The archive consists of the organisation's archives and Maternity Alliance publications. It includes Annual Reports and Accounts, the papers for the Annual General Meetings, the Minutes of the Executive and Management Committees and the papers of the working parties and subcommittees that reported to them, a complete set of the MA monthly newsletter, MA publications (including reports, fact-sheets, training notes, booklets and books), Directors' working papers (Christine Gowdridge), press cuttings, posters, a MA clock, an award.
The records reflect the organisation's work in:
- Education (this includes educating employers and individuals of what was existing legal provision for maternity, but also education related to campaigning to reduce inequality in maternity provision, including lobbying government and trade unions for key changes in maternity provision);
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Research into and support for specific groups (ethnic minorities; travellers; teenagers; asylum seekers; disabled etc);
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Publications: Creating publications to support the above work;
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Training: Creating published training resources and providing training sessions for those who worked with target communities (i.e. those who worked with parents on rights and benefits such as the DSS; Social workers; Advice groups and charities);
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Policy and Project Work (such as a Teenage Pregnancy Project which included a resource and training pack);
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Advisory Services (through the web site; through key publications; and through the Advice Line);
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Conferences (particularly research based courses to highlight specific campaigns).