The Forum’s aims are:
- To promote and encourage educational interest in local history throughout Worcestershire
- To inform individuals and organisations about local history events and activities in the county
- To promote the deposit of the results of local history study in local libraries, and of documents in the Record office, thus making them available to a wider public
- To provide a means for liaison between organisations interested in Worcestershire local history, and a forum for the exchange of ideas and information
- To develop a framework for mutual support and advice on matters such as sources, techniques, publications, research, etc
- To promote and encourage the recording of present-day history
- To organise occasional conferences and exhibitions
- To implement these objects by producing regular output and a diary of events for the exchange of ideas and information.