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Tina Morton
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Head of Archive Sector Leadership at The National Archives, mixing a love of history with all things Archives. Sci Fi geek, tea drinker, ex biscuit eater. Pronouns: she/her
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Spaces are still available for this Introductory webinar on Major Gift Fundraising for archives!

Together, we’ll walk through every stage of the donor journey, from first engagement to making the ask...

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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📣Calling archivists, researchers & heritage professionals!

Join us online on Monday 26 January (1PM) to learn key concepts of trauma-informed and person-centred practices and practical frameworks for embedding these into your work.

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti... (1/2)
A young man sits at a table with a laptop and dozens of toned paper documents in front of him. He holds up one particular document and points to it while another archivist stands over him to offer advice.
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Join our webinar on Tuesday 25 November (10–11.30am) to increase your knowledge and confidence in legacy fundraising!

Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/legacy-fun...

#Archives #ArchiveTraining
Two people browse a table display of posters and magazine extracts at the entrance to an archive. Behind them, there is a large wall with many more posters and printed exhibition labels stuck to it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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We’re delighted to announce the latest recipients of Research and Innovation Grants!

Congratulations to Chief Archivists in Local Government Group (within @araukie.bsky.social) & @kresenkernow.bsky.social

Read more here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

📷 Kresen Kernow
A toning map from 1822 showing various manors in Cornwall.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Congratulations to: Hackney Archives, Marx Memorial Library, Powys Archives @mediamuseum.bsky.social, @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social & @yorkminster.bsky.social Archives on achieving Archive Service Accreditation for the first time! (1/2)

📷 The Chapter of York, Photographer: Peter Li
A wide interior shot of York Minster cathedral, taken from the nave.
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Join us at Manchester Central Library (11 February 2026) for a free 1-day course which will support you to produce a Strategic Advocacy Plan.

You’ll also leave with fresh insights from sector experts and an expanded network of industry colleagues!

Book today: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strategic-...
Four people sit around a table – most of them are laughing or smiling at something displayed on a laptop screen that sits in the middle of the table. Behind them stands a large bookcase.
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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We’re shaping the future of our training programme for the archive sector and we want your input!

This focus group is your opportunity to share ideas and influence the topics that matter most to you and your colleagues.

Register today: www.eventbrite.com/cc/focus-gro... (1/2)
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November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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We’re thrilled to have awarded 8 new grants, each worth £1,600, with funding from the Discover! Creative Careers programme!
These grants will help archives run engagement sessions with schools, sharing their collections & raising awareness of the exciting careers available across our sector! (1/3)
Multiple images of young people studying, interacting or engaging in arts and crafts, blended into one another and washed with a light blue colour filter. A yellow text box floats in the middle containing the text: 'I'm taking part in Discover! creative careers month 2025'.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII?

The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
A person removing a labelled carboard box from a large row of shelves containing similar cardboard boxes.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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We’re inviting qualified archive professionals, or those with equivalent experience, to join the pool of consultants for the #ArchivesRevealed Scoping Grants funding strand!

Find out more and apply here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/3)
An archivist and a volunteer sit in a reading room and hold open a diary resting on a cushion. Next to them sits a box containing a painting of a soldier from World War One.
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Join us on Wednesday 3 December (10am) for an Introduction to Major Gift Fundraising for archives!

This webinar, led by fundraising consultant Kitty Hazel and 3rd Sector, will lend you practical techniques and real-world advice for engaging major donors.

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...
Five people sat around a long desk in a library reception area. The two people facing us have laptops open.
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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It was great to be at the Houses of Parliament yesterday for the APPG Archives and History Lifetime Achievement Awards. This year's awards went to historian Lucy Worsley and archivist Geoff Pick - read more about it (and them) here www.archives.org.uk/news/histori...
Historian Lucy Worsley and Archivist Geoff Pick to be Honoured by All Party Parliamentary Group on Archives and History — Archives & Records Association
Historian Lucy Worsley and Archivist Geoff Pick to be Honoured by All Party Parliamentary Group on Archives and History Eleventh annual ‘Lifetime Achievement Awards’ to be Presented on 12th November...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Hi there! We’re the Archive Sector Leadership team at The National Archives UK.

We support archives of all types and sizes across England.

Lend us a follow and we’ll keep you updated with opportunities for free training, networking, grants, written guidance and more!
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Two people in a repository opening a drawer and examining a large colourful illustration.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Massive thank you to organisers & delegates #DCDC25 for a great few days of thought-provoking & inspiring conversations, & to everyone who popped by my poster. Now to embark on my last nostalgia wander as I drag my tired self up to the station. I’m sure Durham’s hills didn’t used to be so steep
July 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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It has been great to have the opportunity to share the story of @britrecs.bsky.social with colleagues from the GLAM sector over the past couple of days. Looking forward to Day 3 of #dcdc25 - and a gentle snooze on the train home later! #archives #trustee
July 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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“Growth is a team effort” - really inspiring Keynote from Prof Katy Shaw here at #DCDC25 conference. And she name checked the NUM (National Union of Mineworkers) whose archives are currently being catalogued @mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Prof Katy Shaw presents on UK Communities, Culture and Innovation and some of the projects kickstarted by the project
July 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Inspiring keynote at #DCDC25 from Professor Katy Shaw on co-creation and innovation and the need for more inclusive models. Innovation and ideas can come from anywhere but we need the collaborative leadership and funding models to support radically inclusive change.
July 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Love a session with pipe cleaners! But a serious purpose to having fidget items as part of #DCDC25 Longtable: Embracing Neurodivergence
Different coloured pipe cleaners, and fidget items.
July 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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It’s good to be in a Machine Learning session and hear about how “AI” tools can hugely enhance and inform research and practice. Georgia Tolfo (TNA) is also keen to acknowledge the lived experience that sits behind the data #DCDC25
July 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Today Archivist Valentina has been speaking about the creation of our new Gertrude Bell Archive website at the Discovering Collections Discovering Communities Conference in Durham.

Explore the site created through the innovative collaborative project here: gertrudebell.ncl.ac.uk/bellmap/
#DCDC25
July 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Thought I'd best follow the advice I always give postgrads and take a brief recharge break at #dcdc25 - Durham cathedral as inspiring as ever. Now for the final two sessions!
The tower of Durham cathedral from the cloisters
July 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Now hearing about the Living Knowledge Network - supporting engagement and events in libraries and supporting professional development #DCDC25
July 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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“It’s people that really matter” So true of building networks and communities of practice #DCDC25
July 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Helen Ackroyd from Nottinghamshire Libraries talks about tackling the challenges of hosting networked exhibitions - it stretched them to explore and develop connections #DCDC25
Slide of the various themes/challenges presented as part of the Living Knowledge Networks events programme
July 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Why is someone from a dentist school at an archive conference? Fascinating case of how to explore and digitise unopened letterlocked papers from the Court of Ward and Liveries without disrupting them (or making them radioactive... always a good plan methinks!) #DCDC25
July 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM