The Section for New Professionals will represent, inform and promote the interests of all pre-course volunteers and trainees, students on record keeping, archive and archive conservation courses, and newly-qualified professionals.

This is the community home page for the London region. We hold regular meetings and training events. If anyone has any suggestions for future London region events – training or otherwise – please discuss them here or feel free to contact members of the committee.

ARA Scotland is a vibrant and active region, and holds meetings and events regularly throughout the year.

This group is designed to offer a private, professional space to discuss proposed developments in CPD. This is a closed community whose content is accessible only to site members. The CPD working group want to encourage a space where people can talk freely and express their views without reservations. We need to get a range of views from across the profession on what would or would not work for ARA's future CPD. We're developing this group as one way of engaging with ARA members. We are working on the prnciple that what's said in the group, stays in the group - though an overview of the opinions expressed by members will be reviewed by the CPD working group and will have an effect on developing the working group's proposals for CPD.

Section for Archives and Technology

This region covers the following areas: Cleveland, Durham, North Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Yorkshire

Group for students

A forum for members interested in the use of archives in education and lifelong learning.

This is the place for you to keep the Association and fellow Members informed about cuts and service reductions or reorganisations in your area. Please let us know anything that is in the public domain (with links to online documentation if possible) or else in the pipeline. The information gathered will enable the Association to feed in examples and case studies into the ongoing advocacy work undertaken on behalf of Members by Officers and staff. Members can also share experiences of what has worked and what hasn't in terms of lobbying and relationship building with decision-makers and opinion-formers locally.

Group for the record managers

The section for Film, Sound and Photography was established to exchange views and information on film, sound and photographic archives and to encourage good practice among those concerned with their acquisition, preservation and arrangement.

This region covers all of Wales

This region covers the following areas: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

Seeks to promote awareness and dissemination of international professional practice in archives, records management and conservation, to promote beneficial contact with international colleagues, and to assist the membership of the Association in developing international co-operation.

This region covers the following areas: Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and the Isle of Man

This region covers the following areas: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the West Midlands and Worcestershire

Group for Archive Conservation

This region covers all of Ireland.

A place to discuss and feedback on ARC, the ARA's monthly publication - share your thoughts and comments on articles in the latest edition, or ask questions of or make suggestions to the editorial board!

This region covers the following areas: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire