ARA Archive Volunteering Award 2022 - nominations open

Nominations are sought for the ARA Archive Volunteering Award 2022.

The 2022 award is an opportunity to thank our volunteers for all their continued support and work over this very difficult time.

We welcome projects which demonstrate how archives have supported volunteers through the past year and have adapted projects to suit their circumstances whether remotely or in new ways of working together…. but apart.

Winners will have a national platform to celebrate their volunteers’ contribution to the service and gain publicity for their archive’s role in supporting individuals and community through volunteering programmes. 

The Archives and Records Association seeks to celebrate the role of volunteers in supporting archive services, and to collect good practice case studies to inform the wider sector.  This award is a key strand of the work of ARA’s Volunteering in Archives, Action Plan, bringing to life the recommendations the ARA report Managing Volunteering in Archives.  The award is also supported by The National Archives, the Welsh Government’s Museums, Arts, Archives and Libraries Division, and the Scottish Council on Archives. 

Details of the Award, nomination forms, guidance and information on previous winners and other case studies can be found here.

Feature image is of volunteers from Suffolk Archives: Pride in Suffolk’s Past project which was joint winner of the 2021 awards.