| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, funding requests, reports, payments summary, newspaper cuttings, accounts, articles of association and agendas relating to employment in Birmingham. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: Ivan Henry has been conducting research on employment in the city of Birmingham as part of his Ph.D at the University of Warwick. Henry and others went on to form the Handsworth Employment Group (HEG) in 1979 for the purpose of assisting the people of Handsworth through the provision of counselling, training, advice, residential accommodation and employment. The Handsworth Employment Scheme (HES) was created by the HEG with the support of Urban Aid and the Manpower Services Commission to advise and train young people and support new small businesses in the Handsworth area. Nature of support: The Trust and Fund made a series of small grants to Henry in order to allow him to finish his Ph.D work. A loan of £250 was made by the Fund to cover the immediate costs of the HEG in 1979. Henry's salary at HEG was covered by a grant from the fund for £2,907. The Fund made a £5,000 interest free loan to a dress making business operated by the Rennals family of Handsworth to move into a shop and expand their work. This application arose from the work of HES. Minutes: B&GSCT 4667, B&GSCT 4668, B&GSCT 4705, B&GSCT 4776, B&GSCT 5130, BCF 1784, BCF 1834, BCF 1891. Notes: Support for the Rennals business was considered to be educational in nature by the Fund. File organised by date from newest to oldest. File numbered '7/18'. |