Bee Keeping Workshop

On Sunday June 12, our volunteer beekeepers Cerys, Sarah, Matthew and Jacky held a workshop at the Education Centre to discuss the ins and outs of beekeeping at the Palace.

They talked about the history of bees at Fulham Palace and why they've been reintroduced.  They explained what goes on in the hive, what goes into looking after them and how honey gets from the hive to the jar.

The guests were then invited to watch the bees in action in the observation hive and to have a taste of the honey from last year's crop.

If you missed the workshop an 8oz jar of Fulham Palace honey is available to buy from the Museum Shop.  Please click here for the Shop’s opening times.

If you would like to get involved with bee keeping at the Palace please do get in contact with Jacky and the other apiary volunteers on volunteer@fulhampalace.org

Volunteer Trip to Chartwell

We are planning our annual volunteer trip to Chartwell House in Kent for September. 

Chartwell is a beautiful National Trust property famous for being the family home of prime minister Winston Churchill. This will be a great opportunity to see the historic house, find out what they offer visitors and meet other volunteers.

You may have already taken part in a poll to find a date, however due to staff changes we are having to move the trip a bit later in the year.

The new proposed date will be one of:

 Sunday 11 September

 Sunday 18 September

 Sunday 25 September

Please follow the link to the doodle poll to let us know which dates you can do, before Wednesday 18 May. We'll pick the day most volunteers can make.

Vote for us!

Voting is open for the Connect! Competition.  

Fulham Palace has been shortlisted to host a unique event for Museums at Night in October.
Now we need your help. The venue with the most votes wins. Get all your work contacts, friends, families, neighbours…the man down the pub to vote for us too! You can only vote once from an email address, if you have more than one email use them all to vote!

Voting closes on Sat 14 May.

http://museumsatnight.org.uk/aowen-jin/#.VyMxv2H2YdX

If we win –

Artist Aowen Jin will be creating for us -

· Paintings inspired by our history that can only be viewed in darkened rooms with the use of UV torches.

· A temporary 3D installation that can also be explored with UV torches.

· Choreographed performances which challenge modern perception of beauty and aesthetics.

Aowen wrote this to inspire museums and galleries:

“Imagine a gallery that’s filled with magical figurative stories, like the Sistine Chapel, but that can only be seen using UV torches. As you move the torch around the museum in the dark, all of the paintings on the wall come to life, and they appear and disappear as your beam of light moves from one image to another. The paintings are inspired by the history and collections of the museum itself, reflected through the eyes of the viewers. I am also interested in using balloons to shape the space, painted with UV ink, which can then create a temporary 3D installation that can be explored with UV torches too."

This will be a new body of collaborative work that is not only created by the artist, but also invites the local community to take part and imprint their sensitivity of the museum onto the space they love. In a grand finale, Jin will choreograph performances which challenge modern perception of beauty and aesthetics. During the event, artist Aowen Jin will share her experiences through talks and offer a workshop in collaboration with local people to create art together for the project.

This would be an amazing opportunity for Fulham Palace.
So please vote now!

Volunteer Opportunity - Bookkeeping Volunteer

We are currently looking to recruit a new Bookkeeping Volunteer to support, Mehala Manimohan, our Finance Officer. 

This is an internal recruitment, if you are interested please contact Mehala by emailing mehala.manimohan@fulhampalace.org before Friday 26th March

 We are hoping to meet with potential Bookkeeping Volunteers on the Friday 4th March to discuss the role further.  

Role Summary:

The role of the Bookkeeper Volunteer is primarily to assist the Finance Officer in ensuring the charity’s financial systems, payments, and reporting of financial information to appropriate users. In return you will get coaching and mentoring from a qualified accountant who has got more than 10 years of experience in all aspects of accounting and book keeping. This volunteer role creates an ideal opportunity for gaining experience of the financial systems in a busy well established charity whilst also developing existing skills. This opportunity will also help to improve your accounting skills and day today financial management skills. 

Main activities/tasks:

·         Introduction to coding and processing of supplier invoices in Sage.

·         Introduction to raising invoices in Sage.

·         Introduction to Credit control, Sales and Purchase Ledger Management.

·         Introduction to Journals, Nominal Ledgers and Bank modules in Sage.

·         Processing Receipts and Payments.

·         Monitoring and closing purchase orders.

·         Introduction to budget monitoring.

·         Dealing with financial paperwork and filing.

·         Introduction to year end accounts preparation.

Relevant experience/skills:

·                     Knowledge of simple book keeping.

·                     Willingness to deal with paperwork and filing.

·                     Numerate and ability to understand basic accounting and budgets.

·                     Computer literacy preferably Excel and Word.

Training and support:

Volunteers will be given a full induction to Fulham Palace, and training and support to carry out the role. Volunteers will have a named supervisor who will provide support and help.

Hazel Coppicing Workshop

Monday 25 January 1.30pm-3.30pm, we are offering five free palace for volunteers on our Hazel Coppicing Workshop. (normal price is £20 per person.)

For more information and to book a place click here.

Fulham Palace Trust PR Volunteer Opportunity

The PR volunteer will play an integral role in the publicity and promotion of the Campaign project.

The work of the volunteer will be guided by the fundraising consultant but will be managed by the Development Officer on a day to day basis.

Tasks include:

• Establish a news release calendar which interacts with the project calendar, specifically identifying all the media opportunities around the project activities in the next six months which will help to inform the news release calendar.

• Write and disseminate media releases which will include notifying local media of drop-in sessions etc.

• Research, prepare and schedule content for Facebook.

• Help prepare information leaflets for local residents, including content, design and printing.

• Produce briefing packs for the media.

• Build a database of key media contacts.

• Research speaking opportunities for CEO such as heritage seminars, conferences.

Requirements:

• Due to the nature of the role, the volunteer will need to be flexible.

• A minimum of one day/ two half days each week will be required with some additional work during busy periods.

• Own laptop and willingness to complete work from home on occasions is preferable but this should not stop anyone from applying.

For more information, any questions or to apply for this role please send an email explaining your relative experience to Clare Morley,  Development Officer: development@fulhampalace.org before Monday 23rd November. 

Hidcote Gardens Volunteer Visit

If you enjoy green spaces, nature and love gardening, you must visit Hidcote Gardens, in Gloucestershire. Now, as a Fulham Palace volunteer you can do it for free!

A group of weekend garden volunteers approached our Volunteer Development Officer, Fran, about organising a visit on Sunday 29th of November, which Hidcote have kindly offered.

These beautiful gardens are outside London and it is quite difficult to get there by public transport.  Sadly, we are not able to provide transport, so if you are interested in going there,  you will need to provide your own car. If you don't mind driving others, please let Fran know and we can arrange groups to go in cars so you are able to share petrol costs.

If you are really keen on visiting Hidcote Gardens but you don't have a means of transport, email Fran anyway and we will try to see if someone have a place available in their car.

Fran Riando, Volunteer Development Officer: francesca.riando@fulhampalace.org  

In the mean while you can have a look on Hidcote Gardens website to learn  more about this amazing green space.

Marlen Armendariz

Volunteer Communication Assistant