| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews and funding requests relating to the Single Parent Action Network (SPAN). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: SPAN was established to, 1) support single parents to empower themselves and take control of their lives, 2) give a voice to one parent families from diverse backgrounds and cultures living in poverty and isolation, 3) support the development of user-led one parent family groups, 4) work with organisations and decision-making bodies, 5) develop partnerships to improve policies for one parent families in the UK and internationally, and 6) celebrate our diversity, our children, our lives. Nature of support: In 1994 the Fund approved a single grant of £25,000 per annum for three years. In 1997 three further grants at the same level were approved by the Trust. Minutes: BCT 400, BCF 3369. Notes: File not numbered. |