Save the date for our 2026 conference.

Conference 8 July
Optional 1/2 day workshop 9 July

In person at UCL, London UK

Call for papers - March
Bookings open- May

Spaces, Places and Belonging: Community Hub Launch Webinar Learn about the new AHRC funded Community Hub, which will support inclusive, community led research across the UK GLAM and heritage sectors.

Find our about the Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub at an online launch event on 17th September. CAHG is part of this programme funded by the AHRC and led by the UK National Archives www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spaces-pla...

Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...

Take part in the 2025 survey - Archives sector The UK Annual Archive Sector Survey is now open, and will close on 14 March 2025. Thank you in advance for participating. Purpose of the survey The purpose of the UK Annual Archive Sector Survey 2025 ...

You can find more info on their website and a downloadable word document which will help you to plan your answers to each question. Please note, final responses must be made through the online survey link. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Arolwg Blynyddol Sector Archifau’r DU 2025 Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

After the survey closes, TNA will publish a report on theirr website as well as the survey dataset so that archives can benchmark their performance against other services.

also available in Welsh: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ArolwgBlyn...

Annual UK Archive Sector Survey 2025 Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

The UK National Archives is expanding its annual survey of the archive sector to the whole of the UK. The survey provides standardised baseline data needed to effectively advocate for archives
The deadline for completing this survey is Friday 14 March 2025. www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/UKArchiveS...

🎪 Did you know we look after the National Fairground and Circus Archive? 🎠

This unique research archive is dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of fairs, the circus and travelling popular entertainment in the UK.

Scottish Community Archives Toolkit - Scottish Council on Archives The Scottish Community Archives Toolkit has been developed by SCA as part of its contribution to the AHRC-funded Outreach to Ownership project. SCA supported community groups around Scotland who…

Need some help starting or managing your archive?

The Scottish Community Archives Toolkit offers a wide range of guidance and resources to support you.

View the toolkit here:

Don't worry if you didn't manage to attend one of our Connecting Communities webinars, the recordings are now available online!

December 2024 Group of the Month: Leeds Children's Theatre Archive Group Leeds Children’s Theatre Archive Group was first created back in May 2000 with the specific purpose of creating an archive ...

Our December group of the month is the Leeds Children's Archive Group - find out all about them here:
www.communityarchives.org.uk/content/awar...

November 2024 Group of the Month: West Wales Veterans Archive As the month of November includes Remembrance Day on the 11th, it seems particularly fitting to announce Age Cymru Dyfed’s ...

Our Nov Group of the Month is West Wales Veterans Archive. It features written & oral histories & photos documenting veterans’ experiences plus artwork & poetry created by them. The project has trained veterans in social history research & oral history. www.communityarchives.org.uk/content/awar...

Pre-printed questionnaire with handwritten answers from Thomas Boyle concerning his departure from his "very low" circumstances in County Cork to Canada where his "comforts have been increased"

The annual #ExploreYourArchive Week starts today, with a different theme for each of the next ten days. This year starts with #EYADecisions: here Thomas Boyle from County #Cork confirms his decision to move to #Canada in 1823 was a good one and one he would recommend to others.

#history #archives

Bringing Community Archives to Life: An opportunity to make a short film about your community heritage group Would you like a professionally edited film about your group? Would you like to learn to make a film yourself? We ...

Bringing Community Archives to Life: An opportunity to make a short film about your community heritage group & learn to make a film yourself. Free in UK & Ireland! Find out more here www.communityarchives.org.uk/content/news...

Two days to got until #ExploreYourArchive focus week 2024 - find out all about it here www.exploreyourarchive.org/create/socia... - follow the daily themes or post along from your archive! A great way to show what glories archives contain / a great way to find out what glories archives contain!

Collage of 40 images of archives and rare books held at the University of Exeter Special Collections.

Explore Your Archive Focus Week begins tomorrow! 🎉

Every day between 21 November and 30 November we'll be sharing insights and treats from the archives based around nine different themes.

Tomorrow's theme: Decisions!

#ExploreYourArchive #ExploreArchives #EYA #Archives

Bluesky profile page

Whitchurch Hospital and water tower with blue skies and the bowling green in the front of the photo

The themes for Explore your archive over the next few days

#Decisions

One that we’ve made quite recently is to rejoin the blue skies community. If you are here do have a look 👀

📷 🦋 page
📷 Whitchurch Hospital on a ☀️ day in July 2019
📷 #EYA themes to see what’s next

#Eyadecision
#ExploreYourArchive
#EYAFocusWeek
#archives