| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, copies of newspapers, leaflets, conference agendas, reports and funding requests. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: A number of applicants were supported by the Trust and Fund, primarily in relation to education and conferences, including the Cambridge Fund for the Education of Palestinian Refugees, the Middle East Research and Action Group (MERAG) to lobby Jews to renounce their right to return as long as Arab refugees were excluded and a research project based at the University of Surrey. Nature of support: A small grant of £1,000 was made to the Cambridge Fund for the Education of Palestinian Refugees in order to meet the fees of two Palestinian teachers at Selly Oak Colleges, £150 for travel expenses to Peter Mandelson for a visit to the Middle East, a small conference grant for the Middle East Research and Action Group, a grant of £1,000 to the Minority Rights Group for the publication of a short pamphlet on Palestinians and £2,500 to support Applied Conflict Research at the University of Surrey. Minutes: B&GSCT 3585, B&GSCT 3796, B&GSCT 3797, B&GSCT 3940, B&GSCT 4044, BCF 1405. Notes: File organised by date from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |