| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, reports and funding requests relating to the South Cumbria Befriending Scheme (SCBF). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust, Disability Programme. Applicant overview: The SCBF was established by the South Cumbria at Home Service and operates from offices at Holehird, Windermere. The project works with disabled children and their families and volunteers throughout South Cumbria; including Barrow, Ulverston, Kendal, Windermere and Ambleside. The general aim of the project is to try to reduce the isolation that children with disabilities and special needs often face. Nature of support: In 1998 the Trust, on the suggestion of Disability Programme Relevant Trustees agreed to three annual grants of £10,000 per annum. In 2000 the Trust agreed to increase support by £5,000 for 2001/2002 plus three additional annual grants of £15,000. Minutes: BCT 661, BCT 952, BCT 1276, DP 20/98, DP 1/99, DP 4/00, DP 5/00. Notes: File organised roughly from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |