Birmingham Museums Trust foi coroado o vencedor geral da excelência no Charity Awards 2019 por seu projeto de coleta de Birmingham, que capacitou o povo de Birmingham a assumir um papel de que a coleta de museus da Cidade de Medicina Hold. É o esquema de prêmios de maior corrida e mais prestigiado no setor de caridade. Comunidades. Adote uma nova abordagem inclusiva que adotou e respeitou as variadas culturas e histórias de Birmingham. Novos relacionamentos foram estabelecidos e os vínculos com os parceiros existentes foram fortalecidos. Indicador Qibla otomano e uma réplica francesa precisa do século XIX de uma lâmpada de vidro egípcia do século XIV. Exibições desses objetos A diversidade dos visitantes dos locais do Trust aumentou. O XEEDHO permanece em exibição até 27 de outubro na atual exibição de coleta de Birmingham
The Charity Awards is the Civil Society Media’s annual awards programme held to identify, recognise and reward those organisations doing exceptional work in all areas of charitable activity. It is the longest-running and most prestigious awards scheme in the charity sector.
As well as winning the top prize in the Arts, Culture and Heritage category, Birmingham Museums Trust was chosen as the Overall Winner by this year’s judges for the Collecting Birmingham project which transformed the way the city’s cultural institutions engaged with and empowered its diverse communities.
Collecting Birmingham was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England and engaged residents from inner city Birmingham, giving them a central role in deciding which new objects Birmingham Museums should collect to better reflect the city’s diversity and heritage.
The three-year project came at a time when Birmingham Museums recognised that the collection needed to be reinvigorated and was looking to adopt a new inclusive approach that embraced and respected Birmingham’s varied cultures and histories.
Throughout the project the Birmingham Museums team consulted widely with over 3,500 people in the four city wards of Soho, Aston, Nechells and Ladywood, which included diverse communities in terms of age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, faith and ethnic backgrounds. New relationships were established and links with existing partners were strengthened.
1800 items were collected throughout the three years, including a booth from one of Birmingham’s oldest curry houses, a Pride banner and t-shirt from Unmuted, a peer support network in Birmingham for people of colour who identify as LGBTQI, and two significant Islamic artefacts – an Ottoman Qibla indicator, and an accurate 19th century French replica of a 14th century Egyptian glass lamp.
Through the project Birmingham Museums built a new relationship with the city’s Somalian Muslim community and became the first UK museum to purchase of a Xeedho, the ceremonial vessel a Somalian bride receives and unwraps as part of her wedding rites.
Through exhibitions and displays of these objects the diversity of visitors to the Trust’s venues increased. The Xeedho remains on display until 27 October at the current Collecting Birmingham display Quem é Birmingham? na Galeria de Arte do Museu de Birmingham. A cidade. de setores.
The legacy of the project continues as Birmingham Museums has now permanently changed its approach to collecting, recognising the need for ongoing public consultation, allowing the Trust to become a powerful agency for promoting diversity, social cohesion and inclusion in the city.
Collecting Birmingham was also awarded the Best Museums Change Lives Project by the Museums Association in 2018.
Rachel Cockett, Director of Development at Birmingham Museums Trust, said: “We are thrilled to have been recognised by Civil Society Media at The Charity Awards, and especially honoured to have won this year’s overall excellence award against leading charities from such a wide range of sectors.
“Este sucesso do prêmio mostra o importante papel que os museus e a cultura podem desempenhar em nossas comunidades. Essas vitórias do prêmio não devem ser apenas celebradas pela equipe de Museus de Birmingham, mas também pelo povo de Birmingham e todos os que ajudaram a moldar a coleção. Os juízes, disse:
Su Sayer, chair of the Charity Awards judges, said: “A coleta de Birmingham era um exemplo brilhante de uma instituição de caridade que tinha a humildade em admitir que não estavam se conectando com seu público e que precisavam mudar radicalmente a maneira como fazem as coisas. Eles desenvolveram relacionamentos que sobreviveram e se aprofundaram além do projeto. Há tantas lições aqui para o setor de caridade mais amplo em torno de desistir do poder - mesmo quando isso parece assustador - e valorizando a experiência vivida e também a experiência profissional. O Museums Trust recebeu seus dois troféus em uma cerimônia de gravata preta na Torre de Londres na quarta-feira, 5 de junho, organizada pela emissora, ex-estrela pop e padre da Igreja da Inglaterra, o Rev Richard Coles. Downtown in Business
“They involved their service users in a profound way over a long period, genuinely sharing power and rebuilding trust in the process. They have developed relationships that have survived and deepened beyond the project. There are so many lessons here for the broader charity sector around giving up power – even when that feels scary – and valuing lived experience as well as professional expertise.
“This is a charity that has shown real innovation within the sector and had a powerful impact on its local community.”
Alongside the nine other category winners and the recipient of the Daniel Phelan Award for Outstanding Achievement, Birmingham Museums Trust was presented with its two trophies at a black-tie ceremony at the Tower of London on Wednesday 5 June, hosted by broadcaster, former pop star and Church of England priest the Rev Richard Coles.
