Getting my records has filled in blanks as I had lived a life of non-existence, I had nothing of my past, nothing was there, it was empty. This eloquent testimony from a care leaver in 2013 was shared by the…
Author: Georgina Brewis
Associate Professor in the History of Education, UCL
Improving records management in charities – a new toolkit
What records do charities need to keep? How long should they be retained? What legislation and regulations on record keeping do charities need to comply with? I’m very pleased to announce that our new toolkit to help charities and voluntary organisations…
Using Voluntary Sector Archives in Teaching
Over the past few weeks I’ve been preparing the content for a new module ‘Voluntary Organisations, NGOs and the British Public, 1918-1985’ that I will teach to UCL history undergraduates from October, as well as revising a course on twentieth…
New funding announced for charity archives
The Institute of Education (IOE) is to lead a British Academy funded project to help voluntary sector organisations preserve and digitise their historical archives. The five-year scheme, funded by the British Academy, will reach across the UK and seeks to…
Under threat? Talk on charity archives 22 May 2014
Charity archives are under threat! With ever growing pressure on Trustees to deliver their charity’s purpose in the most cost effective manner the archives of these organisations are in many cases marginalised, poorly resourced and even under the threat of…
The Campaign Launch
The Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives was launched on Monday 15 October 2012 at the House of Lords. The Campaign launch was sponsored by Baroness Pitkeathley and funded by The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. The afternoon seminar, chaired by…