A concise set of basic guidelines for creating a community archive.
Grants between £500 and £10,000 and Small Grants up to £500 within Hampshire only.
Comprehensive suite of information for a group wanting to register as a charity
A help sheet providing guidance to make connections between your core activities and wider agendas for improving life in local areas, or for specific communities.
The UK’s largest heritage funder. Grants from £10,000 and above.
List of funding programmes from the National Lottery Heritage Fund
Information about funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund
A web resource covering aspects of collection care, collections management, digital preservation and oral history interviewing.
A guide to fair dealing exceptions to copyright that specifically benefit heritage organisations
Everyday Heritage Grants for creative projects in England.
A short guide to creating case studies, which can help build credibility and demonstrate the impact of your organisation or project.
Guidance from PC Mag on preparing images, scanning resolution, post-processing etc.
A collection of guides to digitising almost every material including maps, 35mm slides, bound books and photographs.
How to run volunteer recruitment and where to find the volunteers you need
Because volunteers aren't paid, it's vital to thank them. Here, you are given guidance on best practices.
Investing in Volunteers (IiV) is the UK quality standard for good practice in volunteer management.
Information from The Heritage Council Ireland about Local Authority community support grants scheme, grant amounts vary but usually up to €3000.
Concise advice on looking after different sorts of material such as digital records, documents, photographs, film and sound.
A useful introduction to the issues to be considered/addressed through succession planning
Guidance from The National Archives, UK about information management
Advice aboug finding a grant, from the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).
The Newport History Group provide give details on how they funded their new website.
Free online training course on digital preservation.
Advice and information on archiving and providing access to an oral history project.
