Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) Community Archives & Heritage Group Annual Conference, Wednesday 15 July 2015 Co-hosted with University College London, Department of Information Studies Robert’s Building, Bloomsbury Campus Enthusiasts for History – Community Archives, Public Engagement and Volunteering The theme of this year’s conference is engagement – how community groups engage the public in their heritage and how volunteers and volunteering are core to everything community archives do. Programme 10.00 10.15 10.20 Registration and coffee Welcome Keynote speaker 11.00 11.20 11.40 12.00 12.15 12.30 13.30 14.00 Awards Awards Presentation Overall Award Winner CAHG AGM Lunch Category Winners 14.20 14.40 15.00 15.20 15.30 Questions & closing thoughts Close. CAHG is a Special Interest Group of ARA (UK & Ireland) Member of UCL Professor Michael Wood, Public History, University of Manchester Elisabeth Blanchet & Jane Hearn, The Prefab Museum Threads of Time, Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies Awards presented by Dr Nick Barratt. To be announced CAHG chair To be announced British Chinese Workforce Heritage Project University of Hertfordshire Heritage Hub TBC Victoria Northridge and volunteers, Black Cultural Archives