| Description | Grant file containing minutes, correspondence, financial papers and project proposal relating to a small grant to the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: The IRR was established as an independent educational charity in 1958 to carry out research, publish and collect resources on race relations throughout the world. In 1972, the IRR's membership backed the staff in a radical transformation of the organisation from a policy-oriented, establishment, academic institution into an anti-racist 'think tank'. The IRR began to concentrate on responding to the needs of Black people and making direct analyses of institutionalised racism in Britain and the rest of Europe. Today, the IRR is at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that inform the struggle for racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally. It seeks to reflect the experiences of those who suffer racial oppression and draws its perspectives from the most vulnerable in society. Nature of support: In 2006 the Trust approved a grant of £3,000 towards the publication of a study on deaths in custody of refugees and asylum seekers. Minutes: T06/07-14. Notes: File organised by subject. File not numbered. |