| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, newspaper cuttings, programme and funding requests relating to the peace work of Bert Bissell, a former Dudley Probation Officer. Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: Bert Bissell was a builder of the Peace Cairn on Ben Nevis and had been involved in reconciliation work between the United Kingdom and Japan. He was awarded the World Methodist Peace Award in 1987. Nature of support: In 1980 the Fund made a single grant of £250 towards a peace celebration in Dudley organised in part by Bissell. A further grant of £500 was made in 1990 towards the 65th anniversary of the Vicar Street Young Men's Bible Class, Dudley. Minutes: BCF 1963. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |