| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, newsletters, annual reports, constitution, accounts, reports, project proposals and funding requests relating to the Association of Members of Boards of Visitors (AMBoV). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Southfield Trust. Applicant overview: AMBoV became a registered charity in 1986 though its original constitution dates to 1981. AMBoV is a voluntary and independent association of individual members of Boards. The Home Secretary appoints members of Boards of Visitors as the watchdogs of the prison service. Visitors report on the state of prison premises, the administration of the prison and treatment of prisoners and call attention to authorities any matters in need of consideration and review. AMBoV aims to educate, inform and support members of Board of Visitors of penal institutions in England and Wales. Nature of support: In 1985 on the advice of Southfield Trustees the Trust approved a single grant of £2,000 toward a pilot study into the future role of Boards. In 1988 the Trust agreed to offer AMBoV £4,000 for a course for Board members on race relations in prisons. Minutes: B&GSCT 6360, B&GSCT 6887, ST 40/85. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered '5/16/1B'. |