​We are looking for volunteers to help us support three main areas:

• Cataloguing and Research
  In this role volunteers will help prepare collections for digitisation and develop knowledge around project collections, working on transcripts and researching people and events
  
• Audio Digitisation
  In this role volunteers will support the digitisation of audio material and use sound editing software to edit recordings for our learning and engagement programme.
  
• Learning and Engagement
  In this role volunteers will have the opportunity to work with our sound recordings, once fully digitised and catalogued, to engage audiences through training workshops, social media, public events and more.

For more information about how to volunteer at LMA, email the Audio Digitisation Team.

​Our public engagement programme will include several key areas over the three years:

• Sound Festival and workshops
  Enabling local people to be involved in the creation of their own event, while exploring the technical aspects of making and preserving recordings and provide opportunities for creative responses.
  
  In particular, the project will collaborate with different London partners to deliver a series of talks and workshops, working with artists and historians to promote sound collections.
  
• Breaking the Silence
  A week-long summer college which will include in-depth workshops around the gathering, preserving and sharing of sound recordings. Its aim: to support primary/secondary students learn how to explore different sounds through creative projects while also engaging with a wide range of audiences, accessing sound collections for various purposes.
  
• Schools workshops in collaboration with British Library
  In the final year of the project, LMA will work with its partner British Library to deliver a number of focused school workshops on sound heritage, engaging and inspiring young people to create their own sounds.

​During the project we will be working with a number of partners to understand more about London’s sound heritage. We will share this information on our blog, where we will also provide resources to help you look after and research your own collections.

Sound Maps and Websites:

• London Sound Survey
• You are Hear – Essex Records Office
• Favourite Sounds
• Oor Wullie – An Audio Map Guide tae Scots Language
• Sound Around You
• Cities and Memory

​We are working with a number of contributors to showcase the richness and variety of London’s sound heritage. These will include the Tate, National Theatre, Royal Institution and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), as well as borough archives such as Hackney, Brent, and Southwark.