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We're back with a post on the blog! On feeling everything and nothing. #MuseumWellness #MentalHealthMatters museumwellnessnetwork.wordpr…
hello everyone! just popping back on briefly to remind you to take the MA's wellbeing survey if you haven't already!
we're so happy to see more resourcing and research being done into workplace wellbeing in the museum sector 💙
Great to see a museum taking care in the forecasted red alert. Museums in the UK should follow the precedent, for the safety of their staff and visitors!
🚨☀️🌡️🌡️ Please note that due to the extreme high temperatures forecast next week, @BartsHospital Museum will be closed on Tuesday 19 July 2022🚨
To plan your visit for another date, please see visitor info at bartshealth.nhs.uk/bartsmuse…
ALT Photograph of the open front door of St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum
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this is a really positive action to give staff a true rest after such a difficult period. we would love to see other organisations follow suit #MuseumWellness #MentalHealthMatters
News!
In support of the health & wellbeing of our staff, we will close to the public & pause all activities behind the scenes for one week in January 2022. Staff will benefit from a week’s holiday & encouraged to rest.
Read our statement here > bit.ly/3GBgmYE
ALT Photo shows York Castle Museum debtors prison building with blue sky
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FMJ is planning potential online session/s for museum workforce. So right now:
- what do you need?
- what support/advice/space is hard to find?
- what are you sick of hearing about and really don't want to see any more of?
Input gratefully received so we can offer useful things!
Every few months I come onto twitter to apologise for being MIA...
Frankly I haven't felt able to post encouragements on here when I don't feel encouraged.
There is so much happening, good and bad!
How are you all doing?
A really insightful and thought-provoking piece from @LoriLeeByrd
There has been much more discussion about #MentalHealth in museums in the last 18mo but the core issues of burnout, being overworked and undervalued are yet to be addressed in truly meaningful ways.
2 years ago it was The Great Museum Social Media Manager Exodus. Now it's just the Great Museum Exodus.
I share the bad & good news: Why our colleagues are leaving & steps we've taken to encourage leadership to do better.
lorileebyrd.medium.com/the-g… #museumsarenotneutral #musesocial
I also think we need to address the fact that often, boards and leaders *don't* want to avoid people leaving.
Investing in employees mental wellbeing, training, expertise is more difficult than just accepting that people will do a job for a couple of years and then leave.
You know that meme that's like 'adulthood is saying 'I'll do this when things calm down' over and over again until you die' ?
That's us with our content at all times.
I have aspirations for putting content out there, but oh my, when will things calm down?!
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The first rule of leadership: put your mission above your ego.
The second rule of leadership: if you don't care about your people, they won't care about your mission.
The third rule of leadership: if someone has to tell you the first two rules, you're not ready to lead yet.