| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, reports, newspaper cuttings, project proposals and funding requests relating to the Manchester symposium 'Drift towards War' and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: In 1980 a group of interested Friends proposed a conference on defence policy to be held in Manchester attended by experts from military, political, academic and journalistic backgrounds. IPPNW is a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 62 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation. IPPNW was established in 1980. Nature of support: In 1980 the Fund approved a grant of £2,000 towards the cost of a publication arising from the Manchester symposium. In 1981 the Trust made a grant of £5,000 towards the 1982 Cambridge Conference of the IPPNW. A further £5,000 was made in 1982. In 1983 the Trust agreed to put £1,000 towards the next IPPNW conference in Amsterdam. Minutes: B&GSCT 5354, B&GSCT 5387, B&GSCT 5454, B&GSCT 5505, B&GSCT 5671, BCF 2020. Notes: File organised by date from newest to oldest. File numbered '2/6'. |