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Before the welfare state
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The Greycoat Hospital
The Greycoat Hospital was once a workhouse. It has since been a hospital and a school. It has a very long welfare history. It has now been taken over by the state.
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The Greycoat Hospital
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Education and State
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‘This letter is granted to the applicant in being poor. Its acceptance therefore by anyone not really poor constitutes an abuse of charity.’
I was fascinated today to come across a sidelight on the psychology of welfare before the welfare state. I was doing a check on the history of Moorfields, the eye hospital. The hospital’s own website reveals how it was set … Continue reading
On the Today programme this morning
I provided a soundbite for the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning. I was the last of several people to be interviewed by Polly Billington on the subject of ‘social enterprise’. To listen, click here and go to … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
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It looks like a good charity
I am always on the look-out for charities worth supporting. This one, featured in the Daily Telegraph today, looks, on the face of it, as if it is one. They turn despair into hope. They take people who are homeless, … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
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How best to give to charity?
The most fashionable Christmas present this year is a goat. Not for oneself, of course, but for some poor family in Africa or India. The giving of a goat is advertised everywhere. As an alternative, one is encouraged to give … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
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