There is no dedicated series of minutes and associated papers, suggesting that much of the organisation's executive decision-making was effectively oral (i.e. that some records were not created in the first place).
Even where executive records were generated, they were not systematically kept. During the SPAID period (1978-1995) and in particular until c.1991, records of trustee meetings and written reports on the organisation's activities survive mainly as part of correspondence with a trustee. After OEDA formally took over from SPAID in January 1996, Management Committee meetings were convened on a fairly regular basis. Nevertheless, their documentation did not take the form of a continuous dedicated series of minutes of management meetings, nor are there series of management correspondence or correspondence with the OEDA chairperson.
The surviving documentation shows that earlier names for SPAID were 'Trust for Asbestos Welfare Research and Control' (TAWRC) and 'Asbestos Induced Diseases Society' (AIDS). Proposals for the name of the new organisation OEDA included 'Occupational Diseases Association' (ODA), 'Industrial Diseases of the Environment Association' (IDEA) and 'Investigation of Industrial Diseases of the Environment Association' (IIDEA).
Much corporate strategic information can be found in the organisation's fundraising records, in particular grant applications with the London Boroughs Grants Unit (OEDA/J/2/1) and the National Lottery Charities Board (OEDA/J/2/2/5).
