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Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association

Categories: Social Welfare

Founded by Elizabeth Finn, now called Elizabeth Finn Care.

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Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association

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Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association

Founded here by Elizabeth and Constance Finn, the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid...

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Doreen (Dorrit) Collins

Doreen (Dorrit) Collins

Sculptor, artist and co-founder with Eddy Renton of the charity Kith and Kids.

Person, Art, Sculpture, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Ministere de la Defense et des Anciens Combattants - France

Ministere de la Defense et des Anciens Combattants - France

The equivalent of the UK Ministry of Defence has a special section, named in the Ministry’s title, to deal with Veterans & War Victims – indeed there is a National Office – set up for this very...

Group, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Brent House Salvation Army maternity home

Brent House Salvation Army maternity home

The Hackney Society says: 'Brent House, at 27-9 Devonshire Road (now Brenthouse Road) … was the Salvation Army’s first receiving home in Hackney. It opened in 1889 and was described as "a home for ...

Building, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Friendly Female Society

Friendly Female Society

From Bridge to Nowhere: "The Female Friendly Society {sic} was started in 1802, by and for women, operating “by love, kindness, and absence of humbug”. It gave small grants to “poor, aged women of ...

Group, Gender Issues, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Pepys Estate

Pepys Estate

Built by the GLC, the Pepys Estate was opened by Earl Mountbatten. The section to the east of Grove Street stands on the site of the Royal Victoria Victualling Yard. The excellent Municipal Dreams...

Place, Social Welfare

2 memorials