| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, reports, leaflets, newspaper cuttings, annual reports and accounts, copies of published material and funding requests relating to the Tibet Information Network (TIN). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: TIN is an independent news and research service that collects and distributes information on what is happening in Tibet. It was set up by Robbie Barnett and Nicholas Howen in 1987. TIN is based in London with news-gathering centres in India and Nepal. TIN has no political agenda but is committed to ensuring that any decisions relating to Tibet, whether political or developmental, are taken in full and public knowledge of the facts, and of genuine concern to the Tibetan people. TIN's main objective is to provide a systematic, comprehensive and impartial news and information service for journalists, development agencies, human rights groups, governments, non-governmental organisations and international organisations as well as academics and other interested parties. TIN became a registered charity in 1996. Nature of support: No grants were made. Minutes: No minutes cited. Notes: File organised roughly from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |