The project has given a number of presentations and organised several events, listed here in reverse chronological order.
18 September 2024: ‘Advocating for Archives and the Charity Archives Development Plan’, as part of an update on the Charity Archives Development Plan
11 September 2024: ‘Recording the voluntary sector in contemporary Britain: Case studies from the 1970s to 1990s (ish)’, Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference, City, University of London
19 July 2024: Narratives of voluntary action as discursive interventions across moving frontiers as part of panel ‘Narrating and Naming the Voluntary Sector in the UK and US: Stories Across Time’ at the 16th International ISTR Conference, Antwerp, June 2024
18 June 2024: ‘The archives and records of youth charities: Preservation, access and research, organised in
partnership with Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
21 May 2024: ‘Valuing students’ union records and archives’ – One day workshop organised in partnership with Higher Education Archives Programme. Read about the event and the challenges of archiving digital content here Valuing Students’ Unions Archives and Records – The Shift to Digital. In January 2015, the guidance for archiving students’ unions was published on TNA site here.
13 May 2024: ‘Getting to grips with research using archives, documents and material culture: An advanced qualitative methods workshop’. Training Session at White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership
18 April 2024: ‘Teaching charity history through objects: A workshop’, Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington DC
March 2023: Paul Beard and Georgina Brewis present on the project at the History and Archives in Practice (HAP2023) event. History and Archives in Practice (HAP2023) | Institute of Historical Research
July 2022: ‘Charity Archives: Recent interventions and initiatives in a neglected archives sector’, Panel at the Voluntary Action History Society Conference.
February 2022: ‘Material Culture as a Methodology for the History of Philanthropy’, Panel at the American Historical Association Online Conference, February 2022.
December 2021: ‘Co-curation and archival interventions: Reflections from an interdisciplinary project using voluntary sector records’, Voluntary Action History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research.
September 2021: ‘Voluntary action, the state and welfare’, Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Organisations Academic Perspectives Lecture.
June 2021: Panel ‘Charity Retail in Modern Britain and Ireland: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Reflections’, Welfare and Humanitarianism Strand, Social History Society annual conference.
March 2021: ‘Curating Philanthropy: The material culture of giving in America’, with Dr Amanda Moniz (David M. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of America History) and Rhodri Davies (Head of Policy at Charities Aid Foundation)
November 2020: ‘Archives of Philanthropy: Opportunities and Challenges’, Launch of the UK Philanthropy Archive. You can see Georgina’s presentation here and read about the full event and discussion here: UK Philanthropy Archive Events – Special Collections & Archives
November 2020: ‘Shopping for a cause: A virtual tour of the history of charity shops’, by Georgina Brewis and George Gosling, introduced by Lauren Bravo
26 June 2020: ‘Charity archives in a time of Crisis’, Georgina Brewis spoke as part of a panel at the Social History Society online summer conference. See the write up of the talk here.
20 June 2020: ‘My research in three minutes: What can we learn from the history of charities in Britain?’ Georgina Brewis appears in this a short film as part of the British Academy Summer Showcase.
9 June 2020: ‘Recording a Crisis’, History Acts Online Seminar – Charlotte Clements joined a panel of historians and archivists consider what needs to be done.
20 November 2019: ‘The archives and records of humanitarian organisations: Challenges and Opportunities’, Bodleian Library, Oxford. This was a partnership with Dr Rosie Cresswell (Hull University) in connection with a Wellcome Trust Research Bursary. Read the Oxfam archivist’s blog post about this.
15 October 2019: ‘HMC 150: Understanding and Mitigating Archival Risks’, The National Archives.
6 March 2019: ‘Voluntary organisations, archives and records: Why do they matter?’, British Academy, 6 March 2019.
14 November 2018: Charity and Voluntary Organisation Archives: Making your archives work for you’, workshop with Leonard Cheshire Disability Archive and the University of Loughborough, held at Netherseal, Derbyshire.
29 October 2018, Meg Venter, ‘The past, present and future of charity archives’, VAHS Seminar, IHR.
11 June 2018, Charlotte Clements talk ‘Social Action and Social Justice through the Archives of UK Voluntary Organisations’, Social History Society Conference, University of Keele.
17 September 2018, ‘Records of charities and voluntary organisations: How to care for, or deposit, your archives and records’, workshop with Mass Observation Archive and the ESRC Discourses of Voluntary Action project at The Keep, Sussex.
6 December 2017: Georgina Brewis, Charlotte Clements and Rob Baker, ‘Do not shred!’ Challenges and triumphs of working with voluntary sector archives, IHR Archives and Society seminar.
June 2017: Association of Charity Independent Examiners (ACIE) Annual Conference Presentation by our partners, Charity Finance Group on the new toolkit with copies handed out to attendees.
June 2017 Toolkit Launch: Improving Records Management in Charities, British Academy. Our new toolkit, produced in partnership with Charity Finance Group and funded by a UCL Public Policy grant was launched in June 2017. Bruno Longmore (National Records Scotland) gave a keynote address and the audience was able to ask questions of an expert panel comprised of: Rob Baker (Blind Veterans), Martine King (Barnardos), Anjelica Finnegan (Charity Finance Group), Janet Foster (British Records Association) and Ian Wakeling (Children’s Society).
May 2017: Records Management for Charities Workshop, Charity Finance Group Summer Conference, Presented on the development of our new toolkit.
April 2017: Charity Finance Group London Members Meeting, 20th April 2017. Presented on the development of our new toolkit.
December 2016: ‘Do not shred!’ Challenges and triumphs of working with voluntary sector archives – IHR Archives and Society Seminar, a presentation by Georgina Brewis, Charlotte Clements and Rob Baker (Blind Veterans UK).
July 2016: Workshop at Voluntary Action History Society Conference, University of Liverpool – Presentation of our draft guidance and discussion with Georgina Brewis, Charlotte Clements, Pat Starkey (University of Liverpool), Lindsey Metcalf (Interchange) and Rob Baker (Blind Veterans UK).
February 2016: ‘Archives into the Future’, British Library, Charlotte Clements presented as part of a series funded under the auspices of the Arts and Humanities Research Council ‘Care for the Future: Thinking Forward Through the Past’.
2015: Recording the Voluntary Sector This half-day event formally launched the project. Aimed at representatives of voluntary organisations, it offered information and guidance on preserving and using archives through a mix of expert input and workshop sessions. Speakers included: Professor Pat Thane, Philip Gale (TNA), Jo Hobbs (Girlguiding UK), Jo Reilly (HLF), Sue Hampson (Community Archives and Heritage Group), Rob Baker (Blind Veterans UK), Matthew McMurray (Royal Voluntary Service), Becky Webster (UCL), Sarah Mills (Loughborough University) and Rossitza Atanassova (The British Library).
May 2014: Under threat? Charity Archives in the 21st Century, Matthew McMurray, then archivist at Royal Voluntary Service, and author of a report on Charity Archives in the 21st Century, talked about his research.
October 2012: Launch of Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives, House of Lords, Tristram Hunt, historian and MP, helped launch the Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives to an audience of charity chief executives, archivists and historians at the House of Lords on the 15th October 2012.