Decision details

The National Memorial to the Evacuation Appeal Fund is to be launched and the Executive will be asked to approve a donation on behalf of the Council

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services supporting a donation from the Council to the National Memorial Fund being launched by the Evacuees Reunion Association in recognition of the significant numbers of Barking and Dagenham residents who were affected by the evacuation in World War II.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council in achieving its Community Priority of “Raising General Pride in the Borough”, to a donation of £1,000 to the Evacuees Reunion Association Memorial Fund, subject to confirmation by the Association to the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services that sufficient funds and an appropriate site have been secured for the purpose of erecting a national memorial to the evacuees of World War II.