Shirley Otto describes how the archives of the Management Development Network were saved.
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Voluntary Action History Society Conference
Paul Beard reports back on a fascinating few days in Liverpool discussing voluntary action history. The 7th International conference of the Voluntary Action History Society (VAHS) took place at the University of Liverpool between 13th and 15th July 2022 and…
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…
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…
Registration Open for ‘Recording the Voluntary Sector’, 5th June 2015, The British Academy
We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for ‘Recording the Voluntary Sector’ which will officially launch the British Academy research project ‘Digitising the Mixed Economy of Welfare in Britain.’ This is a five year infrastructure project led by…