TABLE OF CONTENTS OF CHARITIES REGISTER.* THIRD EDITION (1890). 1.-CHARITY ORGANISATION SOCIETY List of Charity Organisation and other Societies in the United ... ... List of Foreign Charity Organisation and other Societies * Charity Organisation Society, 15 Buckingham Street, London, W.C.; and Longmans, Green, & Co. 125 125 125 ... 126 ... ... ... ... ::: ... ... 127 128 ... ... ... ... 127 129 ... ... ... 140 IV.-RELIEF IN DISTRESS (PERMANENT) I.-HOMES FOR AGED AND INCAPACITATED: ... ... ... :: 217 225 For Men 233 3 ... ... ... 257 259 ... ... ... ... ... Educational Societies, Boards of Education, and Training : : 293 299 301 302 304 323 333 350 ... ... 366 600 ... 376 ... ... 383 ... ... VIII.-SPIRITUAL INSTITUTIONS IX.-LOCAL CHARITIES, POOR LAW, &c. ... arranged according to Unions. ... 622 ... ... ... 763 803 821 835 837 841 GENERAL OBJECTS AND METHOD OF THE Society for Organising Charitable Relief and Repressing Mendicity. Central Office of the Society, 15 BUCKINGHAM STREET, STRAND, W.C. President-THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON. Chairman of Council-E. NORTH BUXTON, Esq. Treasurer-H. B. PRAED, Esq. Secretary-C. S. LOCH, Esq. N.B.-No application for Relief can be received at the Central Office. GENERAL OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. THE general object of this Society is to give a definite aim to, and to direct into the most effectual channels, the large amount of benevolent force at work in England, and particularly in London. All thoughtful people agree that pauperism is a dark blot upon our social system. All deplore the enormous contrast between the richer and the poorer classes. Many think that this contrast is increasing. Whether that be so or not, it is so obvious that every eye is struck by it. Under these circumstances, it is no wonder that benevolent people who have something to spare should be anxious to employ it in the service of the poor and weak. In fact, very large sums of money are yearly contributed for this purpose. But, from lack of knowledge and combined action, the effect is not in proportion to the effort. Many of the methods adopted for giving are not wise: some are misplaced and useless; some are hurtful by encouraging fraud or mendicancy, and discouraging honest endeavour; some overlap and cross one another, so that money may be lavished upon one quarter and wholly withheld from another. The more the subject is examined, the clearer are these conclusions: first, that isolated efforts, even when wisely directed in themselves, cannot successfully combat the evils; and secondly, that there is very much to learn concerning the methods by which the wealthier classes may best help the poorer. The first of these conclusions suggests co-operation; the second suggests the collection of information, the constant study and discussion of it, and the diffusion of it to all who seek or who will receive it. OBJECTS AND METHOD OF THE SOCIETY. ccvii For these ends the Society has established a local centre (called a District Committee) in each Poor Law Union, and has connected them all with a general centre, the Council at the Central Office. To the District Committee are invited all agencies and persons interested in the administration of charity within its district, who can thus intercommunicate information, lay down uniform principles to guide their action towards the poor, and concert the general remedial measures required in each locality. On the Central Council are represented all the District Committees, and the information gathered from all quarters is by it diffused over the whole area. By the aid of this organisation, when fully carried out, it is hoped that the existing facilities for imposture will be removed; that no dark holes and corners of misery, disease, and corruption will remain unvisited; that no social sore will fester untouched by wise and gentle hands; and that no differences of creed will prevent unity of action in the common cause of humanity. The Society therefore appeals to all-rich and poor, powerful and weak, learned and unlearned; whatsoever their rank, sex, calling, or creed-to aid it, by contributing the fraction of time, intelligence, and means each can spare to the service of all; and it urges each to remember that the efficiency of an army does not depend on the individual strength of the units composing it, but on their combined and harmonious action on a well-concerted plan. METHOD OF WORK. The following general notes on the method of the Society's work in dealing with cases of distress have been set down, as a kind of preface to the other Papers in this series, for the guidance of persons who may join the District Committees of the Society. TWO MAIN PRINCIPLES.-In the treatment of cases, two main principles have been agreed upon—(1) that prior to assisting,* there should be thorough investigation; (2) that whatever assistance is given should be suitable and adequate. Each case of distress is to be considered as that of a sufferer from some malady, of one afflicted in mind, body, or estate, and the cause of this distress, and the best way of treating it must be ascertained, and then the proper remedy applied. Each case is thus taken on its merits and dealt with, so far as possible, on certain welldefined principles. INVESTIGATION.-When a person in distress calls at the office of a Committee of the Society, the particulars of his case are taken down on the application form, together with a statement of the assistance asked for. This is the basis of the investigation, which, according to the nature of the case, may be conducted by the agent or by a member of Committee, under the supervision of the Hon. Secretary. The object of *This does not, of course, refer to assistance pending investigatio, which it may sometimes be necessary to give. |