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…
Category: Resources
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…
Keeping value: New archival guidance for the voluntary sector
The Campaign has been working on guidance for voluntary sector organisations on how best to preserve and catalogue their historical material. Philip Gale, our co-ordinating editor, has now made a draft publication Keeping value: archival guidance for the voluntary sector available…
Keeping it simple : Introductory archival guidance for voluntary small sector organisations
The Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives is pleased to announce the publication of draft guidance for voluntary organisations. Primarily aimed at smaller organisations, this guidance is designed to help manage, store and use archival material. This document is the result…