Working with older audiences

Community Partnerships at The British Museum Working with older adults

Map of London Borough of Camden comparing local areas of deprivation to national averages. Deprivation based upon: Employment, Income, Health and disability, Education, skills and training, Barriers to Housing and Services, Living Environment & Crime. Eight of Camden’s local areas are in the 10% most deprived in England

Discussion points
How is outreach initiated?
How is outreach planned?
How is outreach financed?
What are the benefits – why do it?
How do we evaluate our programmes?
How do we ensure sustainability?
What else?

Camden Chinese Community Centre

Discussion and dialogue

Intergenerational work

Ghanaian consultation “ (help) people coming from Ghana to know ourselves” “ this is not information I could get from books”

Over 55s afternoons in the Museum

One word one question what you think it is where you think it is from how might it be used?

Key points
Honesty
Ethics
Dialogue
Respect
Reciprocity
Expectation management
Courting and advocacy (inside and out)
Relationships and partnerships - sustainability
Tailor your work
Strategy
Experiment and pilot
Support network

Working with over 55s
Leave preconceptions aside – not a homogenous group
Activity
Plan to have fun – humour is essential
Imaginations and creativity
Don’t always focus on the remembered past
Excite and stimulate
Challenge
Ask!
Allow different levels of engagement
Access
Work on and offsite and try to target a mix of easier and harder to reach.

Working with older audiences

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