| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, leaflets, programmes, 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 1991 the Trust approved the third year of the annual £10,000 grants. In 1993 three further annual grants of £10,000 were approved to LEPU for core running costs. Minutes: B&GSCT 7345, B&GSCT 7473. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered 'L/1'. |