Organisational Health Check 2023-24 - Expression of Interest

ORGANISATIONAL HEALTH CHECK - Expression of Interest

Created by the Museum Development England (MDE), the Organisational Health Check is a self-assessment tool to help museums benchmark activity, identify what they are doing well, and define areas that need improvement.

We are looking to recruit 6 museums from the southeast of England to complete the Organisational Health Check with us in 2023/24.

What’s involved?

Participating museums are asked to complete an online self-assessment questionnaire. We recommend you form a sub-team consisting of three members (one senior staff/trustee; one Front-of-House staff/volunteer; one other staff/volunteer). Your local Museum Development Officer will facilitate the conversation and your sub-team will agree one set of scores to submit in the online survey. The link to the online survey is provided in the Offer Letter should you be selected as one of the participants this year.

The Museum Development Officer will then send you a bespoke Advisory Report based on your answers identifying key areas of development and signposting to resources and opportunities for support. You can then apply for a £2000 grant* from South East Museum Development to address a priority development area identified in the Advisory Report.

*While any museum can take part in the OHC self-assessment, only those meeting our funding eligibility criteria can apply for the OHC grant (i.e., accredited (fully, provisionally, working towards) museums in the southeast region that are non-national and non-NPO (national portfolio organisations).

How to apply

To register your interest in taking part in the Organisational Health Check scheme, please contact your local Museum Development Officer and complete this Expression of Interest form. We will assess applications on a rolling basis from and will notify you within three weeks of submission.

Deadline

We encourage you to submit your Expression of Interest as soon as possible (ideally before 1 September 2023), so that there is sufficient time to complete the programme within this financial year. We will assess applications within three weeks of submission.

If you are selected to take part in the programme, you will be sent an Offer Letter with links to the online survey portal. The deadline to submit your final scores into the online survey portal is 31 October 2023. This must only be done after a group discussion, facilitated by one of our Museum Development Officers, has taken place. Once you receive your Advisory Report, you have until 1 December 2023 to submit a grant application for up to £2000 to action change. Please see the Grants section of our website for more information.

About us

South East Museum Development is funded by Arts Council England (ACE). The Organisational Health Check scheme supports the Ambition & Quality investment principle in ACE's Let's Create strategy for the cultural sector.

1. Museum Contact Details *

Museum name:	*
Museum postcode:	*

2. Applicant details *

Name of lead contact:	*
Job title:	*
Email:	*
Phone:	*

3. Is your museum:
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Accredited
Formally working towards accreditation
Not accredited

4. Does your museum have a Forward/Business Plan? If so, when was it last updated? *

5. What do you hope to achieve by participating in the Organisational Health Check? *

6. Has your museum completed an Organisational Health Check (formerly known as the Museum MOT) with us before? *

Yes
No
I'm not sure

If 'yes', why would you like to undertake the assessment again? How did you put the findings from your previous Advisory Report into action?

7. To complete the Organisational Health Check, we ask you to form a sub-team of 3 people in your museum to discuss the survey questions and agree answers. This discussion can be facilitated by your local Museum Development Officer.

The sub-team should consist of one senior member (e.g., trustee, director, senior manager); one Front of House team member (staff or volunteer); one other member (e.g., curator, educator….).

Please provide the name and role of the nominated member(s) of your team who will be directly involved with the project.
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Participant's name and role:	*
Participant's name and role:	*
Participant's name and role:	*

Participants are expected to take part in each stage of the project. Please review the ‘About the project’ section to ensure you have the capacity to commit to the project in full.