| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, reports, copies of published material, leaflets, accounts and funding requests relating to the National Coalition for Neighbourhoods (NCN). Funding source(s): 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 1988 the Paul S. Cadbury Trust approved three annual grants of £10,000 per annum. In 1989 Trustees agreed to increase the allocation by £3,000 for the current year and up to £7,000 for the subsequent year. Minutes: PSCT 708, PSCT 744, PSCT 782, PSCT 825, PSCT 924, PSCT 936, PSCT 959. Notes: File organised by date from newest to oldest. File numbered '7/56'. |