Now, the world of publishing can be a little fraught, and having planned two book launches for the new book on the children’s charity, The Together Trust, that dread virus has meant they have been postponed.
The book was commissioned to coincide with the 150th centenary of this charity which began as a refuge for destitute boys found on the streets of Manchester and Salford but with in a decade had expanded into a range of activities designed to help young people.
So it is with a profound sadness that I have to report the first two events planned to publisice the book will not happen
But every dark cloud has a silver lining, and today I received notice of the first review of the book, which is by Trevor James, the Editor of The Historian, and will appear on the Historical Association’s web site and in their journal, the Historian.
Modesty forbids me from quoting the review at length, but I can’t resist quoting Mr. James who wrote “I did thoroughly enjoy reading it”, and leave you with this short extract,
“From its earliest beginnings in Manchester 1870 as a ‘Night Refuge for Homeless Boys’, through being transformed into the ‘Manchester and Salford Boys and Girls Refuges and Homes’ and then the ‘Boys and Girls Welfare Society’, what is now known as The Together Trust has an exceptional record within the charitable and voluntary sector. This organisation has evolved over 150 years, developing its role in response to changing needs, with strong and persistent charitable support from within the business and wider community.
What Andrew Simpson offers is a chronological analysis of exactly how this evolving organisation moved about the area, including how it came to occupy in present modern-day base in Cheadle, all the time explaining exactly what social, economic and physical challenges were being confronted. It is a very interesting survey of how exactly the Trust has responded so positively to the changing needs of communities facing economic hardship and physical challenge”.
* The Ever Open Door: 150 years of the Together Trust, Andrew Simpson, The Together Trust, 2020, 140p, £14-99. ISBN 978-1-5272-5671-2. You can obtain copies of the book from, books@togethertrust.org.uk But given the current circumstances there may be a delay in getting books out in the post to people.
So it is with a profound sadness that I have to report the first two events planned to publisice the book will not happen
But every dark cloud has a silver lining, and today I received notice of the first review of the book, which is by Trevor James, the Editor of The Historian, and will appear on the Historical Association’s web site and in their journal, the Historian.
Modesty forbids me from quoting the review at length, but I can’t resist quoting Mr. James who wrote “I did thoroughly enjoy reading it”, and leave you with this short extract,
What Andrew Simpson offers is a chronological analysis of exactly how this evolving organisation moved about the area, including how it came to occupy in present modern-day base in Cheadle, all the time explaining exactly what social, economic and physical challenges were being confronted. It is a very interesting survey of how exactly the Trust has responded so positively to the changing needs of communities facing economic hardship and physical challenge”.
* The Ever Open Door: 150 years of the Together Trust, Andrew Simpson, The Together Trust, 2020, 140p, £14-99. ISBN 978-1-5272-5671-2. You can obtain copies of the book from, books@togethertrust.org.uk But given the current circumstances there may be a delay in getting books out in the post to people.
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