| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, newspaper cuttings, grant overview, reports, newsletters, copies of published material and funding requests relating to the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MFCVT). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: The MFCVT was set up in 1985 by a nurse who helped Holocaust survivors in the aftermath of World War II. It provides individual and group therapy to torture victims, and helps them deal with their practical needs such as problems with housing and benefits. The MFCVT carries out therapy work, welfare support and policy research. Nature of support: In 1990 the Trust approved two annual grants at £15,000 and £10,000 respectively toward the costs of the new building. The second payment was rescinded due to the lack of acknowledgement of the first payment. Minutes: B&GSCT 7279, B&GSCT 7412. Notes: File organised by date from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |