| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, copies of published material, annual reports, project proposals and funding requests relating to the Centre for Research and Innovation in Social Policy and Practice (CENTRIS) Foundation for Civil Society (FCS). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust, Community Organising Programme, Justice and Peace Programme. Applicant overview: CENTRIS was set up in 1988. It is a British non-profit organisation, registered both as a charity and as a limited company. CENTRIS aims to support innovative social policy and practice. Its method is to work with partners active in the field to develop solutions to social issues, through a mixture of research and innovatory initiatives. In 1995 CENTRIS proposed the establishment of the FCS with the broad aim of promoting civil society at the national, regional and local levels. Specifically FCS will, 1) stimulate debate about civil society by holding seminars and writing papers and articles, to develop a collective vision to identify the roles that different groups can play, 2) build a constituency of people and organisations who will be committed to financing the work through donations, 3) test the feasibility of forming a new charitable educational trust to develop the vision and fund appropriate work in this area, 4) identify the need for locally-based information and research centres, and, 5) identify and support appropriate delivery mechanisms. Nature of support: In 1995 on the recommendation of Justice and Peace Relevant Trustees three annual grants of £40,000 were approved. A further £10,000 was approved with the endorsement of Community Organising Trustees in 1996. Minutes: BCT 164, BCT 189, BCT 631, COP 1/95, COP 11/96, COP 6/99, JPP 8/95, JPP 12/95. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered 'EA/2/8'. |