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Action for Children
— the story of Britain's foremost children's charity | | Author(s) | Terry Philpot |
| Publisher | Lion Publishing, 1994 |
| Pages | 191 pp |
| Keywords | Children ; Charities ; Voluntary agencies A/Z ; Historical studies. |
| Annotation | Tells the story of Action for Children, the major children's charity, from its foundation in 1869 to 1994, and describes twelve modern projects. Particular topics include child emigration, the Sisterhood Order, Riversmead (a residential home which took child refugees, German Jews, during WW2), and work in Caribbean countries and Zimbabwe. The twelve modern projects described are the Bristol Housing Project, Calderdale Leaving Care Project, Share Youth Counselling Project, Beacon Heath Family Centre, San Jai Project, Llanrumney Community Project, Greater Manchester Mediation Service, Penhurst Special School, South Glamorgan Options Project, Children and Families Counselling Project, West Suffolk Youth Justice Centre, and Premier Way. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180521001 B |
| Classmark | SBC: PL: PY: HL |
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