| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, payments summary, newspaper cuttings, leaflets, project proposals and funding requests relating to the National Coalition for Neighbourhoods (NCN). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Paul S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: The NCN was established by the union in 1982 from the union of the National Federation of Community Associations (NFCA) and the Association for Neighbourhood Councils (ANC). The ANC was formed in 1970. Its purpose was to act as a parliamentary pressure group to legislate for neighbourhood/urban parish councils in the larger English towns and cities. This effort was not successful and in 1973 a director was appointed with the remit of continuing talks with national and local government, promoting voluntary neighbourhood councils that would eventually become statutory bodies and encouraging membership in the ANC. The NFCA was established in 1945 as a membership organisation of community associations. The NCN became a registered charity in 1986 and aims to encourage all groups interested in neighbourhood and community development to focus on important issues and to develop common ground among members (and non-members) to prosecute these interests. Nature of support: In 1982 the Trust approved a grant of £500 to enable a study to determine NCN priorities. In 1985 Paul S. Cadbury Trustees approved three annual grants of £10,000 in the hope of unlocking matching funds from other organisations. Minutes: B&GSCT 5603, B&GSCT 5838, B&GSCT 6137, PSCT 371, PSCT 385. Notes: File organised roughly by date from newest to oldest. File numbered '7/56'. |