RHN 124/2024 | Event
Organiser: Rural Museums Network
10 October and 7 November 2024, Online
Rural Voices
Rural Museums Network Seminar Series
Our Rural Voices Seminar Series bring expert speakers and museum professionals together to share how rural collections and rural sites can better include a wider range of voices in the stories they tell. These sessions are on the Zoom platform and are FREE for members (institutional and individual) and £5 for non-members. Membership to the RMN starts at just £10 per year, representing good value for our Seminars as just one member benefit. For more information, visit our subscriptions webpage. If you aren’t sure if your museum is a member, please do contact us to check before you book.
Mental Health in Rural Communities: Thursday 10 October 2024, AGM 2.45pm – 3.00pm followed by Speaker Session, 3.00pm – 4.30pm
10 October is World Mental Health Day and mental health in rural communities is the focus of this Rural Museums Network seminar. The day is an opportunity to talk about mental health issues and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health. A recent survey in England and Wales funded by the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Fund (RABI, 2021) found that 36% of the farming community was probably or possibly depressed. This is not surprising with the challenges the farming industry has experienced in recent years; extreme weather, poor harvests, supply chain shortages and the consequences of a global pandemic. We hope to raise awareness and understanding of mental ill health and share where support is available.
This session is hosted by Madeleine Ding, Collections Officer, Museum of English Rural Life. Speakers: Sarah Holland, Matt Lobley and Elen Williams.
Tackling the Climate Crisis with the Power of Rural Museums: Thursday 7 November 2024, 3.00pm – 4.30pm.
The climate and biodiversity crises are a real threat to our culture and way of life, particularly in rural areas. Every museum has a role to play in climate and biodiversity action – from the stories we choose to tell to the way we manage our land and buildings.
In this Rural Museums Network session Lucy Neville, Climate Officer for Museums Galleries Scotland, will host an open discussion around museums and their role in the climate crisis, on site action and audience engagement, resources already available and what you think is missing. She will also open the floor to those wishing to discuss their own ongoing or potential projects so we can workshop them as a group.
This session is hosted by David Rounce, Project Director, Glencoe Folk Museum.
Source: https://www.ruralmuseums.org.uk/?page_id=955