| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, grant overview, accounts, newspaper cuttings, annual reports and funding requests relating to International Family Service (IFS). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: IFS is an independent charitable organisation providing advice, information and most importantly of all, practical help for overseas students and their families. The service includes childcare and foster care while parents are studying, accommodation, counselling, particularly for asylum seekers, money advice and active advocacy when negotiating on a student's behalf with government departments, teaching institutions and funding organisations. Nature of support: In 1986 the Trust approved a single grant of £6,500 toward a shortfall in IFS Birmingham funds for that year. Minutes: B&GSCT 6565. Notes: File organised by date from newest to oldest. File labelled '4/6'. |