Chairperson: Rotating Vice-chair: Haidee Thomas Treasurer: Miranda Mitchell Secretary: Kay Topping
Minutes of Learning Liaison Forum (LLF) Meeting
At Brooklands Museum
Thursday 14th April, 2016
Attendees: Kay Topping (Haslemere), Miranda Mitchell (Horsham), Haidee Thomas (Surrey Museums Partnerhip), Virginia Smith & Olivia Clandillon-Baker (Brooklands), Lauren McCombie Smith & Lucy Shipp (Watts Gallery), Anthony Muzzall (FRP), Helen Clark (Horsham), Ceri Gage(Army Medical Services), Emma Midgley (Rural Life Centre), Elaine Sansom (SEMDP), Caroline Jeffrey & Martin Piggott (Amberley), Kate Jenner & Jessica Newman (Surrey History Centre), Guja Bandini (Guildford), Arun Sharma & Bob Bailey (London Bus Museum), Helen Sinnamon (Basing House), Vicky Rowlands (Chichester Cathedral), Sonia Rasbery
Apologies:: Abi Hall( Lightbox, Kate Hickmott (Lewes Priory), Clare McCann(Send), Lynn Gayford (Lewes Castle), Helen Graham (Brighton and Hove)
Helen Chiasson (Lewes Priory), Lucy Hockley (Weald& Downlands), Helen Poole (Crawley), Edwina Livesay (Crawley), Juliet Harris (Elmbridge), Su Hepburn (Brighton), Sally Guile (Cowdray), Lisa Geelhood (Dorking), Fay Young (Horsham), Muriel Wright & Joan Denwood (Steyning), Kate Kern (All Saints Kingston), John Redpath (Charlotteville Jubilee Trust), Sue Poil (Chichester Cathedral)
The meeting was chaired by Haidee Thomas.
Minutes of the previous meeting
Two amendments were noted – the date 27th Jan NOT April and Emily Leach was representing SEWS. These amendments being made the minutes were taken as a true record by the members and signed accordingly.
Matters arising
There were no matters arising.
LLF Exec Committee Updates
Haidee reminded everyone that we currently do not have a Chairman but she is carrying on as Vice- Chair. She invited people to consider taking on an Executive role at the AGM in September. Tony Muzzall wondered if it would be useful to send ‘Job specs’ round for the posts to give people an idea of commitment.
Helen has been attending SMG meetings and she was officially recognized as our representative to sit on their meetings.
Treasurer’s Report
LLF finances remain unchanged (please see attached).
‘Freelance’ Register
Following on from the last meeting Helen talked about having a register of Freelancers for LLF members. This would cover people who are happy to cover setting’s sessions and/or to offer their own or bespoke sessions. The lists on GEM and SEMPD were discussed but thought to be more consultants than deliverers. It was decided a list would be useful and Helen agreed to collate it. So please get any freelancers to contact Helen with the following information. Helen’s email is
Name / Email / Setting sessions(Y/N) / Own/bespoke settings (Y/N) / Areas/subjects covered / KS/Audience / Fee / Contact details
CPD Days –
The dates and content for the next CPD meeting and the AGM were discussed. It was decided that the next meeting should look at Health & Well-being. Amberley kindly offered to host and co-ordinate the day. The working party will consist of Kate Jenner, Elaine Sansom, Kay Topping, Sonia Rasbery and the Amberley team. The date was set for Monday 4th July.
The AGM will be an Industry update with a focus on Funding and has been booked for 19th September at St Mary’s Hall, Horsham.
A.O.B.
There was no other business
Meeting Closed
Haidee thanked Virginia and her team for hosting and coordinating a really good CPD day, and thanked the members for attending. The meeting closed at 3.00