A charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in England and Scotland. Founded by Bruce Kenrick, it evolved out of the work on behalf of homeless people being carried on at St Martin-in-the-Fields and was also spurred by the public outcry following transmission of the B.B.C. television play 'Cathy Come Home', which dealt with the problems of homelessness.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Shelter
Started as Ealing Family Housing Association.
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
This college has its origins in the temperance Royal Victoria Coffee and Music Hall. In 1882, using the back-stage and the dressing rooms of the theatre, Emma Cons introduced Tuesday “penny” lectur...
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
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