Responsible archiving and record keeping for voluntary organisations in England and Wales

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4 February 2020

Project information

Grant: Engagement Award听
Awarded amount: 拢4,000
础飞补谤诲别别:听Dr听Georgina Brewis and Dr Charlotte Clements, 香港六合彩中特网 Institute for Education

Problem:听Voluntary organisations have a requirement to undertake robust archiving and responsible record keeping, but there is little understanding of how best to achieve this.听听

Project:听A 香港六合彩中特网/ Charity Finance Group policy output to offer voluntary organisations new and accessible guidance on responsible recording keeping according to regulatory and legal requirements that is tailored to the needs of a diverse sector.

Policy audience:听Charity Finance Group, British Academy, The National Archives, British Library, charity archivists network (CHARM), Heritage Lottery and NCVO, ACEVO; Charity Commission, Information Commission, Fundraising Regulator, Department for Culture, Media & Sport,听 professional service organisations.

Impacts and Outputs

The project developed a听听for charities, which takes the form of a self-assessment tool and set of guidance to implement an improvement plan. Far from assuming that a perfect system for managing records and information can be implemented straight away, the toolkit recognises that continuous improvement of an organisation鈥檚 practices, policies and processes will be needed. The toolkit was launched at an event at the British Academy in June, which was reported in a听香港六合彩中特网 PP blog听by Dr Brewis

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