As a key part of our leadership role, we will:
- encourage new thinking and initiatives in the sector by building influence across government and working with identified partners
- deliver key projects
- refresh Archives for the 21st Century
- ensure archives are embedded in Arts Council England's wider cultural offering
Access to initiatives managed by Arts Council England (PDF, 0.03Mb)
Read our Memorandum of Understanding with Arts Council England (PDF, 0.12Mb)
We are working with the Local Government Association to promote service improvement.
We have also agreed the following priority actions with the Archives and Records Association:
- Archives Awareness Campaign
- workforce development
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport funds us to deliver:
- a single leadership role for the archives sector in England
- refreshed Archives for the 21st Century
- 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
We work with the 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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