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Community outreach blog - posts from August 2026

Find out about the latest cutting-edge work we are doing to open up archives and historical records to communities across the country. Get inspiration for your own community programmes and hear reflections from participants on projects run by the National Archives.

Charity Archives and Records Now

Photograph of eight people seated and standing in front of a large screen displaying logos of The British Academy, UCL, UKRI, The National Archives, and Bayes Business School.

Published: 24 August 2026

Charity Archives and Records Now was a one-day event exploring new directions in research, policy and practice on voluntary sectors archives.

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How archives across England are sharing different sides of America’s Independence story (part two)

Published

19 August 2026

In his second blog this August, Joseph Kelly looks at two more archive services marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
How archives across England are sharing different sides of America’s Independence story (part one)

Published

17 August 2026

Joseph Kelly delves into four archive services marking the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.