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Undercurrents Foundation/PressWise Ltd.

Catalogue reference: MS 1579/2/17/4/12

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This record is about the Undercurrents Foundation/PressWise Ltd. dating from 1996 - 2000.

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Reference

MS 1579/2/17/4/12

Title

Undercurrents Foundation/PressWise Ltd.

Date

1996 - 2000

Description

Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, annual reports, leaflets, newspaper cuttings, project proposals and funding requests relating to the Undercurrents Foundation and PressWise Ltd. Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust, Community Organising Programme. Applicant overview: PressWise was established in 1993 after consultations with Westminster with some seventy individuals, families and organisations who had suffered as a result of irresponsible media coverage. PressWise offers free, professional advice and support to those on the receiving end of inaccurate intrusion, unfair or irresponsible journalism. PressWise is a not-for-profit, limited liability company. PressWise became a registered charity in 1999. The Undercurrents Foundation was established in 1993 as a company limited by guarantee and became a registered charity in 1995. The Foundation aims to, 1) advance education and training, in particular in the arts of film and video, 2) promote, maintain, improve and advance education for the benefit of the public, particularly dramatic education and to encourage and foster public interests in the arts, including the art of film and video, and, 3) advance the education of the public in the environment and in health issues, through the art of film and video and to formulate, prepare and establish schemes therefore provided that all objects of the company shall be of a charitable nature. Nature of support: In 1996 the Trust approved a single grant of £18,000 to Undercurrents to be spread over two years. In 1998 a further £20,000 was approved to Undercurrents to be spread over two years as needed. This grant was transferred to PressWise in 2000. Minutes: BCT 338, BCT 537, BCT 877, COP 7/98, COP 16/99. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered.

Note

Copyright: Barrow Cadbury Trust, PressWise Ltd., Undercurrents Foundation, Guardian and others

Held by
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
Physical description

1 File

Access conditions

Closed until assessed

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/cfcbb963-af73-4761-b2a6-dc326b77f945/

Series information

MS 1579/2

Cadbury Trusts operational records

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Undercurrents Foundation/PressWise Ltd.