| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, draft minutes, agendas, CV, map, newspaper cuttings, accounts, plans, leaflets, project proposals and funding requests relating to the establishment of the Golden Sunset Rest Home by Hyacinth Osborne. Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: In 1986 Hyacinth Osborne, a state registered nurse, submitted a business plan to establish a rest home on Livingston Road, Handsworth. This proposal had the support of the Birmingham Social Services Department. The rest home was subsequently entitled the Golden Sunset Rest Home, and then Gordon House. Funding source(s): In 1986 the Fund agreed to guarantee a loan of up to £50,000 subsequently reduced to £25,000 on the mortgage for the property. This was in addition to a £9,500 loan. The Fund was released from its guarantee in 1998. Minutes: BCF 2427, BCF 2682, BCF 2683, BCF 2701, BCF 3346, BCF 3402, BCF 3451, BCF 3492, BCF 3562. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |