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Settlements

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Concept

The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and social interconnectedness. Its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbours. The settlement houses provided services such as daycare, education, food, shelter and healthcare to improve the lives of the poor in these areas.

The first settlement was Toynbee Hall founded in Whitechapel in 1884. Also see: Brady Settlement; Bermondsey Settlement; Blackfriars Settlement, Robert Browning Settlement; Katherine Lowe Settlement; St George's Settlement.

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Settlements

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Henry Sterry

Henry Sterry

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Set up in 1862 and still awarding small grants.

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Shepherds Bush Housing Association

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Founded in the late 1960’s by members of St Stephen's Church in Shepherds Bush who were becoming increasingly concerned by the appalling conditions some parishioners lived in. Now known as Shepherd...

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