Book Events

Volunteer Organisation Network Introduction and Celebration Event

The long-established VON (Voluntary Organisations Network) brings together volunteer-based museums in North East England (and potentially other interested museums from across the North). Volunteers are the backbone of many museums, with smaller museums especially often entirely or mainly volunteer run. Recognising the particular nature and challenges of volunteer-based museums, the group has a 90-minute meeting […]

17 September 2026 · Discovery Museum

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Capital Development Network, Monday 21 September, Museum of North Craven Life, Settle

The MDN Capital Development Network meetings are an opportunity for the museum sector in the North of England to share learning, get peer support, and hear from a variety of speakers across a range of topics around planning and delivering capital development projects. Each session will be held at a venue that has undergone capital development projects and focus […]

21 September 2026 · The Folly

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“How to Get Support for Your Capital Development Project” – Persuasive Communication: Pitching and Messaging, online Zoom

Need to make the case for a Capital Development Project? This workshop could help! Using the techniques of persuasive communication, participants will learn how to build support from internal stakeholders, governing bodies, communities, and wider external stakeholders, as well as how to write a compelling funding application. This 2-hour online session will help participants zero in […]

23 September 2026

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Elevenses, Tuesday 6 October, Engaging with the RICHeS Access Fund

Join this Elevenses to learn about the RICHeS Access Fund, an initiative to enable access to cutting-edge heritage science and conservation equipment, collections and expertise. RICHeS could help you reveal, protect and transform understanding of objects, collections and sites. The RICHeS Access Fund Second Call opens in September 2026. You will hear about the RICHeS […]

6 October 2026

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Income Generation: Audience Insight and Income-Focused Messaging

This practical online session is part of Museum Development North’s Income Generation programme. Each session links together, but you can also book this as a stand-alone session. This session will explore how audience insight can support stronger fundraising and income generation. We will look at how museums can better understand who they are trying to […]

14 October 2026

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