| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overview, copies of published material, annual reports, reports and funding requests relating to the Birmingham Association for Neighbourhood Councils (BANC). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: BANC was established to advocate for the creation of urban parish councils to encourage greater community involvement and representation in government at the community level. The aim of the urban parish council is to provide a more efficient, easier to run and more accountable form of local government. Nature of support: In 1987 the Fund approved two annual grants of up to £5,000 for general running costs and to support the BANC campaign for establishing urban parish councils. Minutes: BCF 2813, BCF 2853. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered 'EA/7/43'. |