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Record Ref : FOI 5989
Date Received : 03/11/2017
Date Completed : 01/12/2017
Organisation :
Application Type : Private Individual
Category : Expenditure, Budgets and Income
Question
I have been reading a lot about the Aberfan Disaster as part of a project and have a couple of questions about the Aberfan Disaster Fund. Please could you tell me how much money was in the fund when it closed in 1997, where the money is now and what it was spent on? I have read that The Aberfan Educational Fund came from The Aberfan Disaster Fund, but did any other charities start out of the fund or is the Educational Fund the original fund's new name?
Answer
In 1988 the Aberfan Disaster Fund was separated into two entities: the Aberfan Memorial Charity and the Aberfan Disaster Fund and Centre. Only the Aberfan Disaster Fund and Centre was managed by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, but this is now managed by Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust. The Authority used to complete returns to the Charities Commission. The Authority also manages the Aberfan Education Trust Fund and again completes returns to the Charities Commission.