| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, file sheets, financial papers, reports, grant terms and conditions and project proposals relating to the Women's Budget Group (WBG). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: The WBG is made up of individual economists and social policy experts from academic institutions, NGOs and unions. The Group seeks to change the way in which budget policy is made by raising gender awareness of national economic planners, challenging male focused models, with which they work, and make the reality of women's economic situation visible to them. The WBG was originally linked to the Fawcett Society but became an independent registered company in 2002. Nature of support: In 2005 the Fund agreed to grants totalling £90,099 over three years for a programme 'Transforming Policy to End Women's Poverty: Providing the Evidence Base'. Minutes: F04/05-12. Notes: Copy minutes are not included though minutes are referenced in the file sheet. File organised roughly by subject. File not numbered. |