Get Involved

The Campaign for Records has a focus on contemporary recordkeeping and access, however the issues around resourcing and the importance of the sector for society affect all archives and record services.

Three things you can do to support the campaign:

Join the campaign as an organisation on a formal basis

This gives the campaign weight and shows that many different types of organisation support its aims

Email: info@campaignforrecords.org to find out more and give your support.

Volunteer to help

As the campaign moves forward, we will need volunteers to help with a variety of different tasks. Currently we are mainly looking for people who can help with research and/or provide case studies/blogs for the website.

Email: info@campaignforrecords.org to find out more and give your support.

Share the message

Use all your different communications channels to share the messages from the Campaign.

Follow the Campaign, ARA and IRMS twitter accounts for updates: 

@RecordsCampaign @ARAUK_I @IRMSociety

Below is some short text that can be used in different situations. If you would like a longer article or opinion piece, please contact Deborah Mason at deborah.mason@archives.org.uk 

Short intro text that can be used for bulletins/e-communications/websites:

The Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland and the Information and Records Management Society have launched the Campaign for Records. The Campaign highlights the need for better records management in public life and calls for more resources, better regulation and improved freedom of information and access to public sector and government records. 

Without a robust framework for the collection and preservation of records, the age of dis and mis-information will continue. Accusations of ‘fake-news’, conspiracies and cover-ups will abound and trust in government and democracy will be further undermined. Even in the 2020 Trust in Government survey carried out by the OECD the UK came 34th out of 41 countries – in the bottom ten just below Brazil and Colombia. Fundamentally there needs to be proper investment into the  the recordkeeping sector and its work. Over time, the campaign will also advocate for a new, comprehensive legislative framework to ensure that all Records (including those in digital format) across the public sector (and its partners and contractors) will provide the essential records and evidence that the public need to rebuild and maintain trust in government and diminish the threat to representative democracy. Much of the existing mishmash of legislation governing the collection, preservation and retention of records was framed more than 60 years ago and does not cover digital records.

To find out more about the campaign go to www.campaignforrecords.org and/or follow @RecordsCampaign on Twitter.

Or email info@campaignforrecords.org if you would like to get involved.

Social media text:

Great to see @ARAUK_IE and @IRMSociety launch this timely campaign. Campaign for Records highlights the need for better records management in public life – find out more here @RecordsCampaign