Stepping back and looking at the work of a charity for children in 1890 ............ another story from the Together Trust

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I am fascinated at how those charities involved in helping young people during the 19th and 20th centuries  worked and in particular the methods they employed to raise funds and awareness of what they were doing.

So this week’s post from the Together Trust is a timely contribution to my understanding.*

As the Manchester and Salford Boys’ and Girls’ Refuges it had from 1870 been engaged in helping destitute children and by degree moved into providing homes, occupational training and holiday breaks for the young people in its charge.

At the same time it campaigned against child exploitation and was involved in the prosecution of neglectful parents.

All of which required money and so this week’s blog post from the Together Trust is timely because it focuses on just how the charity set about raising awareness of its work and in particular how people could make a financial contribution.

A very practical way of explaining their work

Now there will be nothing that is unfamiliar to anyone who has been involved in similar PR exercises today but some may find just how modern their methods were.

Like other charities it started with a regular newsletter which gave detailed information on what it was doing including the success stories which often featured pictures of children before and after they had been taken in.

And amongst all these were those very practical explanations of what a donation would pay for.

Looking at them today is to get a sense and scope of the work of just one of those charities engaged in helping our young people a century and a bit ago.

Now that is all I am going to say instead I just point you to the link and leave it at that.**

Pictures; courtesy of the Together Trust

* Together Trust, http://togethertrustarchive.blogspot.co.uk/p/about-together-trust.html

** Children’s Haven, http://togethertrustarchive.blogspot.co.uk/