| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, leaflets, reports, project proposals and funding requests relating to Fircroft College. Funding source(s): Paul S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: Fircroft College was founded in 1909 by George Cadbury Jr., grandson of Cadburys co-founder John Cadbury. Fircroft College of Adult Education is based in his former family home, a beautiful Edwardian building set in six acres of gardens. Fircroft was originally created to provide educational opportunities for some of the most disadvantaged and excluded members of society. In 1988 Fircroft College initially approached the Paul S. Cadbury Trust for support in launching a unit teach, train and construct new forms of working class organisation. Nature of support: In 1988 the Paul S. Cadbury Trust approved an offer of up to £12,000 towards the costs of transitional employment of staff and new initiatives at Fircroft. Minutes: PSCT 711, PSCT 744. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |