The Norfolk Record Office (NRO) is partnering with the Restoration Trust on a pilot programme called Enquiring Minds, which uses archive materials to teach media literacy skills. The workshops are funded through a grant secured by the Restoration Trust, and the NRO hopes to expand the programme if the pilot proves successful.

Separately, the NRO is seeking funding from the National Archives to preserve the archives of Norfolk naturalist Ted Ellis. The Norfolk Archives and Heritage Development Foundation (NorAH) has committed £2,500 in match funding should the grant application succeed. The project is a partnership between the NRO, the Ted Ellis Trust, and members of Ellis's family.

NorAH also provided a £750 grant to the NRO during the period to support the purchase of manorial documents.

The NRO's Hall Marks project — exploring the long shadows of Norfolk country houses — officially launched in February 2026 and has attracted 70 expressions of voluntary interest, with 35 volunteers now onboarded. Wellbeing workshops linked to the project are currently running in Gorleston, with further sessions planned for King's Lynn and Norwich. Saturday workshops held in Attleborough, Dereham and Cromer were described as well attended with positive feedback.

Committee members noted a surge in online heritage interest around Norwich, linked to the ongoing demolition of Anglia Square, with residents using social media groups to record memories of the area. County Archivist Gary Tuson confirmed that Hall Marks officers had already made contact with a number of these groups as part of the NRO's outreach work.

The NRO's Change Minds conference, held at the Archive Centre in November 2025, drew 25 in-person attendees and 108 viewers online. Tuson told the committee that the project's reach had extended as far as Dundee, with repeat projects planned in Carmarthen and possibly Jersey during 2026.