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Correspondence and papers re SPAID management reviews by the Charities Effectiveness Review Trust (CERT) and HB Consulting.

One of the conclusions of the reviews was that Nancy Tait should hand over to a salaried director within a year.

Correspondence and papers re management review of SPAID following criticisms from (and a funding crisis at) the London Boroughs Grants Unit (LBGU). Includes:

• correspondence re the management review, June-October 1991
• funding applications to Marks & Spencer and the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
• copies of bids for the consulting contract for conducting the management review
• correspondence re the funding crisis at LBGU and its potential consequences for SPAID

Ring-bound copies of ‘Society for the Prevention of Asbestosis and Industrial Diseases (SPAID) management review’, September 1991.

• final version, annotated by Nancy Tait, with a summary of the SPAID trustees' perception of it
• draft version, annotated (probably by Nancy Tait)
• draft version, annotated (probably by SPAID trustee L B Horam)

Correspondence and papers re the activities of the OEDA Working Party, in particular the preliminary report and action plan delivered by management consultant Michael Anderson, 1993.

Correspondence and papers, including statement on SPAID's commitment and the organisation's role in the community, and copy of management consultants' preliminary report and action plan.

Proposals for the name of the successor organisation included 'Occupational Diseases Association' (ODA), 'Industrial Diseases of the Environment Association' (IDEA) and 'Investigation of Industrial Diseases of the Environment Association' (IIDEA).

Correspondence and papers re management consultant Michael Anderson's report and action plan. Anderson's brief was to provide a projection for OEDA as a new organisation meeting both the standards for financial procedures of the organisation's main funder (the London Boroughs Grants Unit) and the SPAID trustees' expectations of an organisation to which SPAID's assets could be passed on.

Michael Alexander John Anderson, b. 1930.

Includes

• information about SPAID
• copy of Sectoral Review covering the Advice and Information (Employment) field, London Boroughs Grants Unit (LBGU)
• details of SPAID's assets, July 1993

Correspondence and papers relating to the transition of the organisation from SPAID to OEDA.
Includes:
-correspondence with solicitor Elizabeth Cairns about the organisation's 'Memorandum and Articles of Association' and potential new structures
-draft copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the 'Industrial Diseases Association Limited'
-correspondence with the Central Register of Charities
-photocopy of the Trust Deed for: "The Society for the Prevention of Asbestosis and Industrial Diseases"
-some copies of Trustee meeting minutes
-correspondence with London Boroughs Grants Unit (LBGU)
-copies of trustee correspondence and papers about the transition from SPAID to OEDA
-management committee papers
-consultant's report (by Michael Anderson)
-copies of financial records and LBGU forms
-correspondence with consultant Steve Whiting about the development of an OEDA fundraising strategy.

Copy of a brief report summarising impressions of OEDA gained during a three day visit undertaken in order to establish whether Lea Valley Business Advisors Ltd (LVBA) could undertake additional work for the organisation.

Marked 'Confidential' and not signed. The author was probably Mr John Lammond Lindsay of LVBA. From 1994 LVBA carried out various administrative and accountancy functions for the organisation, including payroll and tax year end paperwork.

Correspondence and papers re delivery of a functional analysis of OEDA and a business plan, in time for the annual monitoring visit of the London Boroughs Grants Unit (LBGU).

Correspondence and papers re consultancy delivering a functional analysis of OEDA and a business plan, in time for the annual monitoring visit of the London Borough Grants Unit (LBGU).

Includes

• background material for business plan
• OEDA management committee papers
• consultancy’s business report

OEDA worked with consultants Albert Wright and Ritchie Smith of Premier Consultants and Business Link, respectively.

Mainly copy of the OEDA business plan for 2000, version of 6 September 1999, with intercalated material including a set of copies of the OEDA Newsletter.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) and papers relating to OEDA application for certification against the Community Legal Service (CLS) Quality Mark (at the General Help Level). As of March 2000, OEDA was listed as an entity in the 13-volume CLS Directory, prompting the organisation to decide against a proposal to outsource its telephone line to Rowley Ashworth solicitors. From 2002, OEDA actively worked with the Inclusive Quality Project (IQP) to comply with the quality standard.

Includes

• various drafts of OEDA business plan, OEDA referral and signposting procedure, OEDA confidentiality policy, 2002-2003
• correspondence with and outputs from collaboration with the North London Business Consulting Group (Albert Wright) on the OEDA business plan 1999

The Legal Aid Board/Legal Services Commission (LSC) developed a range of quality marks in the late 1990s and early 2000s. These covered all levels of information, advice and legal representation services. The CLS Quality Marks provided a range of compatible quality marks that could be applied through all levels of information and advice provision. The concept came to an end with the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012.

Correspondence and papers, predominantly re SPAID / OEDA's status as a charity. Includes copy of registration, annual returns (incomplete series) including updates on trustees, very occasionally also copies of OEDA annual reports.

Copies of earlier correspondence with the Charity Commission can be found intercalated with the trustee correspondence at OEDA/A/2/1 and OEDA/A/2/2; see links below.

Papers relating to the history of the organisation (SPAID and later OEDA).
Includes:
-photocopies of press clippings and magazine articles relating to the organisation and their work
-agenda for an Asbestos Seminar that Nancy Tait spoke at, 1984
-papers relating to events SPAID attended e.g. Health and Safety Expositions
-papers about public meetings organised by SPAID at St Barnabas Church, Bethnal Green
-examples of SPAID posters
-copies of SPAID circulars and notices
-copies of industry circulars e.g. Mintex announcing asbestos-free disc brake pads
-papers about SPAID Fellowship
-copies of SPAID leaflets and information packs
-copies of correspondence with Asbestos companies and MPs
-copies of correspondence about research into asbestos-related cancers
-copies of blank compensation forms
-copy of a meeting report, 1979
-papers about Leverhulme Research awards
-copy of a timeline of Nancy Tait's involvement with Asbestos and achievements of SPAID
-includes group of papers labelled 'Early SPAID notes'
-copies of OEDA newsletters
-some copies of articles about asbestos research
-some copies of papers about the Andrew Lees memorial award won by Nancy Tait
-copy of an article: 'The Role of SPAID (The Society for the Prevention of Asbestosis and Industrial Dideases) In the Prevention of Disease and the Welfare of Sufferers' by Nancy Tait, 1983
-some copies of correspondence about the SPAID Electron Microscope, 1993
-papers about positions within the organisation e.g. the job advert for the Development Officer post 1993
-copy of information sheet: 'How SPAID benefits Londoners', 1992
-copies of a leaflet for an 'Asbestos Freeway Kit', 2000
-some correspondence about Nancy Tait's Honorary Degree from the University of Southampton, 1999
-copy of an article: 'Review of Literature Concerning the Health Hazards from Asbestos', 1992
-some copies of case correspondence, 1993
-copy of an article: 'Malignant mesothelioma in women', 1992
-copy of an OEDA flyer: 'Asbestos: A Call for Action'
-copy of an OEDA flyer: 'Benefits Information Update May 1997'