Heritage Lottery Fund bear up for archive trainees
04 April 2014
The National Archives has received a new grant of nearly &comminute;1m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) beneath its Skills for the Future order of exercise, which gives people the skills they distress for careers in heritage and opens up estate to wider audiences.
The grant elect enable The National Archives to hie a new project, Transforming Archives, sacrifice trainees the opportunity to develop practical archiving skills. Transforming Archives will shape from 2014 to 2017, building without interrupti the success of Opening Up Archives. The proposal will run in partnership with the Archives and Records Association and a netting of partners across England who testament host work placements at archive and inheritance services. The hosts are:
Archives+ (Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives)
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Gloucestershire Archives
Hull University Archives, Hull History Centre
London Metropolitan Archives
Newsam Library and Archives, Institute of Education
Norfolk Record Office
Rambert Dance Company
St George's Chapel Archives, Windsor
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Vivacity: Peterborough Local Studies and Archives
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
Wigan Archives Service
Trainees decision also share regular joint training days and a schooling week at The National Archives.
Speaking near to the initial bid support Nick Kingsley, Head of Archives Sector Development at The National Archives, uttered: 'This grant enables the continuation of The National Archives' moil to tackle skills shortages in the wider rolls sector and is further evidence of the vitally influential role archives play in providing a gateway to our population's rich and fascinating history. It command also allow us to provide opportunities as being people from a diverse range of backgrounds to investigate the world of archives, learn here and there the important work that goes into preserving estate, and play a significant role in sharing our annals with the wider community'.
Transforming Archives behest run in collaboration with a Skills toward the Future project developed by the Scottish Council on Archives, Opening Up Scotland's Archives.
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