Collection GB 0074 LMA/4181 - STAINES CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4181

Title

STAINES CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Date(s)

  • 1965-1994 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.30 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Staines and District Citizens' Advice Bureau opened on 30 October 1967. The first aim of Citizens' Advice Bureaux is to provide information and advice to individuals so that they do not suffer through ignorance of their rights or an inability to express their wishes or complaints. The second aim is to influence national and local policy in the light of enquiries received by bureaux. The records of Staines Citizens' Advice Bureau reflect both these aims.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4181 1965-1994 Collection 0.30 linear metres Citizens' Advice Bureau , Staines branch

Staines and District Citizens' Advice Bureau opened on 30 October 1967. The first aim of Citizens' Advice Bureaux is to provide information and advice to individuals so that they do not suffer through ignorance of their rights or an inability to express their wishes or complaints. The second aim is to influence national and local policy in the light of enquiries received by bureaux. The records of Staines Citizens' Advice Bureau reflect both these aims.

Records deposited in March 1997.

Records of Staines Citizens' Advice Bureau, consisting of project files, audits, minutes and statistics.

Administrative files catalogued as LMA/4181/001-013.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For further records of Staines Citizens' Advice Bureau see ACC/1762 and ACC/3477.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

June to August 2010. Law Customary law Rights Government Public administration Complaints (public services) Maladministration Human rights Civil and political rights Organizations Associations Citizens' associations Business Consumer affairs Complaints (consumer affairs) Legal advice Enterprises Citizens' Advice Bureau , Staines branch Surrey England UK Western Europe Europe Staines Middlesex

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in March 1997.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Staines Citizens' Advice Bureau, consisting of project files, audits, minutes and statistics.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Administrative files catalogued as LMA/4181/001-013.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For further records of Staines Citizens' Advice Bureau see ACC/1762 and ACC/3477.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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