§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the purposes of each of the following grants made in 1979–80 by the Voluntary Services Unit : £12,000 to the British Association for Counselling, £14,050 to the Institute of Community Studies, £26,000 to the Melting Pot Foundation, £28,400 to the National Association for Asian Youth, £3,400 to Campaign Books, £2,500 to the International Council for Social Welfare, £12,678 to the National Association of Young People's Counselling and Advisory Services, £14,000 to the Student Community Action Resources Programme, £5,765 to the Voluntary Service Opportunities Register, £66,375 to the Young Volunteer Resource Unit, £27,056 to the Media Project (Volunteer Centre), £6,042 to the British Council of Churches (Community Work Resource Unit) and £43,552 to the Brixton Neighbourhood Community Programme.
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§ Mr. Raison: The purposes of the grants were as follows :
British Association for Counselling :
To contribute towards the promotion of higher standards of counselling by volunteers and professionals in many fields.
Institute of Community Studies :
To co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate the family day centre projects funded by VSU as part of the EC anti-poverty programme.
Melting Pot Foundation :
To support a pilot literacy and vocational training scheme, run in association with a hostel, for young West Indians with special problems.
National Association for Asian Youth :
To contribute to the support of youth work among Asian young people.
Campaign Books :
To contribute to the costs of a pilot scheme for the distribution of books and pamphlets produced by voluntary organisations in the social service and environmental fields.
International Council for Social Welfare :
To contribute to the planning costs of the 1982 international meeting of the ICSW (an association of voluntary bodies from many countries) for which the United Kingdom will be the host country.
National Association of Young People's Counselling and Advisory Services :
To develop youth counselling and advisory services and to provide assistance to those who counsel young people.
Student Community Action Resource Programme :
To help support and develop volunteer community work by students in universities and colleges.
Voluntary Services Opportunities Register :
To meet the cost of an annual publication, produced by the Young Volunteer Resource Unit, listing social service projects in which young people can take part.
Young Volunteer Resource Unit (of the National Youth Bureau) :
To support services to those engaged in promoting voluntary work by, and social education projects for, young people.
Media Project (Volunteer Centre) :
To support a project to monitor the use of the media (TV, radio and press) in community involvement and to offer advice and information on the basis of the material obtained.
British Council of Churches (Community Work Resource Unit) :
To contribute to the costs of a unit set up to assist the churches in developing community work.
Brixton Neighbourhood Community Association :
To support a pilot training scheme in office skills and car maintenance to improve the employment prospects of young West Indians.