Army Flying Museum Hampshire Military Museum Network March

Army Flying Museum Hampshire Military Museum Network, March 2020

4 Main activity strands (Outreach and Engagement activity) running alongside the museum based project • Young Eagles • Community Spotlight Café Displays • Outreach object handling sessions • Pop up Museum activities across Hampshire & Wiltshire • https: //www. armyflying. com/project-eagle/

‘Monthly club for local young people developed in partnership with the Middle Wallop AAC base Army Welfare Service youth group using the museum’s stories and collections as a catalyst for creative, hands on out of school activities reaching a new audience of young people’ § Partnership working with the AWS based at Middle Wallop for young people § Monthly sessions held at the museum § Sessions based on different themes (WW 1 / WW 2 / VE Day 75 / STEM) § working with an already established group § Group took part in takeover day / consulted on activities in museum § Wider partnership working with other AWS officers and existing groups at Worthy Down and Thorney Island - create work for Café Spotlight displays

HLF Target: ‘ 20 sessions x 25 young people = 500 participations’ § 7 sessions with 15 -25 young people regularly attending. § 175 young people already participated § Sessions started in September 2019 due to museum reopening. § sessions for the remainder of project planned, devised and developed § Using museum collections, stories and artefacts for sparking imagination and curiosity

‘Changing themed displays of museum collections and community content in the museum café created by collaborations between museum staff, volunteers, school and community groups’ § Displays created and curated by community groups from across Hampshire and Wiltshire (interpreting the museum collections and stories in unusual and quirky ways) § Some groups generating their own displays – Art Talk and Young Eagles § Rotation of different themes over next two years: Army Food , D-Day Ruperts, Poppies, Taking Flight, Squadron Flags: signs and Symbols, Kit Bags, Brilliant Balloons etc § Interest in taking part in these from groups has snowballed so much that these displays are now supplemented and enhanced with installations within the actual museum itself. § Free entry was offered to participants involved in poppy project. § Displays have prompted groups to visit who haven’t visited before

§ HLF Target: ‘‘Changing themed displays of museum collections and community content in the museum café created by collaborations between museum staff, volunteers, school and community groups’ § 4 community spotlight displays created so far with more in development with groups § Groups taken part in display projects have been prompted to visit to see their work § Cascade of Poppies – 3000 made, over 700 people, 50 groups § Mini Ruperts – 100 made over 50 people, 10 groups § Taking flight – 300 made, 800 people, 40 groups § Art Talk inspiration – 20 pieces created, 20 members, 1 group § Squadron Flags – 30 flags made, 30 groups, 1000 people

§ Romsey Young Carers § Basingstoke and District Young Carers § Farlington Young Carers § Memory cafes – Basingstoke, Winchester § Friary Community centre art and craft club § Art Talk art therapy club, Winchester § Headway Salisbury § Army Welfare youth groups (Middle Wallop, Worthy Down, Thorney Island) § Young people’s groups (brownies, cubs, beavers, scouts, guides, ) § Brendoncare social clubs for older people § Live at Home scheme social clubs § Nursing homes § Alzhimers & dementia social clubs and groups

Mini Rupert parachutists Cascade of Poppies Taking Flight Squadron flags: signs and symbols

‘An inspiring, portable, interactive Pop up Museum exhibit’ 9 largescale events x 250 people = 2, 250 participations 15 small scale events x 40 people = 600 participations Total participations 2, 850 § Presence at large scale events across Hampshire and Wiltshire with pop up museum activities for wide range of audiences (wider and reinvigorated awareness of museum) § Target number: 24 per year § Actual number: 30 per year

Actual totals: from start of project to March 2020: § 29 pop up museum events (start of project to now) § 4547 participations § 25 pop up museum events being held during 2020 (Jan to December 2020) at same and new venues across Hampshire

§ Salisbury Armed Forces Day § Hampshire Libraries (Hedge End, Chandlers Ford, Winchester, Stubbington, Eastleigh) § Winchester Hat Fair § Salisbury community families days (Harnham, Bemerton Heath, Bishopsdown) § Sea. City Museum § Tidworth History Festival § Middle Wallop community centre § Thorney Island Community Centre § Worthy Down Community Centre § Gosport Gallery and Museum § Dday Story families event § Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum § YMCA community Centre Andover § Army Aviation Centre families day on base § Winchester Heritage Opens Day ‘A Celebration of Hampshire’s Treasures’ at the Great Hall

§ Regular outreach service working with wide range of groups / audiences across Hampshire and Wiltshire – both those who can and cannot access museum § Relationships now built up with groups who are rebooking sessions and wanting to be part of our café spotlight displays § Art and craft workshops for groups § Some groups have been prompted to visit / revisit museum since reopening § Common misconceptions – are you the RAF museum? Were you a solider? Did you serve? Were you a pilot? Never heard of the museum! never associate army with flying § Donations of objects to the museum § Enquiries about volunteering / sleepovers for uniformed groups § Person to associate the museum with – Dan the Army Flying Man!

HLF target: ‘ 4 events a year x 3 years x 25 people = 300 participations Outcomes: from start of project to March 2020 § 200 outreach sessions held (start of project to now) § 7000 participations § Now building up relationships with many groups across Hampshire and Wiltshire § Reputation and awareness of the museum, its stories and collections ‘Seasonal programme of on and offsite expert led practical talks, demonstrations and workshop sessions which involve museum staff, AAC personnel, HAF engineers and STEM Ambassadors in sharing their particular expertise and perspectives with an adult audience in an engaging way that strongly links to the museum’s collections and displays’

§ Brendoncare older peoples groups across Hampshire § Live at Home scheme groups across Hampshire § Serving army and wider military § Uniformed groups § RBL groups (veterans and serving personnel – breakfast clubs, social groups) shared histories § Memory cafes § Veterans – both Army and wider military (Southampton, Portsmouth, Salisbury, Andover) § Those with disabilities and access (Art Talk, Turning Point, Mencap youth group) § Visually impaired clubs – open sight, Hampshire library groups etc § Nursing and Care homes § Sheltered housing § AGE UK day centres (Fareham, Southampton, New Forest) § Young people at Southampton Hospital School and Naomi's Hospice § Mainly groups in North, South West, South and West Hampshire and partly into Wiltshire

§ Different layers of engagement (types of activity and relationship building), making the museum relevant and inspiring for people and groups to engage with through quirky and interesting ways / approaches. § Continuing links, developing and maintaining relationships with groups § Involving them in all activity through different projects for the café spotlight display and within the wider museum § Reach out to ‘harder to reach groups’ those who wont visit – access, location, doesn’t interest them, no link to the Army / military § Wellbeing and reminiscence agendas – being inspired by the museum’s stories, artefacts and collections as a focus for learning and enjoyment prompting interest and potentially visiting the museum

Thank you for listening! Any questions? e: outreach@armyflying. com https: //www. armyflying. com/education/outreach/