| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, reports and funding requests relating to the North Smethwick Housing Development Trust (NSHDT). Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: NSHDT has its roots in housing regeneration when in 1988 a group of local residents successfully challenged a Compulsory Purchase Order on older, local housing. Led by the Rev Janet Full James residents secured funding to employ a community development worker who worked with local people and Sandwell Council to manage the grant aided renovation of local homes that had previously been earmarked for demolition. The Trust became a company limited by guarantee in 1992. Following the success of the previous housing development project, the Trust began work in 1997 on the Albion Estate Regeneration Project (AERP), which saw the renovation of 160 council and privately owned properties. Nature of support: In 1993 the Trust approved three annual grants of £25,000, £15,000 and £10,000 respectively. Minutes: B&GSCT 7630, B&GSCT 7662, B&GSCT 7729. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |