The 'For Cornwall' partnership, working with Cornwall Council is looking for an external provider of a short term and highly focused fundraising service.

• Fundraising Support for Cornwall's Museum Sector
• Contract Value: £22,000
• Contract term: June 2013 to Dec 2013
• Closing date: May 28 (noon)
• Location: Cornwall

“Brilliant day, has built my confidence”

“The practical sessions were really good”

“The impact of the day has been huge...now going to tackle long standing issues”

“Access to specialist/ professional information otherwise not available to me.”

The ACE funded South West Museum Skills Programme is delivered throughout the South West by the SW Fed, through a contract with the South West Museum Development Partnership. Evaluation for the 2012-13 programme shows that the programme has had a big impact on skills, confidence, and organisational development by providing training to both staff and volunteers in SW museums.

In total 63 organisations, including the National Trust, benefited from the skills programme. The programme reached a total of 208 delegates. Strikingly, a large proportion – over 25% - were new entrants to the profession (< 6 months in museums) or students on placements. This points to a demand from this part of our workforce for this kind of affordable, high quality, practical training.

Satisfaction levels with individual courses were higher even than last year's impressive satisfaction rates: 64% of delegates gave the course an 'excellent' rating this year. As a result of taking part, 28% of participants intended to join the Federation (50% of participants already had). The programme exceeded the targets set for it by ACE, through the SWMDP, for training places filled, satisfaction ratings and partnerships developed.

The fishing industry is at the heart of the heritage of St Ives and has shaped the town’s physical and social history for the past few hundred years. The St Ives Museum has an excellent display of artefacts that illustrate this industry and the St Ives Archive holds important written material and photographs of many aspects of it. As the years go by there are less clues around the town, however, to remind everyone where remains of the industry can still be seen.

St Ives Archive is pleased to announce, therefore, that it has obtained funding from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) with the support of the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) to set up a St Ives Heritage Fishing Industry Project, starting very shortly. The project will enable a fishing industry resource officer to be employed on a part time basis for sixteen months to raise awareness of the fishing heritage by promoting it in schools and to visitors.  There will also be an opportunity to work with other fishing communities in Cornwall providing cross-Cornwall support for other fishing industry archives. At the same time reminiscent material will be created for working with the older population.

Freelance Arts Award Co-ordinator required to promote the engagement of museums in offering Arts Award activities to schools and other deliverers of the scheme in Cornwall, to support museums to develop activities for young people matched to all levels of the Arts Award up to and including Silver, and to market museums involvement in Arts Award activities to schools and other learning providers.

This is a freelance role over 9 months, hosted by Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Penzance, through their involvement in the For Cornwall ACE Strategic Support Fund Programme. The co-ordinator will be required to travel widely through Cornwall and occasionally to Regional Arts Award conferences and seminars.