industrial heritage sector
Qualities of a successful partnership
How to get familiar with the unfamiliar – diversifying your networks and groups
When partnerships are unequal, what to do when face with barriers to success
PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER IN EDI / HERITAGE / MUSEUMS/ HERITAGE MEDIA
Routes into the heritage sector and media sectors, career ideas, creating a new role, training courses, contacts, self-employment and entrepreneurship
Where to find more information on related heritage associations/ EDI professional organisations/ industrial heritage organisations /museums/ careers
Advertising your skills and expertise, having courage to lead your journey
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AIMS OF THE DIVERSE HERITAGE (EDI) NETWORK FORUM:
• Create a forum aimed at promoting diverse, inclusive industrial heritage
• Everyone is welcome especially for beginners/ enthusiasts/professionals – simply time to talk!
• Share experiences in the industrial heritage sector or experiences within the equality diversity inclusion (EDI) arena
• Support the EDI local, national, global agendas
• Share knowledge, ideas and to problem solve around EDI, to support the industrial heritage sector or/and other sectors
• Celebrate and to build resilience around EDI, within the industrial heritage sector in the UK and overseas
• Forge links with industrial heritage organisations overseas, through potential EDI diverse heritage projects
• Develop innovative and entrepreneurial growth ideas for diverse industrial heritage projects
• Help fundraise to support diverse industrial heritage professionalism and leadership
• Develop self-led leadership paths to fulfilment of positive change for all.
UK LAW: Equality Act (2010)
Gives all people in the UK legislative protection from discrimination against unfairness treatment relating to the following nine ‘protected characteristics’:
1. Age
2. Disability
3. Gender Reassignment
4. Marriage and civil partnership
5. Pregnancy and Maternity (including Paternity)
6. Race (colour, ethnic or national background)
7. Religion or Belief (including non-belief)
8. Sex
9. Sexual Orientation
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents
UK Heritage Sector: Scope
• 200,000+ heritage sector workers in UK
• 2000+ museums, heritage sites, heritage related organisations
• Redundancies on the increase ( particularly since Covid lockdown period)
• Be creative / innovative
• Can be a great sector to be in! Explain your reason why. What are your plus+ & minus – for finding work/ working in the heritage sector?
Some examples of heritage…
Industry, monuments, nature, landscapes
Oral history, memories, cultures
Textiles, machinery, women’s history workforce
Canals, buildings, railways, events
What constitutes ‘industrial heritage’?
Industrial heritage is a wide field and constitutes of mainly the material remains of industry: industrial sites, buildings and architecture, plant, machinery and equipment as well as housing, industrial settlements, industrial landscapes, products and processes, and documentation of the industrial society, communities and individuals mine sites, ironworks, water and steam-powered textile mills, wind mills, waterworks, glassworks, potteries, railways, breweries, maltings, roads, bridges, ports, harbours, gas works, workers housing and more.
Can involve:
Voice/ personal narratives, cultures & memories, costumes, community heritage, social activities
Can be located: in parks & landscapes, canals and waterways etc.
Can be seen at: museums, parks, through touring exhibitions etc.
Q: What does ‘heritage’ mean to you?
Q: How does/should industrial heritage relate to young people today?
What other services and or products might you offer?
Why?
https://nottinghamnewscentre.com/diverse-heritage-services/
FINDING WORK AS AN EDI HERITAGE CONSULTANT OR PRACTITIONER
• How to become an EDI heritage practitioner or consultant, a beginners’ guide
• How to find paid opportunities and fundraising avenues as an EDI practitioner or EDI consultant for the Industrial Heritage sector, in the UK and overseas
• BUT FIRST: Work out what you can do and what you are interested in.
QUESTIONS/CHALLENGES/SUCCESSES:
https://nottinghamnewscentre.com Think about the types of skills and experiences that might help you in the following task/roles:
Self-made/ Self-led routes for working in heritage
• Start your own company / social enterprise / charity
• Nottingham News Centre CIC – our successful 10 year journey so far..
• Speak to directors, company owners about their experiences
• Become a Freelancer/ Work freelance
• Speak to other freelances about their experiences
• Make direct contact with individuals and/ or organisations (phone, email, network as events, conferences, social media)
PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER IN EDI / HERITAGE / MUSEUMS/ HERITAGE MEDIA
• Routes into the heritage sector and media sectors, career ideas, creating a new role, training courses, contacts, self-employment
• Where to find more information on related heritage associations/ EDI professional organisations/ industrial heritage organisations /museums/ careers
• Promoting your skills & expertise - having courage to lead your EDI journey
QUESTIONS/CHALLENGES:
Heritage career guidance, help & advice
• National Careers Service https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk
• Career ‘test’ which jobs suit me https://www.thecareertest.org/home-
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• UCAS https://www.thecareertest.org/home-
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STRENGTH IN DIVERSE PARTNERSHIPS
• How to form lasting partnerships within the heritage/ industrial heritage sector
• Qualities of a successful partnership – POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
• How to get familiar with the unfamiliar – diversifying your networks and groups
• Remember: ‘it’s good to talk,’ the benefits of communication
• When partnerships are unequal.. what to do
QUESTIONS/CHALLENGES:
Finding job vacancies
Where else might you find opportunities?
• Museum Association
https://www.museumsassociation.org/careers/find-a-job/
• Historic England https://app.beapplied.com/org/1703/historic- england#jobList
• The Guardian https://jobs.theguardian.com/jobs/arts-and- heritage/
• LinkedIn jobs?position=1&pageNum=0https://uk.linkedin.com/jobs/cultural-heritage-
• Charity Jobs https://www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs?cause=arts-culture-heritage
• Indeed Jobs / Total Jobs/ Reed
Good practice ideas / strategies to move forward/ things to try…
Further reading / Links
• NOTTINGHAM NEWS CENTRE FOR EDI CONSULTANCY IDEAS https://nottinghamnewscentre.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9N7PZJge9LTyymWF8CPexw
• BLACK COAL MINERS, A CASE STUDY OF DIVERSE HERITAGE EDUCATION https://blackcoalminers.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOQGndfi7h8HolBRxnEv1Vg
• MUSEUM DETOX https://www.museumdetox.org
• MUSEUM ASSOCIATION https://www.museumsassociation.org
• ARTS FUNDRAISING https://artsfundraising.org.uk
• NOTTINGHAM INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ASSOCIATION http://www.niha.org.uk
• HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND https://www.heritagefund.org.uk
• SOCIAL ENTERPRISE SUPPORT FUND https://socialenterprisesupportfund.org.uk
• COMMUNITY FUND https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
• RESONANCE LTD UK https://resonance.ltd.uk
Stay in touch & thank you!
Email: info@nottinghamnewscentre.com
norma@nottinghamnewscentre.com
Websites: www.nottinghamnewscentre.com
www.normagregory.com
www.blackcoalminers.com
Social media:
• Twitter #NormaGregoryNNC
• Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/norma-gregory-1b67ba67/
• Facebook/Coal Miners of African Caribbean Heritage
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Social Enterprise Support Fund
Community Fund
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