| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overview, newspaper cuttings, annual reports and accounts and funding requests relating to the North Solihull Co-operative Ltd. (NSCL). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: The Northern Star Newspaper serves as a forum for residents and community groups in the northern Solihull area which includes a number of deprived council estates. The Birmingham Co-operative Development Agency requested funds in order to make the Northern Star profitable. Nature of support: In 1987 the Trust approved a single grant of £5,000 towards the salary costs of a salesperson. A further £1,500 was allocated for the purchase of a word processor, software and training services. Support was discontinued in 1988. Minutes: B&GSCT 6709, B&GSCT 6945. Notes: File 'a' contains the main correspondence sequence; file 'b' contains Northern Star newspapers. Files organised by date from newest to oldest. Files numbered 'JM/N/10'. |