| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, copies of newspaper cuttings, reports, postcards, project proposals and funding requests relating to the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Global Education Grant to Returned Volunteers. Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) was established as a registered charity in 1962 to 1) advance education and aid in the relief of poverty, 2) promote the effective use of resources for the purposes of advancing education, 3) promote the voluntary sector, 4) send volunteers to share and develop their skills, 5) undertake and assist in works and projects of all kinds and 6) educate the public concerning the nature, causes and effects of poverty and limited education in other countries and to conduct and pursue research concerning these matters and to publish the results. VSO operates a series of development grants for global education purposes, including returned volunteers. Nature of support: The Trust approved a series of grants of £17,850 to support the grants programme. Minutes: No minutes cited. Notes: Copy minutes are not included through minutes are referenced in the correspondence. File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |