Several people sat around a conference table having a discussion. Most of the participants have either laptops or notepads in front of them.
Join us in Birmingham for a half-day event designed to support recordkeepers, at all career stages, feel more confident, influential, and engaged with their ongoing professional development!
📆 Tuesday 5 May (10am – 2.30pm)
Book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leadership... (1/2)
04.03.2026 16:32
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A woman opens the door to a chiller cold room containing boxes of records.
Join our focus session to explore how you can advocate for carbon reduction in your organisation and connect with carbon literate and sector peers!
📆 26 March (10am)
All recordkeepers may sign up, but we encourage Carbon Literacy graduates to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carbon-lit... (1/4)
09.03.2026 13:06
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Two people work at a computer monitor resizing scanned photographs on the screen.
Here’s our weekly slate of upcoming events with spaces still available!
These events cover sustainability action planning, community engagement, criminal justice records, heritage science and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Book now to avoid disappointment!
02.03.2026 13:44
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Quick Check Needed
Great opportunity to be involved in something new at The National Archives, based in my department but collaborating across the organisation and the wider archive sector.
Regional Loans Programme Coordinator:
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
27.02.2026 15:54
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A close-up shot showing the pincers of machinery approaching an illustration on the page of an old book which appears to have experienced some damage.
Keen to learn how heritage science can help you improve access and interpretation of your collections?
Join our in-person workshop at Durham University to hear how the RICHeS programme can support you!
📆 Tuesday 10 March
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti... (1/2)
03.03.2026 15:47
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A man is plugging a wire into a stereo system. In front of him, are various pieces of sound and television production equipment.
Join us online for an impact seminar and hear how Kirklees Local TV (KLTV) builds inclusive and meaningful partnership with local communities and heritage organisations!
📆 Thursday 19 March (12:00 – 13:00)
Book you place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/impact-sem...
04.03.2026 14:05
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A woman sits in an office smiling as she types something into a laptop.
We’re pleased to announce that 17 digital projects are underway for the 2026 peer mentoring programme!
Mentees are matched with an experienced digital professional and work with them over 6 months to shape and develop a digital project for their archive…
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
24.02.2026 12:58
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A woman sits at a red table in a reading room with a large black-and-white illustration book open in front of her. Another woman, wearing a lanyard, is stood behind her also looking at the open book.
Here’s our weekly slate of upcoming events with spaces still available!
These events cover sustainability action planning, community engagement, manorial records, heritage science and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Book now to avoid disappointment!
23.02.2026 16:18
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An archivist, wearing a yellow cardigan, stands in a repository removing a cardboard box from a long line of shelves which hold almost identical cardboard boxes.
Join us on 25 March for our next online lunchtime event exploring how archives can engage with difficult records through people-centred and trauma-informed practices!
This month’s theme: Working with criminal justice records
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...
26.02.2026 14:38
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A woman removes a cardboard box from a long set of shelves in a strong room.
Check out our updated slate of free online events with spaces still available!
Upcoming events cover data migration, records of traumatic histories, manorial records, heritage science and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Book now to avoid disappointment!
16.02.2026 17:01
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Two young people sit at a computer monitor watching something on the screen. Both people have their phones and notepad in front of them.
Keen to share your thoughts on our 3-year digital capacity building strategy?
We’ve commissioned consultant Simon Wilson to run an independent series of focus group discussions on Our Digital Century and Novice to Know-How!
Find out more and sign up for a session: simonpwilson.com/client-area/...
12.02.2026 11:05
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Manorial Court Roll from Crown Manor of Perching, Sussex 1849
📣Calling archive professionals
Join us on 17 & 24 March for a two-part online introduction to manorial records: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...
No previous knowledge of manorial documents or Latin required!
13.02.2026 14:12
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A record keeper, wearing a rainbow lanyard and glasses, stands inside a strongroom repository removing a vinyl sleeve from a cardboard box.
Are you a community group, museum, library, gallery or archive looking to test concepts, build partnerships, or pilot activities? Apply for a Seed Corn Grant from the ‘Spaces, Places and Belonging’ Community Hub by Friday 17 April: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/2)
03.02.2026 13:11
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A person sits at a desk in a dark room making high resolution photographic copies on a computer. In the background, there are rolled up documents and a vertically mounted camera.
CLOSING IN 2 WEEKS 🚨
Share your experiences of Our Digital Century, The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, and help influence the future of digital capacity building in the sector: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/
05.02.2026 11:09
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A man wearing a lanyard sits in an office watching something on a computer monitor.
Check out our website for all upcoming free online events with spaces still available!
Our current slate covers strategic advocacy, data migration, records of traumatic histories and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
🎫Book now to avoid disappointment!
09.02.2026 16:56
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Five people stand in front of a wall of book shelves talking. Two of the people appear to be in fancy dress. One man wears a top hat, long black coat, cravat and golden pocket watch. Another woman wears a Victorian era blue dress.
Communities can now make submissions, detailing their traditions and heritage practices, to the Inventories of Living Heritage: livingheritage.unesco.org.uk
Archives are a key safeguarding resource for documenting intangible heritage and can be cited in submissions as a key source of information!
10.02.2026 15:45
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Three people sit at a table covered with documents and boxes of records. The two people nearest to the camera have a spreadsheet open on a laptop.
The 2025 Accessions to Repositories Survey closes on Monday!
Your responses lend us crucial insight into collecting practices and help us highlight the achievements of your archives!
Any questions? ⬇️
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
28.01.2026 17:57
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Be inspired 👇
#ArchivesWM #archives
13.01.2026 17:51
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A shot of an exhibition space filled with interactive screens, glass display cases filled with publications, large photographs mounted on easels, and book shelves. On the edges of the image, people are interacting with the space or talking to one another.
Has your archive successfully generated income using practical and creative initiatives?
Apply to be a speaker in our fundraising webinar series by 31 January: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EJERFR/
This is a fantastic way to showcase your brilliant work and share best practice with the wider sector!
19.01.2026 11:31
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Applications are open for Scoping Grants worth £3000!
Apply by 19 February to have an independent consultant produce an expert collections report on a full or partial archival collection.
Apply here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/2)
19.01.2026 15:53
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Two people stand in the corridor of a repository looking through a series of black and white photographs.
Keen to join the Archive Service Accreditation Committee and influence expectations about how an effective archive service performs?
🚨Applications close in just three days’ time: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
20.01.2026 13:11
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⏲️Engagement grant applications close on Monday 19 January!
We’re looking for projects that engage with new and existing audiences, exploring ideas that relate to the theme of ‘belonging’
Apply here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
07.01.2026 11:52
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A person wearing glasses and a puffer jacket stands in a large exhibition space pressing their fingers against a touch screen display. They hold an armoured cable headphone, that is attached to the screen, against their ear. In the background, the words 'Central Library Café' are displayed on the wall.
The annual UK Archive Sector survey will open this year on Monday 2 March!
We’ve listened to your feedback and pushed the dates back so it’s easier for you to prepare responses and take part.
The survey will close in mid-May and we hope to publish the findings in Autumn 2026 (1/3)
12.01.2026 12:30
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Procuring a new CMS and data migration for Higher Education archives
Join us to hear from speakers about their experiences of procuring new collections management systems and migrating data.
A National Archives event for Higher Education archives to learn more about procuring collections management systems and data migration. Archives from other organisations are welcome to attend.
23 Feb 11:00-12:00 GMT [Online]
#archives #ArchivesWM @uknatarcsector.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social
08.01.2026 16:52
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That looks gorgeous.
13.01.2026 15:57
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A woman stands between two concrete pillars holding a wreath of poppies. She is surrounded by more wreaths with cards attached.
A digital collage of items displayed on a bright yellow background. Items include: a bongo drum, a magazine cover with a man's face and the Royal Northern College of Music building.
Two identical leaflets entitled 'publication' have been set on fire and are in the process of burning.
A man in a conservation studio carefully handles a box of items, wearing latex gloves.
Looking for some inspiration to kick off the New Year?
Be sure to read our 2025 #AYearinArchives publication complete with 10 outstanding case studies, almost 50 more highlights and our analysis of the sector’s accessions data for 2024.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
13.01.2026 12:02
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A young boy sits at a computer tapping the screen for information. Three adults are gathered around him watching the screen. There are shelves of books behind them.
Are you looking to conduct research into your community heritage?
What training and resources would be most useful to you?
Share your thoughts in the Community Hub training needs survey by Friday 16 January: www.communityarchives.org.uk/content/news... (1/2)
05.01.2026 14:30
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