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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

 File
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
 File

Disabled, 1983-12 - 1992-03

 File
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

 File
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.
 File

Motability, 1977-12 - 1989-10

 File
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

 File
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

The records relate to the establishment, funding, operation and ultimate closure of the hostel. They comprise a single series of subject files. File titles are recorded as found.

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.
 File

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

 File
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.