The Department for Culture, Media and Sport funds us to deliver:
- a single leadership role for the archives sector in England
- Archives for the 21st Century In Action: Refreshed
- strategic sector engagement, helping archives services and their parent bodies to respond to government policy, and to develop in ways that strengthen the national network of provision
- a policy information and advice role for government
Together with partners we aim to:
- encourage new thinking and initiatives in the sector
- develop and implement an accreditation scheme for archives
- inform government policy
- ensure archives are embedded in Arts Council England's wider cultural offering
We work with Arts Council England on several initiatives and have agreed our approach to working together in a Memorandum of Understanding, below.
Access to initiatives managed by the Arts Council England (PDF, 0.03Mb)
Memorandum of Understanding (PDF, 0.12Mb)
Other partnerships include:
- Archives and Records Association on taking forward workforce development and refreshing the Archives Awareness campaign
- Local Government Association to promote service improvement
- Digital Preservation Coalition on strategic and practical solutions
- Where our statutory remit includes Welsh archives, we work closely with the Welsh Government (CyMAL).
Additionally, many of our current initiatives are delivered in partnership with archives and interested bodies.
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