This phrase translates as "Society for Deeds of Loving Kindness", a Jewish Benevolent Society. It was established on the site where Albert Stern House now is and included a hospital for sick poor and lying-in women.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hebra Gemilut Hasadim
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Spanish and Portuguese Jews - 2
The Jewish calendar has a different start year (hence the "5425 - 1665") 3,76...
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Blind Veterans UK
This charity was founded at the start of WW1 by Arthur Pearson, the newspaper magnate who became blind in later life, as The Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Care Committee. February 1915 it opened t...
3 memorials
Eddy Renton
Co-founder of the charity 'Kith and Kids' (with Doreen Collins) and 'Disability Law'.
1 memorial
Licensed Victuallers' Benevolent Institution Asylum
Almshouses built in the early 19th century. They were originally known as the Licensed Victuallers' Benevolent Institution Asylum. In this case, the word 'asylum' didn't indicate a home for mental ...
1 memorial
West Hackney Almshouses / Cooke's Rents
Mainly from British History Online we've learnt the following: In 1740 Thomas Cooke, a director of the Bank of England, built almshouses, Cooke’s Rents, for 8 poor families with small children, and...
1 memorial
Amy Garvey
Campaigner for gender and social justice. Born in Jamaica.  1914 met Garvey, joined the Universal Negro Improvement Association and became a Pan-Africanist campaigner.  Moved to the US in 1918 wher...
Person, Gender Issues, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Jamaica, USA
1 memorial
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