Based in a former nurses’ home in Salford, the Working Class Movement Library is a treasure trove of books, pamphlets, archives, artefacts and fabric memorabilia relating to political and cultural institutions of the working class over the past 200 years. As part of The Lab strand of the Digital Heritage Lab, the library was mentored … Read more
During lockdown heritage organisations have expanded their learning offer to deliver programmes, resources and events online to continue to engage with their audiences. In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording, Amy Todd and Liam Cunningham from Dig Yourself consider what elements of online learning can we use to support the in-person learning experience. From expanding audiences, increasing … Read more
Millions of people in the UK are digitally excluded for a range of reasons, at a time when there is more focus on digital and digital delivery of services than ever before. In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording, Christina Lister takes a closer look at what we mean by digitally excluded audiences, why and in … Read more
This case study is based on a session at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, when David Johnson talked to Celia Gilbert from The Rose Playhouse in Southwark, London about the positive impact this small heritage organisation experienced since moving its events online.
This case study is based on a session at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, when Trish Thomas spoke to Liz Taylor, Curator at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery, about how the museum has used data and insights on their audience and digital channels to develop a focused digital content plan to help them engage … Read more
This checklist by Time to Shine, Leeds helps organisations become more age and dementia friendly by removing barriers and making your service more accessible for all older people.
In this session recorded at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, Stephan Stockton MBE looks at how digital tools can help small to medium sized heritage organisations support the volunteering journey from recruitment and training through to ongoing management of volunteers.
This resource is part of a series of tools and exercises from OF/BY/FOR ALL to help build more inclusive and relevant organisations as part of Arts Council England’s strategy for 2020-2030, Let’s Create.
In this session recorded at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, Hans de Kretser and Phoebe Cleghorn share the best approaches to planning a social media campaign to achieve success across your digital channels, including: setting aims and measuring them again targets; how to reach your target audiences; optimising your reach; and what to post and how to plan content. This session … Read more
In this session recorded at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, Annie Andoh shares her top tips for creating quick and cheap ‘do it yourself’ video content for your social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. She looks at easy to use online tools that can help you can create and edit videos, … Read more