File includes correspondence with the Ministry of Defence re Bernie Grant’s visit to Larkhill Royal Artillery [includes 3 b/w photographs of Bernie Grant’s visit] and communications with the Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, concerning the campaign for the retention of a Hindu public shrine.

File includes Bernie’s Grant’s written exchanges with Prime Ministers Tony Blair, John Major and Margaret Thatcher relating to issues such as race relations in Britain, black and minority ethnic representation in parliament and the Labour Party, youth training, Caribbean industry, overseas aid and South Africa. Note that the first draft of Bernie Grant’s letter to Tony Blair [dated 5 Jan 2000 re black representation in the Labour Party] was drafted by David Lammy. The response from Tony Blair [dated 5 Mar 2000] arrived the day before Bernie Grant passed away and it was read to him by his wife, Sharon Grant. File also includes a ‘New Nation’ special [entitled ‘Bernie: The Final Letter’, dated 24 April 2000] relating to the above communications between Tony Blair and Bernie Grant.

File contains correspondence with organisations such as the Department of Health, North East Thames Regional Health Authority and the University of London (Institute of Ophthalmology). Relates to the Afro-Caribbean Eye Survey (ACES) Project and health issues concerning Black peoples and Ethnic minorities.

Correspondence relating to the National Lottery and Black and minority ethnic communities in Tottenham.