{"id":183,"date":"2024-03-24T23:09:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T23:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2025-03-01T18:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:30:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group custom-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group custom-main-content\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Friends of Devon\u2019s Archives was founded in 1998.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Friends of Devon\u2019s Archives was founded in 1998 to promote the preservation and use of historical records throughout Devon and to raise public awareness of their importance for research and education. It provides financial support for the acquisition of Devon documents, arranges a programme of lectures and volunteer projects, and liaises closely with the local record offices in Devon to improve standards of care and availability of the county\u2019s written heritage.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group custom-main-image\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_8341-min-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_8341-min-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_8341-min-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_8341-min-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_8341-min-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_8341-min-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group custom-lower\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group custom-lower-image\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2133-min-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2133-min-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2133-min-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2133-min-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2133-min-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2133-min-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group custom-lower-content\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find below links to our documents and policies. Clicking these links will take you to a PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/wp\/current-committee\/\">Current Committee<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Constitution2019.pdf\">Our Constitution (PDF)<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Acquisitions2015.pdf\">Acquisitions Policy (PDF)<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/privacy2018.pdf\">Privacy Statement (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Friends of Devon\u2019s Archives was founded in 1998. The Friends of Devon\u2019s Archives was founded in 1998 to promote the preservation and use of historical records throughout Devon and to raise public awareness of their importance for research and education. It provides financial support for the acquisition of Devon documents, arranges a programme of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/about\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-183","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foda.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}