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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 30 September 2024
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This year marks the first chapter in the journey of the Neurodiverse Museum as a CIC aimed at fostering inclusivity, understanding, and innovation in the museum sector. It has been an interesting first year of delivering activities, and we remain committed to expanding our impact in the years to come. As a brief introduction and background to the organisation, in 2020, Sporting Heritage (the Sector Specialist Network (SSN) for sporting collections across the UK) recognised there was a lack of neurodivergent voice within the museum and heritage collections and projects it supported. As a result, it received funding from Art Fund to test out the extent to which this was true, understand if there was a need for further support across the sector, and begin to define what that support looked like. Following positive feedback from the sector, Sporting Heritage hosted and nurtured “The Neurodiverse Museum” as a project for a number of years, eventually leading to the establishment of this company “The Neurodiverse Museum CIC” on the 13th September 2023 and beginning to trade in March 2024. The CIC runs a network, provides training and shares good practice on neurodiversity to support the museums and heritage sector.
A key element of the Neurodiverse Museum CIC is the regular meeting of the Museums and Neurodiversity Network, attended by over 100 people. These meetings highlighted the interest and significant need across the sector, in all types of museums, working with all types of collections to understand and implement activities that better reflect the neurodivergent voice. It also demonstrated that the issues faced included discrimination against those neurodivergent people working in the sector, and a lack of knowledge, confidence and training for those wishing to improve how museums deliver for and with neurodivergent people. The first Museums and Neurodiversity Conference was delivered, totally online, in early 2024. The conference was attended by over 200 delegates from across the UK and internationally. Keynote speakers and workshops highlighted innovative practices and fostered connections across the sector. The “Principles for Museums and Neurodiversity” (available on our website) were developed in consultation with the network and the sector conference, and these are now ready to underpin how the sector can change to better meet the needs of neurodivergent communities. In terms of next steps, the organisation is making efforts to secure further funding to translate the “Principles for Museums and Neurodiversity” into training modules, case studies and an online tool kit, which supports the museums and heritage sector. During this financial year, several applications were made for funding to support activity. We experienced barriers to accessing funding including the lack of options to identify neurodivergent people as our community of interest. The choice available to identify the neurodivergent community tends to fall into the category of ‘disabled people’ with the only sub-category available for non-physical disability being ‘people with mental health issues’ which is entirely inappropriate. This demonstrates the distance to travel at a national level, to support the understanding and inclusion of neurodivergent people in practice.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
6 June 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Justine Reilly
Status: Director