| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, leaflets, reports, copies of published material, invitations and funding requests relating to the Citizen Organising Foundation (COF). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: The COF is a registered charity whose mission is to create a network of competent, informed and organised citizens who act responsibly in the public life of their communities and are able to influence, for the common good, decisions which impact on their communities. To achieve this mission, COF has established an Institute that runs regular training seminars for community leaders and seeks professional organisers to help build broad-based citizens' organisations (BBOs). COF acts as the national umbrella organisation of the broad-based organising movement in Britain and Ireland. It is the focal point for an increasingly diverse alliance of congregations, community groups and labour organisations. COF became a registered charity in 1989. Nature of support: No grants were made. Minutes: No minutes cited. Notes: Most of the correspondence in this file dates between 198 and 1990. File organised roughly from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |