S4:EP1 - Sam Bowen: #sendinmuseums campaign

🎙️Welcome to the RECAP podcast! 👋Today we welcome the wonderful Samantha Bowen...Samantha  delivers training globally to the museum and cultural sector on all aspects ofwelcoming children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). She alsospeaks at conferences, writes articles and mentors museums on organisational changein Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).Samantha has worked in the Museum sector for over 25 years during which time she has been a Curator, Education Manager and Museum Development Officer. She brings thisknowledge, combined with her lived experience as a SEND parent to herdisabled daughter Lucy, to support museums as a freelance consultant.But that is not all, Samantha is the founder of the SEND in Museums campaign, author of the Special Schools and Museums toolkit and creator of www.sendinmuseums.org, a sector advocacy and guidance resource.In 2021 She  was named the Radical Change Maker in the Museum Association’sMuseums Change Lives awards and in 2024 she won the Sector Impact award from theMuseums and Heritage Show. 💬It was so much fun talking to Sam, let us know in the comments what you thought!🔗Links:Sam's website is: www.sambowen.co.uk and the project website is: www.sendinmuseums.org Here is the 10 minute advocacy film Sam made:  https://youtu.be/-ACn41kUfWcLucy's clothing line with Born Anxious: https://bornanxious.co.uk/our-collaborations/lucy-smiles-collection/Elly Chapple TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/elly_chapple_diversity_is_the_key_to_our_survival_the_shoeness_of_a_shoe