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TNA Networks for Change Funding

In the Autumn of 2022 with the pandemic having fundamentally shifted the focus and working 
practices of both the archives and the education settings/communities that they engage with, the 
Learning Arc members felt that this was an opportune moment to take stock and reflect on their 
learning and engagement activity (as individual archives and a collective); the role that the network 
currently plays and how that should develop in future. 

In order to enable this reflection and ensure its robustness and effectiveness, Learning Arc 
successfully applied to The National Archives (TNA) ‘Networks for Change’ funding stream to enable 
them to conduct an independent piece of research. At this stage the focus was to be limited to their
work with education settings, with a view to extending this to engagement with families and 
communities in future.

The research aims that have been identified are:

  1. To enable the membership to understand the structure and role of the Learning Arc 
    network and the complexities of the individual archive organisations within it,
  2. To enable the membership to fully understand the network’s education offer (individual 
    archives and as a collective)
  3. To enable the membership to explore the benefits of being part of the network as well as 
    the challenges faced,
  4. To enable the membership to understand how archive learning professionals can best 
    support the needs of schools and educators (post pandemic),
  5. To propose ideas and ways forward for the future of the network.

The research findings from this 2 year project is laid out below:

Networks for Change Final Report

Report Findings Presentation

Dissemination event on Wednesday 2nd October 2024 speakers slides for download below:

Lightening Talk: Northumberland Archives (Berwick)

Lightening Talk: Durham County Council

Lightening Talk: Durham University Library and Collections

Lightening Talk: Northumberland Archives

Lightening Talks: Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Lightening Talk: Amber Film Collective

TNA Funding Streams