National Activity

We have listened to archivists to identify four key areas of development that the national strands of Action for Archives will address. These are:

• Fundraising
  Mentor programme to support archives to develop the essential skills and organisational focus to implement a sustainable fund-raising strategy.
• Strategic planning and influencing
  Mentor programme for teams from archives to develop strategic planning and skills to influence senior managers in order to increase access to resources and opportunities.
• Young cultural creators
  Support to develop sustainable creative learning programmes, in partnership with schools and local libraries.
• Leadership and workforce development
  Fully funded places on the Leading Archives & Museums Course and Clore Programme; learning sets for archive leaders; pilot programme for school work placements and careers services to foster future entry into the profession.

Regional Activity 

Each Regional Agency will offer a wide programme of training and support, in response to the needs of archive services within the region. This will build on their established work programmes.

Contact us

Action for Archives is led by a small team at MLA, working with a large number of partners. For further information on the MLA Partnership archive development work, please contact:

Justin Cavernelis-Frost
Head of Archive Policy
email: justin.cavernelis-frost@mla.gov.uk
telephone: 020 7273 1477

Emma Stagg
Archives Manager (job share)
email: emma.stagg@mla.gov.uk
telephone: 020 7273 1421

Judy Faraday
Archives Manager (job share)
email: judy.faraday@mla.gov.uk
telephone: 020 7273 1421

Viola Lewis
Marketing and Communications Manager (Archives)
email: viola.lewis@mla.gov.uk
telephone: 020 7273 1458