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Collapse D872 - Rural Action Derbyshire (formerly Derbyshire Rural Community Council) - 1925-1984D872 - Rural Action Derbyshire (formerly Derbyshire Rural Community Council) - 1925-1984
Expand 1 - Executive Committee signed minutes - 1925-19871 - Executive Committee signed minutes - 1925-1987
Expand 2 - Council signed minutes - 1935-19922 - Council signed minutes - 1935-1992
Expand 3 - Preservation of the Countryside Committee - 1929-19413 - Preservation of the Countryside Committee - 1929-1941
4 - Welfare Services sub-committee minutes. - 1955-1956
5 - Finance and General Purposes committee copy minutes and papers. - 1985-1989
Expand 6 - Secretary's correspondence files.6 - Secretary's correspondence files.
Expand 7 - Other Papers7 - Other Papers
Expand 8 - Finance: Cash books - 1946-19728 - Finance: Cash books - 1946-1972
9 - Statements of accounts, 1948/9, 1956/7-1959/60. - 1948-1960
Expand 10 - Derbyshire Home Produce Council: The objects of the Derbyshire Home Produce Council were to stimulate the production of home grown food in allotment gardens and private gardens by: a) Encouraging households and villages to grow sufficient vegetables to supply their needs throughout the year; b) By providing instruction on all matters pertaining to the production and storage of food raised on allotment gardens and gardens; c) Encouraging the growing of additional feeding-stuffs for poultry, and the collection and distribution of foodstuffs from gardens and allotment gardens for animal consumption; d) Conducting propaganda and securing publicity for the work of the Council; e) Promoting the formation of Village Home Produce Clubs, Allotment and Garden Societies for the better carrying out of the Council's objects. D872/10: Executive committee signed minutes 1940-1957.10 - Derbyshire Home Produce Council: The objects of the Derbyshire Home Produce Council were to stimulate the production of home grown food in allotment gardens and private gardens by: a) Encouraging households and villages to grow sufficient vegetables to supply their needs throughout the year; b) By providing instruction on all matters pertaining to the production and storage of food raised on allotment gardens and gardens; c) Encouraging the growing of additional feeding-stuffs for poultry, and the collection and distribution of foodstuffs from gardens and allotment gardens for animal consumption; d) Conducting propaganda and securing publicity for the work of the Council; e) Promoting the formation of Village Home Produce Clubs, Allotment and Garden Societies for the better carrying out of the Council's objects. D872/10: Executive committee signed minutes 1940-1957.
11 - Attendance book. - 1942-1952
12 - Annual Meetings signed minutes. - 1943-1949
Expand 13 - Correspondence files. - 1941-196013 - Correspondence files. - 1941-1960
Expand 14 - Derbyshire Home Produce Council Accounts14 - Derbyshire Home Produce Council Accounts
Collapse 15 - Derbyshire Association of Parish Councils: Correspondence files.15 - Derbyshire Association of Parish Councils: Correspondence files.
Expand 16 - Derbyshire Playing Fields Association: The National Playing Fields Association was founded in 1925. The objectives were to advise on and assist in the provision of playing fields and playgrounds and to encourage and develop the playing of all games, sports and pastimes etc. - 1931-193816 - Derbyshire Playing Fields Association: The National Playing Fields Association was founded in 1925. The objectives were to advise on and assist in the provision of playing fields and playgrounds and to encourage and develop the playing of all games, sports and pastimes etc. - 1931-1938
Expand 17 - Derbyshire Association of Social Service Clubs/Centre: The Derbyshire Association of Social Service Clubs/Centres aimed to extend the facilities for the beneficial use of leisure time having special regard to the leisure caused by unemployment or under employment.17 - Derbyshire Association of Social Service Clubs/Centre: The Derbyshire Association of Social Service Clubs/Centres aimed to extend the facilities for the beneficial use of leisure time having special regard to the leisure caused by unemployment or under employment.
Expand 18 - Derbyshire Old Peoples Welfare Committee (later Age Concern).18 - Derbyshire Old Peoples Welfare Committee (later Age Concern).
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20 - Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Joint Apprenticeship committee [for the Farriery and Blacksmith Trade]: Signed minutes. - 1946
Expand 21 - Miscellaneous21 - Miscellaneous
Expand 22 - Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund: The Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund (CRIF) was a small grants scheme set up to benefit community projects in designated rural coalfield parishes in South Derbyshire and Leicestershire. Funding came from local authorities, including Derbyshire County Council, and also from the East Midlands Development Agency, and applications were handled by the DRCC.22 - Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund: The Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund (CRIF) was a small grants scheme set up to benefit community projects in designated rural coalfield parishes in South Derbyshire and Leicestershire. Funding came from local authorities, including Derbyshire County Council, and also from the East Midlands Development Agency, and applications were handled by the DRCC.
Expand 23 - Community Chest: Applications, successful and unsuccessful, to the Community Chest fund, through the Derbyshire Rural Community Council. Each is accompanied by related correspondence and papers, e.g. group constitutions, copy financial reports etc.23 - Community Chest: Applications, successful and unsuccessful, to the Community Chest fund, through the Derbyshire Rural Community Council. Each is accompanied by related correspondence and papers, e.g. group constitutions, copy financial reports etc.
24 - Other funding sources: Hurst Farm Residents Association, Matlock: Papers re. applications to various funding bodies including DRCC and CRIF, with evaluation report on grant from Derbyshire Community Foundation for youth work. - 1997-1999
25 - Ashbourne Rural Information in Action (ARIA): Application to Peak District Rural Development Partnership from ARIA, a group aiming to improve local access to Information Technology. Related papers including correspondence between DRCC and the RDP, application evaluation forms, list of estimated costs, publicity material and steering group minutes. - 1998-1999
26 - Funderbus: Evaluation reports on DRCC fundraising roadshows, including visits from mobile funding information service known as "Infobus" or "Funderbus", aimed at groups seeking grants to benefit their areas. With related papers including programmes, photographs of bus and summary of enquiries received in 1998 . - 1998-2000
Expand UL - Rural Action Derbyshire: unlisted recordsUL - Rural Action Derbyshire: unlisted records
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