| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, leaflets, reports, agendas and funding requests relating to unemployment schemes in Handsworth. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: The Handsworth Employment Scheme (HES) operates a number of employment projects aimed at finding work for young people and offering advice to those seeking to start small, often craft related and retail businesses. A project supported by HES is the Rasta Art Project, which combines an exhibition with a focus on self-employment. Following from this project was the Artistic Co-operative, a scheme to rent premises for the use of young black, craftsmen. Unemployed Youth Arts (UYA), later Unemployed Youth Activities, emerged from the WELD Community Project with the aim of providing employment training and opportunities from sewing and woodwork to live music and studio recordings. Nature of support: In 1981 the Fund provided a grant of up to £2,500 towards the cost of an HES organised Rastafarian artist and craftsmen exhibition. Later in 1981 the Trust allocated up to £5,000 for the follow-up Artistic Co-operative. This grant was intended to allow structural alterations on the intended property. The UYA received its first grant from the Trust in 1982 through WELD to meet the costs of altering or fitting new premises. Later that year up to £7,000 was made available to UYA for running and maintenance costs associated with the use of Burlington Hall. Minutes: B&GSCT 5306, B&GSCT 5369, B&GSCT 5370, B&GSCT 5478, B&GSCT 5522, B&GSCT 6153, BCF 2095, BCF 2222, BCF 2256, BCF 2301. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered '3/2/7'. |