| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews and funding requests relating to the Leonard Cheshire Foundation (LCF). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust, Disability Programme. Applicant overview: LCF was founded by the late Group Captain Lord Cheshire of Woodhall in 1948 as an ex-servicemen's aid charity. LCF works for a society in which every person is equally valued. LCF believes that disabled people should have the freedom to live their lives the way they choose, with the opportunity and support to live independently, to contribute economically, and to participate fully in society. The needs and aspirations of disabled people are at the heart of what LCF does. By providing services and helping everyone to understand disability and combat discrimination, LCF aims to remove the barriers that can stop people with disabilities from pursuing their goals and living their lives to the full. Nature of support: In 1998 the Trust approved one annual grant of £10,000 for 1998/1999 and two annual grants of £12,000 for 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 to towards the improvement of training in LCF homes in West Africa. Minutes: BCT 543, BCT 1224, DP 10/98, DP 2/99, DP 5/00. Notes: File not numbered. |