SOCIAL WELFARE

See Also: GRAIN Famine Relieved; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALS, CLOSED; HOUSING; PALACES, DISAPPEARED & FORMER Bridewell Palace; PALACES, DISAPPEARED & FORMER The Savoy Palace; LORD SHAFTESBURY; SLUMS & AVENUES; WEST GERMANY'S MIDWIFE; MENU

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The Alexander Trust Dining Rooms

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The Alexander Trust Dining Rooms were run by a charity that was founded in 1898 to provide cheap meals for the poor and looked after their dependents. The tea merchant Sir Thomas Lipton gave 100,000 to establish it. He had offices that were close to the building.

Location: 124-144 City Road, EC1V 2RL (red, turquoise)

See Also: BISCUITS Class

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Alms Houses

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See Also: MUSEUMS The Museum of The Home

Website: www.almshouses.org

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Hopton's Alms Houses

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Location: Hopton's Alms Houses, Hopton Gardens, 10-11 Hopton Street, SE1 9JJ

Website: www.ustsc.org.uk/almshouses/hoptons-almshouses

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Colleges

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Morden College

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Morden College

Location: 19 St Germans Place, Blackheath, SE3 0PW

Website: https://mordencollege.org.uk

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Families

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Gingerprint

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The National Council for The Unmarried Mother & Her Child was founded in 1918 by social worker Lettice Fisher.

The Council was renamed The National Council for One Parent Families.

The organisation changed its name to Gingerprint.

Website: www.gingerbread.org.uk

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Kinship

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In 2001 Michael Young (1915-2002) and Jean Stogdon (n e Sangster) (1928-2014) set up Grandparents Plus to campaign on behalf of grandparents who were having raise their grandchildren.

Location: The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, SE11 5RR

Website: https://kinship.org.uk

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Magdalens

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The House of Fallen Women

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The House sought to reform women who were prostitutes or thieves and thereby prepare them for emigration. The scheme was financed by Burdett-Coutts. Dickens was involved in it from 1846 to 1858.

Location: Urania College, Lime Grove, W12 7RJ

See Also: CHARLES DICKENS; PHILANTHROPY Baroness Burdett-Coutts

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St Pelagia's Magdalen Home

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St Pelagia's Magdalen Home was founded in 1884 as a Roman Catholic institution to care for Catholic women and girls who were fallen or had succumbed to drink. Subsequently, sister institutions were established in Highgate, Rotherhithe, and Tottenham. In 1907 the Limehouse one relocated to Eltoe House in Leyton.

Location: 1-2 Newell Street (formerly Church Row), Limehouse, E14 7HR

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Missions and Settlements

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The Eton Mission

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In 1962 Father Bill Shergol rode to The Ace Caf on his motorbike. There he distributed pamphlets that invited the bikers to come to the Eton Mission on Saturday nights. This proved to be the start of The 59 Club s biking section.

Location: St Mary of Eton Church, 95 Eastway, E9 5JA. The church was built to serve the Eton Mission.

Website: www.stmaryofeton.org.uk

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St Hilda's East

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The St Hilda's East settlement was established in 1889 by Cheltenham Ladies College near the Boundary Estate.

The first social housing in London.

Now a community centre.

Location: 18 Club Row, E2 7EY (purple, pink)

Website: https://sthildas.org.uk

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The Trussell Trust

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The Trussell Trust runs food banks. The organisation was founded in 1997.

Website: www.trusselltrust.org

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The Mary Ward Centre

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In 1890 Mary Ward established a venture that carried out educational and community work. The enterprise soon came to be acknowledged as performing a worthwhile function. In 1894 the newspaper editor and philanthropist John Passmore Edwards offered to pay for the construction of a permanent building, while the 11^th Duke of Bedford offered a cheap plot of land on the northern side of Tavistock Place. An Art Nouveau building was designed and then constructed. In 1897 this opened as the Passmore Edwards Settlement. In 1921 the Settlement was renamed the Mary Ward Centre. In 1981 the Centre relocated to Queen Square.

Location: 42 Queen Square, WC1N 3AQ. Former home. (orange, brown)

9 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9SN. Former home. (orange, grey)

See Also: PHILANTHROPY John Passmore Edwards

Website: www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

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The Workhouse

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See Also: CHARLES DICKENS Oliver Twist, The Strand Workhouse

Website: www.workhouses.org.uk

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Kennington Workhouse

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The Cinema Museum occupies the Kennington Workhouse that Charlie Chaplain spent time in as a child.

Location: 2 Dugard Way, Renfrew Road, SE11 4TH

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The Young Foundation

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The Institute for Community Studies changed its name to The Young Foundation.

Location: Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, E1 6LS (purple, orange)

Website: www.youngfoundation.org

David Backhouse 2024