| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, newsletters, copies of published material, plans, minutes, leaflets, annual reports, agendas, newspaper cuttings, accounts, project proposals and funding requests relating to various race relations projects in the West Midlands. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: This file contains a number of applications under the race relations portfolio. St. James Church, Aston serves a diverse congregation, consisting predominantly of West Indians and Bangladeshis. As part of its remit the church operates a neighbourhood advice service run by two ministers. In order to overcome translation difficulties the ministers sought the assistance of the Birmingham Interpretation and Translation Service (BITS). The Church also carries out pastoral work with Bangladeshi and Pakistani women in the community. The Citadel Youth Project (CYP) began as a collaboration between the Salvation Army and St. Basil's Centre to provide a youth centre for young black people at the Salvation Army Citadel premises on Corporation Street, Birmingham. The Tolunka Association (TA) was formed in 1978 to provide a summer project for young black children in Smethwick. TA subsequently expanded to include services for young children and their parents, school leavers and legal advice. The West Indian Federation Association (WIFA) embraces a black self-help community development agenda involving all races in its activities though placing a particular value on the island heritage of its membership. WIFA operates a community advice centre (dealing with queries from birth control to immigration) and is involved with youth education projects. The primary catchment area for WIFA includes Aston, Handsworth, Edgbaston, Balsall Heath, the city centre, Sparkbrook and Sparkhill. Nature of support: In 1978 the Trust approved a loan of up to £4,000 to enable development of the CYP youth centre, particularly for fire precautions. This money was not used and was returned to the St. Basil's Centre in 1979. In 1978 an initial £50 grant was made by the Fund to the TA, followed by several additional small grants. In 1979 a single £7,000 was made by the Trust to cover annual TA expenses for its first year employing a full-time worker. In 1979 WIFA was granted £1,000 by the Trust for building repairs and maintenance. In 1979 the Trust made a grant of £300 to St James Church to meet operating costs prior to other channels of funding opening. In 1980 the Trust agreed to underwrite the sum of £4,000 for repairs and other expenses relating to the advice centre. Minutes: B&GSCT 4742, B&GSCT 4743, B&GSCT 4773, B&GSCT 4840, B&GSCT 4841, B&GSCT 4850, B&GSCT 4898, B&SGST 4914, B&GSCT 4998, B&GSCT 5007, B&GSCT 5052, B&GSCT 5055, BCF 1788, BCF 1779, BCF 1791, BCF 1911. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |