| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, invitations, newsletters and funding requests relating to the Community Forum (CF), Birmingham. Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: The CF was established in 1973 as a federation of tenants' associations in Birmingham. CF became Community Forum (Birmingham) Ltd. in 1983 to, 1) represent the common interests and concerns of residents' and tenants' associations and other similar organisations operating within the city, 2) liaise with Birmingham City Council and other bodies responsible for policies and programmes that affect community organisations, 3) aid the work of individual community organisations by providing information, advice and guidance on matters that concern them, 4) promote a continuing exchange of skills, information and experience between community organisations, and, 5) co-operate with other organisations that have similar aims and objectives. Nature of support: In 1991 the Fund approved a single grant of £5,000 toward administrative costs. Minutes: BCF 3196. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |