Learn how to strengthen your relationship with your community and audience.
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Talking to your community
Find out about the principles and purpose of audience development, why audience development matters to archive services, and how to plan and deliver an audience development process.
Archives help to build stable and prosperous communities with a strong sense of identity, they encourage well-being, and they provide opportunities for people to learn, explore and interact.
In 2023-24, The National Archives conducted research into public engagement across the archives sector in England.
You can help to develop a wide range of learning experiences for school-aged children by getting involved in national programmes, advocacy and partnerships.
Learning is about developing skills, knowledge and understanding, and it is at the heart of archives.