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Roman Baths Forward Plan 2023 - 2026 (WL)

Decision Maker: Council Leader

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

A Museum Forward Plan is a requirement of the Arts Council England's Accreditation Scheme.
The Accreditation Scheme is the UK industry standard for museums and galleries.
It helps everyone involved with a museum to do the right things, helping people to access and engage with collections, and protect them for future generations.
The Accreditation Scheme does this by making sure museums manage their collections properly, engage with visitors, and are governed appropriately by encouraging all museums and galleries to meet an agreed standard in:
• how they’re run;
• how they manage their collections; and
• how they engage with their users.
We must provide the following for the Roman Baths Museum:
2.1 An approved forward plan which covers the
current and subsequent planning year.
This needs to be signed approval from someone with delegated authority.

Decision:

To approve the Roman Baths Forward Plan 2023-2026.

Reasons for the decision:

It is a requirement of the Arts Council England’s Accreditation Standard that a museum must be able to demonstrate that they can plan effectively for the long-term and be able to adapt in a changing environment.

 

It is a requirement of the Arts Council England’s Accreditation Standard that the forward plan should be approved by the governing body and should include the following:

 

·  Statement of purpose

·  The period the plan covers

·  The key aims/priorities you want to achieve over the plan’s duration

·  How you will achieve these aims/priorities

·  What you will need to achieve these aims/priorities, including people, equipment and money

·  Budgets for the current and subsequent planning year

·  A review date

 

For the Accreditation application the Roman Baths Museum needs to provide a copy of the forward plan and signed approval from its governing body.  The statement of purpose and key aims/priorities must be approved by the governing body or by those approved to take delegated decisions.

Alternative options considered:

None.

Publication date: 19/06/2023

Date of decision: 19/06/2023

Effective from: 27/06/2023

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