| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, payments summary, accounts, leaflets and funding requests relating to the Coventry Resource and Information Centre Service Ltd (CRISL). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: In 1975 the Trust agreed to support the establishment of a resource centre to provide a range of support services to various community groups. The aims of the Centre are to support the wider struggle for economic, political and social equality through the provision of specific services to the community. These include a comprehensive information service, administrative services, help with communication techniques, advisory services, co-ordinating activities, training and acting as a liaison or agent for other groups. In 1982 the Coventry Resource and Information Centre became a limited company called the Coventry Resource and Information Service Ltd. with similarly defined objectives. A report issued that same year defined the four primary functions of the CRISL as, 1) direct assistance and support to other groups, 2) advice services, 3) equipment, information, materials and skills resources, and 4) education and teaching. The CRISL was originally established at the Coventry Resource Centre (CRC). Nature of support: In 1981 the Trust approved an annual grant of £5,000 plus an additional grant of £2,000 for the purchase of an off-set lithographic equipment. In 1982 three annual grants of £6,000 were approved. In 1983 the Trust made a single grant of £1,560 for staffing costs. Minutes: B&GSCT 5278, B&GSCT 5469, B&GSCT 5807. Notes: File organised by date from newest to oldest. File numbered 'EA/7/11'. |