E/PG1/1/3

Correspondence file including:

1978 - 1983

From: 1978 To: 1983

- letter to Mark Rutherford Upper School, Bedford, from Local Education Authority (LEA) asking them to reduce charges to a tenant playgroup; - list of Bedfordshire & Luton Pre-School Playgroup Association (PPA) fieldworker course projects 1977/78 and course notes; - programme of Bedfordshire PPA annual conference 1978; - Bedfordshire PPA letter expressing concern at the future of Stopsley Village Playgroup; - booklist of suitable books in Leighton Buzzard library; - nursery education estimates 1978/79; - notice of British Association for Early Childhood Education lecture in Kempston; - notes of meeting between LEA and Bedfordshire PPA regarding playgroup foundation course; - Bedfordshire PPA letter regarding 1978/79 grant aid; - Bedfordshire PPA playgroups estimates 1978/79; - correspondence regarding possible use of Chalton Lower School premises by a playgroup; - correspondence regarding possible use of redundant school buildings by Hockliffe Playgroup [see also SS/CPG1/50]; - financial notes regarding assistance to playgroups; - programme of “Back or Forward” three day course; - notes regarding emerging national pattern on playgroup courses; - Bedfordshire PPA notes on fieldworker course 1977/78; - minutes of meeting between Bedfordshire PPA and LEA regarding regular contact between the two; - notes of meetings between Social Services, Education, Area Health Authority and Bedfordshire PPA regarding under-5s provision etc.; - letter from Bedford PPA advertising that they had applied to the Carnegie Trust for money for extra helpers for handicapped children; - Bedfordshire PPA application for grant aid 1980/81; - programme of Bedfordshire PPA annual conference 1980; - notes on Bedfordshire branches of PPA; - advertisement for Bedfordshire PPA foundation course 1980/81, with details of each term’s activities; - tutor’s report on 1979/80 Bedfordshire PPA Foundation Course; - Bedfordshire PPA application for grant aid 1981/82; - Leighton Linslade Family Centre Association report on pre-school priorities in the town; - agenda of Bedfordshire PPA AGM 1981; - list of members of Bedfordshire PPA 1980/81, numbers attending courses and brief details of courses; - report on Bedfordshire PPA 1980/81 Playgroup Foundation Course; - details of Bedfordshire PPA Foundation Course No.3; - enquiry as to nursery provision in area of Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard; - Bedfordshire PPA letter regarding need for a Second Foundation course; - approach to LEA for grant aid by Family Groups (Bedford) an organisation designed to assist women under stress, mainly from ethnic minorities, with detailed description of project; - Bedfordshire PPA application for grant aid 1984/85

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Bedfordshire and Luton Pre-School Playgroups Association,
British Association for Early Childhood Education,
Education Department,
Leighton Linslade Family Centre Association,
Family Groups (Bedford)

EDUCATION, pre-school playgroups, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, business correspondence, Bedford Mark Rutherford Upper School, Local Education Authority, fees/charges, Bedfordshire Pre-School Playgroups Association, training, programme, conference, STOPSLEY, Stopsley Village Playgroup, books, libraries, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Leighton Buzzard Library, nursery schools, PUBLIC FINANCE, public speaking, KEMPSTON, funding, buildings and land use, education buildings, Chalton Lower School, Chalton, HOCKLIFFE, social services, Area Health Authorities, physical handicap, education, BEDFORDSHIRE, advertisements, further education, LEIGHTON-LINSLADE, business papers, agenda, AGM (Annual General Meeting), Leighton Buzzard Heath Road, Bedford charities, FAMILY, ethnic minorities