| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, payments summary, leaflets and funding requests relating to the Technical Advisory Service (TAS), formerly referred to as the Technical Advisory Service Committee. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd., Paul S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: The TAS was established in 1978 in collaboration with the Trust for the purpose of offering legal advice on charity registration and drafting constitutions, book-keeping advice and technical advice on building projects to voluntary organisations in Birmingham and the West Midlands. This assistance will allow voluntary organisations to better access funds from the local authority and charitable organisations including the Trust. TAS was set up under the auspices of the Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC) and works with the Birmingham Law Society (BLS), the regional association of chartered accountants and informally with a number of architects with ties to the Royal Institute of British Architects Community Projects Scheme (RIBACPS). Nature of support: The Fund and Trust provided a number of small grants to cover travel and other basic expenses of organisations applying for TAS assistance. These include £69.32 to pay for the company registration of the Rotton Park and Winson Green Youth Employment Scheme, £155 for architectural advice for the Central Bible Institute, £500 for architectural advice for the Glebe Farm Community Association and £150 towards the legal costs of registering the Birmingham Arthritis Appeals Trust as a charity. Minutes: B&GSCT 5253, B&GSCT 5285, B&GSCT 5390, B&GSCT 5598, B&GSCT 5674, B&GSCT 5775, B&GSCT 5829, B&GSCT 5918, BCF 1915, BCF 1957, BCF 2037, BCF 2160, BCF 2340, PSCT 240. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered 'EA/7/29'. |