Archives forward plan 2025-2028

Information on the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Joint Archives Service and Staffordshire Heritage Service ten year vision.

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Archives - our partners

The Archive and Heritage Service is itself a partnership and we work with other partners to deliver projects and services for residents of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. Our key partners are:

Internal partners External partners

The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery within the City Council

V&A Wedgwood Museum within the City Council

Major depositors:

  • The William Salt Library Trust
  • The Diocese of Lichfield
  • Ceramic companies and collectors
     
Library and Arts services in both authorities

Academic partners: 

  • Keele University and The Victoria County History,
  • Nottingham University,
  • Staffordshire University,
  • Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group,
  • Local schools
     
Communications teams in both authorities National Trust at Shugborough Estate where some of the museum collections are on loan. 
The Countryside and Environment within the County Council Other museums and heritage organisations in particular in Stafford Borough Council and Lichfield District Council through the Hub at St Mary’s.
Information governance and records management teams in both authorities

Regional partners: 

  • Midlands Museum Development
  • Archives West Midlands
Property services within both authorities

Sector leads: 

The National Archives and Arts Council England.

We work with the following groups who fundraise for us:

•    Friends of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archives Service (FoSSA) 
•    Friends of the William Salt Library
•    Staffordshire History Development Trust

We receive funding, advice and guidance from national bodies:

•    The National Archives 
•    Arts Council England
•    National Lottery Heritage Fund
•    The Art Fund
•    A  range of other grant-awarding bodies