Committees and Meetings: Branches and Regional Councils

The growth of the Campaign's activities led to the establishment of Autonomous Councils. The first Autonomous Council to be set up was in Yorkshire, in 1925. This was followed by the setting up of other similar Councils in the North of England; the City of Birmingham; Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales (combined). These three were all classed as "Group A" Councils, i.e. absolutely independent bodies, raising their own funds and allocating them in their own areas as they thought fit, under the direction of their own Scientific Committees. They liased with London through their representatives on the Grand Council, by way of which they also had a say in the main policies of the Campaign. A few other Councils were set up in "Group B". These were Nottingham, Lincoln and Rutland (combined); Kent; Sussex; Hampshire. Although they had no appeals organization of their own, they did have pseudo Scientific Committees, and the terms of their autonomy were that London would organize the appeals for funds in their areas and would allot a percentage of the funds raised, (usually 50%), for utilisation as these Committees desired. By the late 1940s most of these Council were moribund.

For further information on local organizations of the Campaign see also Section F.

1927-1969

2 volumes

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