The UK has long been active in digital preservation. Following a series of international workshops, the Digital Preservation Coalition was set up in 2001. Meanwhile, other parts of the UK were becoming heavily engaged in e-science, and bearing these developments in mind, the Digital Curation Centre was formed in 2004. These two organisations are founded and funded on very different principles and scales, and are looking at related problems from different angles; nevertheless, they aim to complement and mutually support each other. This session will provide some context and background on the two organisations and their approach, leading towards a discussion of relevant issues from an IASSIST perspective.