| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, leaflets, reports, programmes, reports, project proposals and funding requests relating to the Local Economy Policy Unit (LEPU), South Bank Polytechnic, London. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: LEPU was founded in 1983 by Dr Sam Aaronovitch, then a Reader in Economics at South Bank Polytechnic, London. LEPU is a significant national centre for strategic and practical discussion on crucial economic and employment policies at the local level. LEPU is involved in seminars and programmes on economic development, employment, urban regeneration, education and training, equal opportunities policies, property and project development and new technology as well as research and consultancy. The Unit is based at South Bank Polytechnic. Nature of support: In 1987 the Trust approved two annual grants of £5,000 per annum towards the salary of an administrative worker. In 1988 the Trust approved three annual grants of £10,000 towards a shortfall in LEPU's operating budget. Minutes: B&GSCT 6653, B&GSCT 6691. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered 'L/1'. |