WHY THE PEOPLE'S HISTORY MUSEUM?
Not boring or corporate’ were the instructions ringing in the ears of TICS associate, Cat Jolleys, as TICS Director, Lisa, sent her on a mission to locate a venue for TICS’ inaugural Trauma Informed Practice conference. As Cat mentally trawled through the various Manchester venues she’d attended conferences at over the years, she remembered the decidedly unboring People’s History Museum and hot footed it down there.
The PHM is a radical and inclusive museum which explores ways to make our World a fairer place, promoting compassion and empathy and housed in a Victorian pump house in the City Centre - perfect!
Chrissy and the team were warm, welcoming, flexible and seemed genuinely excited to host our Trauma Informed conference.
They know how to understand and meet everyone’s needs to access their amazing space and when the Open Kitchen catering team (the UK’s first museum cafe and social enterprise, to intercept food rather than waste it) got on board and immediately understood we wanted to feed, nourish, soothe and welcome guests with their healthy, sustainable, delicious and ethically sourced food - we knew we’d found our venue!