| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews and funding requests relating to The Children's Society. Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: The Society was established by Edward Rudolf in 1881 as the Church of England Central Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays. The title was later changed to the Church of England Children's Society and finally The Children's Society. The Society aims to, 1) directly improve the lives of children and young people for whom it provides services, and 2) create a positive shift in social attitudes to improve the situation facing all children and young people. The Right Track project aims to address injustice of the over-representation of young black people in the youth justice system. Nature of support: In 2001 the Trust agreed to fund the Right Track programme for £90,000 over three years. Minutes: BCT 1057. Notes: File organised roughly from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |