Global exchange

MS 1579/2/21

Global exchange

1996 - 2012

See also the minutes of the Global Exchange Programme, MS 1579/1/1/2/1.

Copyright: Barrow Cadbury Trust and others

Partially Closed (Data Protection Act)

Organisations involved: Barrow Cadbury Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd.

Previous titles and/or title variations: n/a.

Related grant categories: migration; asylum, immigration and resettlement; justice and peace; Northern Ireland.

Dates of use: 2003/2004 to 2008/2009.

Cadbury Trusts grant subject filing reference number(s): n/a.

The Global Exchange Programme was established in 2003/2004 as part of a general reorganisation of Trust and Fund grant categories that saw the number of programmes reduced from six to three. The global exchange heading was populated with grants drawn largely from the defunct asylum, immigration and resettlement and justice and peace categories. Global exchange grants were overseen by the Relevant Trustees of the Global Exchange Programme.

In describing the remit of the new programme in the 2003/2004 Trust and Fund annual report, Trustees stated that:

The Global Exchange Programme aims to develop a knowledge base of excellent and emerging practices on work relating to women in society, the rights of migrants and supporting communities under stress. Projects are drawn from Barrow Cadbury priority areas including the European Union, Northern Ireland and the Middle East.

In addition to supporting international networks of voluntary sector practitioners the Trust also aimed to support domestic campaigns on migration, gender equality and race and poverty.

For its first year of operation the Trust committed £1,046,000 to global exchange grants. Major recipients for that year included the George Bell Institute (£105,000) and the Committee on the Administration of Justice (£100,000). By its last year of operation, 2008/2009, Global Exchange Programme expenditure amounted to £1,091,000 or approximately 17% of total Trust spending. During this period three grants were made to international organisations focusing on European policy work relating to integration and migration, six grants to international organisations working in other areas, eight grants for international projects focused on gender and social capital and seven grants to UK based groups working on European and international issues.

The first global exchange grant files appear in the mid-2000s. These files are usually labelled with the name of the grantee only. In 2009/2010 the Trust eliminated the Global Exchange Programme. Grants relating to migration were absorbed by the newly established migration in Europe category. Other grants were allowed to lapse or were transferred to other categories.