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Disabled persons

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Archives of the Disability Resource Centre, 1989 - 2004

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/DRC
Scope and Contents From the Management Group:

The category - Student administration and support records - comprises records relating to student admissions at all levels, graduate students, visiting senior scholars, student careers advice and welfare, together with the records of clubs and societies.

Dates: 1989 - 2004
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence about Artsline, 1983 - 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 6/2
Scope and Contents

Artsline is an information service on disabled access to arts venues in London.

Dates: 1983 - 1985
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Disabled, 1983-12 - 1992-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 11/2/11
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with individuals including Thomas Clarke [health and social security (personal social services) spokesman], and cuttings on Labour’s policy for people with disabilities, particularly relating to the Severe Disablement Allowance and the Social Security Act and Disabled Persons Act, 1986.

Dates: 1983-12 - 1992-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Disabled, 1986-03 - 1987-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 11/2/12
Scope and Contents

Briefings, cuttings and consultation papers on the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Bill, 1986.

Dates: 1986-03 - 1987-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Disabled Person’s Act, 1991-08 - 1991-10

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 11/2/35
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on disabled policies, with speech notes from a visit to a Deaf Accord awards ceremony.

Dates: 1991-08 - 1991-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Motability, 1977-12 - 1989-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 11/2/26
Scope and Contents

Briefings and correspondence on a voluntary organisation supplying vehicles to recipients of the Mobility Allowance, including their lead-free petrol campaign.

Dates: 1977-12 - 1989-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Opening of new offices of the Mobility Trust, 1988-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 11/2/24
Scope and Contents

Briefing and speech notes for NK’s visit to the Trust (founded to develop and fund special road vehicles for severely disabled people).

Dates: 1988-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

Records relating to Bridget's, the hostel for students with severe disabilities, 1988 - 2005

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/BRID
Scope and Contents Founded by Professor Margaret Spufford, Bridget's Hostel opened in October 1991 with the aim of providing a supportive environment and 24 hour care to enable up to seven severely disabled students to study in Cambridge, at the University, Anglia Polytechnic University or other Higher and Further Education institutions. Funds for Bridget's Appeal which purchased the lease of a suitable building and covered refurbishment, were provided by donations from the Colleges, Trusts and other...
Dates: 1988 - 2005
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1984-10 - 1984-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/16
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: the bombing of the Grand Hotel, Brighton [Sussex]; the miners’ strike; a tribute to Indira Gandhi, Oct 84; the Fabian Society; policies for the disabled; economic policy.

Dates: 1984-10 - 1984-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1994-01 - 1994-11

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/63
Scope and Contents Includes: tribute to the BBC journalist and presenter Brian Redhead; lecture on the 10th anniversary of the banning of trade unions at GCHQ; note of Glenys Kinnock’s speech at an Equal Opportunities Commission conference on progress for women in Wales; speech to the US/EEC Association, New York [United States] on Western Europe after the Maastricht Treaty; NK’s Weinstock Memorial Lecture in Berkeley, "Beyond free trade to fair trade"; speech to the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, New York, on...
Dates: 1994-01 - 1994-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Visit to Motorfair, 1989-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/86
Scope and Contents

Briefing for NK’s visit as patron of the Motability scheme [a voluntary organisation supplying vehicles to recipients of the Mobility Allowance, and campaigning for lead-free petrol].

Dates: 1989-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.