Shirley Otto describes how the archives of the Management Development Network were saved.
Category: Resources
Who collects charity archives? Mapping collecting practices in England
Paul writes about his TNA placement that aims to better understand what types of charities and voluntary sector organisations are being collected by archives services in England
Charity archives in a time of crisis?
Charity records and archives are always at risk, but the multiple and intersecting crises of 2020 are adding to this strain.
JUST LAUNCHED: Records Management Improvement Toolkit
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new and updated online toolkit to help charities, voluntary and community groups with records management. Record keeping is an important but often overlooked part of running a voluntary organisation. It is vital…
Four things academics can do to help preserve charity archives
This week’s new that the Black Cultural Archives is to receive £200,000 stop-gap funding from government is a moment to celebrate, although the organisation’s future is far from secure. This results from a wide community campaign of support, including an…
Filling in the blanks: Why charities must take records management seriously
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…