Emergency Response Units

As part of the Renaissance South East Sharing Skills programme, the South East Hub and MLA South East have set up Emergency Response Units (ERUs) to support over 260 Registered/Accredited museums across the region. These ERUs will provide museums with access to extra equipment and expertise when they need it most. The units consist of a range of equipment, stored in small towable trailers, and teams involving more than 50 museum staff and volunteers willing to help other museums facing an emergency they can’t cope with alone. Between them, these teams have expertise ranging from archaeology to zoology, costume to conservation.

Museums across the region are now being invited to apply to benefit from this service. Help from the ERUs will be open to those museums with emergency plans, response kits and appropriate insurance already in place. Museums will also have to provide basic access and location information to be able to be eligible for the service.

For more information contact Helen Gibbons, Museum Development Manager, MLA South East, 15 City Business Centre, Hyde Street, Winchester, SO23 7TA

Download the latest press release about the ERU networks (PDF, 30KB). This file is in Adobe PDF format and you will need Adobe Reader to view it.

Telephone: +44 (0)1962 858842

Email: helen.gibbons@mlasoutheast.org.uk

Download the letter for museums about benefitting from the ERU network (PDF, 28KB).

Download the application form for the ERU network (PDF, 44KB).

These files are available in Adobe PDF format and you will need Adobe Reader to view them.

These documents are also available in Word format.

Download the letter for museums about benefitting from the ERU network (Word, 446KB).

Dowload the application form for the ERU network (Word, 465KB).

Team Resources

Download the ERU Call Out Form (Word, 68KB)