Pioneered by Eleanor Rathbone, specified in the 1942 Beveridge Report, Family Allowances were introduced in a 1945 Act of Parliament and came into operation in 1946. It was the first time that a family received any payment for children. It has been the subject of political battles off and on ever since.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Family allowances
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Eleanor Rathbone
Eleanor Rathbone, 1872-1946, pioneer of family allowances, lived here. Greate...
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Rosehaugh Stanhope self-build housing initiative for the unemployed
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1 memorial
Edward Alleyn’s Foundation / Dulwich Estate
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Group, Education, Philanthropy, Property, Religion, Social Welfare
1 memorial
1 memorial
Olive Morris
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Person, Gender Issues, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Caribbean Islands
2 memorials
William Booth
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6 memorials
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Radio Luxembourg
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1 memorial
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association
When we first researched this area in 2008 there were three plaques erected by the LGTA; others were erected later so we had to go back. The first three plaques all end with the text "Awards for ...
6 memorials
Kensington Housing Trust / Catalyst Housing
Started as Ealing Family Housing Association.
1 memorial
Association of Jewish Refugees
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5 memorials
Dante Alighieri
Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. Unusually for the time he wrote in Italian rather than Latin. His Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and th...
2 memorials
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