| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, reports, invitations, copies of newspaper cuttings, memorandum and articles of association, constitution, job description, postcards, development plan, project proposal and funding requests relating to the Imani Venture, Handsworth. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: Imani Venture was established to, 1) offer individual training to women, ethnic minorities and people with special needs, to raise self-confidence/esteem and goal acquisition skills in order achieve development, 2) offer careers guidance and support to achieve educational goals and provide greater access to training, 3) link employment seekers with professional mentors for information and encouragement, 4) provide information (based on research) on current and future job opportunities, in order to point individuals to these real career openings, and, 5) enable people to improve their skills, in order to compete more equally and effectively in the changing job market. Imani Venture was originally established as the Imani Education and Training Service (IETS) and became a company limited by guarantee and not having share capital in 1993. Nature of support: In 1994 the Trust agreed to three annual grants of £18,000 conditional on an annual review on programme impact. Minutes: B&GSCT 7747. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered 'I/4'. |