Suggestions for a Christmas present and an outrageous piece of self promotion ........ nu 7 The Ever Open Door

Now very soon lots of you will be pondering on Christmas presents and so with that in mind here the last suggestion.

The Ever Open Door was commissioned by the Together Trust and tells the story of the charity from its early days in 1870 offering a bed for destitute boys to a huge organization, offering homes, help, and industrial training for young people which continues that work today.

Its history over the last 150 years mirrors the changes in how we thought and carried out the care of young people, and that makes it an interesting subject to study, offering as it does insights into the changing thinking and policies surrounding looked after young people.

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. Available from, The Together Trust, https://shop.togethertrust.org.uk/