British Records Association

10/06/2026

🗃️Looking for archive skills training? There are places available on our Basic Archive Skills Training sessions on 20th July, 14th September and 23rd November. Courses are online and designed to provide participants with a basic grounding in the fundamental understanding and skills required. More info and tickets 👇

The British Records Association (BRA) is a charity which aims to promote the preservation, understanding, accessibility and study of our recorded heritage for the public benefit. In early 2025, to further these charitable aims, the BRA entered into an association with Margaret Crockett and Janet Fo....

09/06/2026

Happy International Archives Day! 🥳
We are the British Records Association, a charity promoting the preservation, understanding, accessibility and study of our recorded heritage for the public benefit.
Run entirely by volunteers, find out more about our work 👇
https://www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/
International Council on Archives - ICA

27/05/2026

📢 Call for papers for our 2026 conference!

Title: ‘All Mapped Out: Maps, Plans and Charts in the Archives’. The conference will take place on Tuesday 24th November 2026 in London.

The submission deadline for abstracts is 5pm on Wednesday 1st July 2026.

For more information, and how to submit, see our website 👇

This year the British Records Association (BRA) annual conference will be held on the topic of records and archives which take the form of maps or geographical plans and charts.

23/04/2026

Entries to our 2026 Janette Harley Prize are open! 🤩
The prize of £500, awarded in memory of archivist Janette Harley, intends to generate interest in, and raise awareness of, research and achievements in the world of archives.
It is open to applications from archivists, conservators, owners of archives, and researchers, including academic researchers, local historians and genealogists. The judges are particularly keen to receive more entries from conservators and local historians.
For eligibility and how to apply 👇

The British Records Association is pleased to announce that entry to the 2026 Janette Harley Prize is now open. The prize, awarded in memory of Janette Harley (1951-2015), is intended to generate interest in archives, and raise awareness of research and achievements in the world of archives. Applica...

24/03/2026

Places are now available for Basic Archive Skills Training Days on the 11th May and the 20th July 2026 (both Mondays).
This is an online course designed to provide participants with a basic grounding in the fundamental understanding and skills required for those making their way in today’s world of archives and records management.
Book your place here

The British Records Association (BRA) is a charity which aims to promote the preservation, understanding, accessibility and study of our recorded heritage for the public benefit. In early 2025, to further these charitable aims, the BRA entered into an association with Margaret Crockett and Janet Fos...

02/03/2026

The latest issue of our journal 'Archives' contains some captivating research into parliamentary archives.

See the link below for the full issue, and members get to access this for free!

https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/archives/59/1-2

Liverpool University Press UK Parliamentary Archives

The archives collections held at Westminster date back more than 500 years. The House of Lords kept its most important records for centuries in the Jewel Tower, a stone tower on the parliamentary estate previously used by the royal family to store ...

15/02/2026

Join us for this year's Maurice Bond Lecture "Sustainability and Resilience – the Future of Preventive Conservation"

This year's lecture will be given by Juergen Vervoorst FIIC ACR, Head of Collection Care at The National Archives.

Thursday, May 7, 2026 from 6 pm to 9 pm GMT+1 at the Guildhall Library.

Tickets available on Eventbrite 👇

Join us for this year's Maurice Bond Lecture "Sustainability and Resilience – the Future of Preventive Conservation"

19/11/2025

Read this report from our bursary holder Aimey about this year's conference on 'Records at Risk'

I was very excited to attend the British Records Association Annual Conference this year in London as a Level 7 Archivist and Records Manager apprentice, with support from the bursary. I was particularly interested in attending because of the theme Records at Risk, and the programme was full of prac...

13/10/2025

The deadline is approaching to apply for a free place to our 2025 conference ‘Safeguarding Future History: Meeting the Challenge of Records at Risk’
More info and how to apply 👇

The British Records Association (BRA) annual conference ‘Safeguarding Future History: Meeting the Challenge of Records at Risk’ will be held in London on 4th November 2025.

06/10/2025

There is still time to book your ticket to our annual conference 'Safeguarding Future History: Meeting the Challenge of Records at Risk' in London on 4th November.

There will be practical advice to take away from recent projects to save significant collections of records at risk, and an opportunity for informal conversation with funders over tea and coffee.

Book your ticket 👇

Join the BRA as we examine past, present and future risk to UK archives and discuss preservation strategies for the 21st century