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1 Administrative Papers of the Council MS 298 1 A1021 MS 298 A1021 Central Council for Jewish Community Services 1 Administrative papers of the Council 1/1 Minute books and papers from AGMs, Council meetings and other committees; annual reports 1/1/1 Council minute book Jan 1972-Dec 1987 1/1/2 Executive Committee minute book Sep 1975-Oct 1989 1/1/3 Executive Committee minutes and papers 1975-80 1/1/4 Executive Committee minutes and papers 1981-5 1/1/5 Executive Committee minutes and papers 1986-90 1/1/6 Executive Committee minutes and papers: 1991-5 includes notice that Phillip Sober is to succeed Lord Young as Chairman of the Central Council 1/1/7 Executive Committee minutes and papers: covers the 1996-9 debate on the future of the Central Council and the decision to dissolve the Central Council at the Executive Committee meeting, 5 Jul 1999 1/1/8 Minute book: minutes and agendas of the Standing Oct 1975-Mar Committee of Professionals of the Central Council for 1983 Jewish Community Services 1/1/9 Minutes and papers of the Standing Committee of 1978 Professionals 1/1/10 Minutes and papers of the Standing Committee of 1978-80 Professionals 1/1/11 Minutes and papers of the Standing Committee of 1981-5 Professionals 1/1/12 Minute book: AGM minutes and annual reports May 1976-Jul 1987 1/1/13 Papers relating to first-fifth AGM 1976-80 1/1/14 Papers relating to sixth-tenth AGM 1981-85 1/1/15 Papers relating to eleventh-thirteenth AGM 1986-88 MS 298 2 A1021 1/1/16 Papers relating to fourteenth AGM 1989 1/1/17 Papers relating to fifteenth AGM 1990 1/1/18 Papers relating to sixteenth AGM 1991 1/1/19 Papers relating to seventeenth AGM 1992 1/1/20 Papers relating to eighteenth AGM 1993 1/1/21 Papers relating to nineteenth AGM 1994 1/1/22 Papers relating to twentieth AGM 1995 1/1/23 Papers relating to twenty first AGM 1998 1/1/24 Papers relating to twenty second AGM 1999 1/1/25 Papers relating to Central Council meetings 18 Jan 1986-5 Nov 1991 1/1/26 Papers relating to Central Council meetings: 4 Mar 1992-9 Dec including Special Council Meeting 14 Jun 1993 to 1993 discuss proposal by Lord Young for changes to the Central Council 1/1/27 Papers relating to Central Council meetings 11 May 1994-20 Mar 1996 1/1/28 Papers relating to Central Council meetings: 6 Nov 1996-5 Jul including Special Council Meeting 5 Jul 1999 at which 1999 the decision was made to close the Central Council at the end of August 1999; list of affiliated organisations at the time of closure 1/1/29 Papers relating to Central Council Social Services 1994-6 Subcommittee: mainly minutes and papers 1/1/30 Papers relating to Central Council Social Services 1994-6 Subcommittee: mainly correspondence relating to Jewish social service provision and the setting up of the subcommittee. 1/1/31 Papers relating to the setting up of ‘Advisory Panels’ Sep 1989-Aug Papers from the ‘Working Party’ of the Central Council 1996 Papers relating to the ‘Chief Executives’ of the Central Council 1/1/32 Papers relating to the Central Council Honorary 1976-86 MS 298 3 A1021 Officers’ meetings 1/1/33 Papers relating to the Central Council Honorary 1987-93 Officers’ meetings 1/1/34 Papers relating to the Central Council Community Mar 1984-Mar Planning and Research Committee 1985 1/1/35 Papers relating to the Central Council Community Mar 1985-Jul 1986 Planning and Research Committee 1/1/36 Papers relating to the Central Council Community Jul 1986-Feb 1988 Planning and Research Committee 1/1/37 Reports relating to the Central Council Community Feb 1985 Planning and Research Committee: including ‘Jewish social services: a review of current provision in Greater London and adjacent areas’ (interim report 1) and supplements 1/1/38 Reports relating to the Central Council Community Mar-Jul 1985 Planning and Research Committee: including ‘A demographic and socio-economic analysis of London area Jewry’ (interim report 4) and ‘Public opinion study’ 1/1/39 Reports from the Central Council Community Aug-Dec 1985 Planning and Research Committee: including ‘Jewish social services: a research review’ (interim report 5, Nov 1989 ); Report from the Federation of Jewish Family Services ‘Response to Griffiths: summary of the Government’s white paper of the future of community care’ by Michael Jimack 1/1/40 Papers relating to the Central Council Advisory 1979-83 Committee for the Care of the Elderly: including papers from Day Centres Directors meetings 1/1/41 Papers relating to the Central Council Advisory 1981-2 Committee for the Disabled 1/1/42 Papers relating to the Central Council Advisory 1979-82 Committee for the Mentally Handicapped: including Central Council paper ‘The Jewish Mentally Sep 1982 Handicapped at Home’ by Michael Jimack 1/1/43 Papers relating to the Central Council DHSS Funding May 1994-Nov Subcommittee 1985 MS 298 4 A1021 1/1/44 Central Council Constitution and related papers 1975-85 1/1/45 Annual Reports and related papers 1975-83 1/1/46 Annual Reports and related papers 1984-7 1/1/47 Annual Review and related papers 1997-8 1/2 Financial papers: accounts and general office expenditure 1/2/1 Accounts, includes end of year balance sheets 1976-88 1/2/2 Accounts., includes end of year reports and financial 1992-9 statements 1/2/3 Treasurer’s information and papers; lay leadership 1991-7 course account details; General Fund details; papers regarding the death of Ashley Levy (accountant for the Central Council); monthly returns; petty cash statements; postage book 1/2/4 Directory for Jewish Social Services (Central Council 1997-8 publication): orders and related papers 1/3 Correspondence 1/3/1 Correspondence with and relating to Sidney Bloch 1986-97 (chairman of the Central Council 1986-9): including profiles of Sidney Bloch at the time of his appointment; reports and letters of condolence at his death in 1990; correspondence relating to the Sidney Bloch Memorial Trust 1/3/2 Correspondence with and relating to Lord Young of 1988-96 Graffham (chairman of the Central Council 1993-5): including Lord Young’s new initiative for the Central Council May-Jun 1993 (including his paper: ‘Strategy for survival’) and his bid for chairmanship Papers from the ‘Working Party’ of the Central Council 1993-4 1/3/3 Correspondence with Phillip Sober (chairman of the Dec 1995-Dec Central Council 1995-9): including profiles of Phillip 1997 Sober and correspondence regarding his appointment of as chairman MS 298 5 A1021 1/3/4 Correspondence with Phillip Sober Jan 1998-Aug 1999 1/3/5 Correspondence with Laurence Don (Honorary Aug 1989-Jul Treasurer of the Central Council): including 1997 correspondence regarding changes to the laws on charities and tax 1991-4 1/3/6 Correspondence relating to Central Council officers: 1987-99 President (Lord Woolf); Vice Presidents; Vice Chairmen; Director 1/3/7 Correspondence with Michael Goldmeier (United Synagogue), mainly relating to training courses for Synagogue Honorary Officers 1/3/8 Correspondence with the Board of Deputies of British May 1975-Jul Jews: including discussions on the relationship between 1989 the Central Council and the Board of Deputies of British Jews (1975-6); correspondence relating to appointments to District Health Authorities 1/3/9 General correspondence, mainly relating to the initial 1972-5 organisation of the Central Council, including the appointment of Maurice Bernstein, Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, Inc. (New York) as consultant; correspondence with existing Jewish welfare organisations; paper ‘Objects and Regulations of the Central Council for Jewish Social Services’ (approved Nov 1974) 1/3/10 General correspondence, mainly relating to Central 1975-8 Council meetings and membership issues 1/3/11 General correspondence, mainly with member agencies 1978-84 and with people seeking employment, funding , advice or information from the Central Council 1/3/12 General correspondence, mainly with people seeking 1985-9 funding, advice or information from the Central Council 1/3/13 General correspondence, mainly with people seeking 1990-5 funding, advice or information from the Central Council and thank you letters for small individual donations 1/3/15 General correspondence, mainly with people seeking 1996-7 employment, funding, advice or information from the MS 298 6 A1021 Central Council 1/3/16 General correspondence: 1998-9 including letters from people seeking employment, funding, advice or information from the Central Council; correspondence relating to the Council’s charity and community work; letters concerning the retirement of Daphne Band and the appointment of Asher Corren as director of the Council (Jul 1998) 1/4 Membership and subscription records 1/4/1 Central council membership records 1975-77 1/4/2 Central council membership records 1978 1/4/3 Central council membership records (includes list of 1979 affiliated organisations in 1979) 1/4/4 Central council membership records 1980 1/4/5 Central council membership records (includes lists of 1981 members and subscriptions for1980 and 1981) 1/4/6 Central council membership records (includes 1982 subscription record 1982) 1/4/7 Central council membership records (includes 1983 subscription record 1983) 1/7/8 Central Council membership records (includes 1884 subscription record 1984) 1/4/9 Central Council membership (includes subscription 1985 record 1985) 1/4/10 Central council membership records (includes list of 1986 affiliated organisations in 1986 and subscription record 1986) 1/4/11 Central council membership records (includes 1987 subscription record 1987) 1/4/12 Central council membership records (includes list
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