| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, periodicals, payments summary, accounts, newsletters and funding requests relating to the West Midlands Ethnic Minority Arts Service (WMEMAS). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Minority Arts Programme. Applicant overview: WMEMAS, formerly the Regional Ethnic Arts Advisory Service, was proposed in 1980 to establish a regional body in the West Midlands to provide liaison and advice to ethnic minority arts organisations, promote these activities and offer training based on the skills of affiliated groups. Nature of support: In 1984 the Trust made a single grant of £3,000 to WMEMAS running costs. Later that year a small grant of £670 was made to cover staff costs. In 1985 two further years of support at £3,000 was approved. Minutes: B&GSCT 5893, B&GSCT 5941, B&GSCT 6115, MAP 3/84, MAP 42/84, MAP 9/85, MAP 53/85, MAP 28/86. Notes: File organised by date from newest to oldest. File numbered 'EA/9/2(22)'. |