| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, annual reports, agendas, reports, copies of published material, leaflets and funding requests relating to Prisoners Wives and Families Society (PWFS). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Southfield Trust. Applicant overview: The Prisoner's Wives Union, later the PWFS, was formed in 1973 by Margaret Tuttle, the wife of a prisoner, who objected to the degrading treatment suffered by the wives and families of prisoners. PWFS membership is made up predominantly of the wives of prisoners. The aims of the organisation are to conduct research into the treatment of prisoners' wives and families, the operation of a centre to provide legal and marriage advice and a play centre for children and the general improvement of conditions for prisoners' wives and families. Nature of support: In 1974 Southfield Trustees recommended a £250 grant for secretarial costs at PWFS. In 1975 a further grant for £2,282 was endorsed for the costs of a paid worker through the Islington Department of Social Services and the balance for office and hostel running expenses. In 1976 a second annual grant of £3,000 was approved for the PWFS. A number of small project related grants were also made, in part, to support PWFS volunteers. Final grants were made in 1978 for £500 plus £168 for accountant’s fees. Payments were made by the Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Minutes: B&GSCT 4147, B&GSCT 4264, B&GSCT 4648, B&GSCT 4688, B&GSCT 4770, ST 11/74, ST 11/75, ST 9/76, ST 14/76, ST 35/77, ST 21/78. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |