Welfare Committee

Zone d'identification

Type of entity

Collectivité

Forme autorisée du nom

Welfare Committee

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Welfare Committee; 1948-1970

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates d’existence

      1948-1970

      Historique

      Established with the The National Assistance Act which formally abolished the Poor Law system and replaced it with a National Assistance Scheme. It covered those not covered by National Insurance Act 1946 including the physically disabled, homeless persons, the elderly and unmarried mothers.
      Replaced the Public Assistance Committee, later the Social Welfare Committee (1929-1948), which itself had previously taken over functions from the Board of Guardians (1837-1930). Replaced by the Social Services Committee (1970-71) (with an overlap of two months).

      Lieux

      Statut légal

      Setup for the purposes of the National Assistance Act 1948 (1948 c. 29)

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Carried out the council's responsibilities for welfare assistance for un-insured persons by providing residential care, relief payments and support. The committee instituted sub-committees including concerning 'handicapped persons' and 'accommodation'. It liaised with private and charitable providers of the same services such as the Yorkshire School for the Blind. Day to day business included the management and staffing of care homes and maintaining a register of the blind. The committee also nominated representatives to serve on other bodies in the region.

      Mandates/sources of authority

      Internal structures/genealogy

      Contexte général

      Established with the The National Assistance Act which formally abolished the Poor Law system and replaced it with a National Assistance Scheme. It covered those not covered by National Insurance Act 1946 including the physically disabled, homeless persons, the elderly and unmarried mothers.

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Public Assistance Committee (1929-1948)

      Identifier of related entity

      GB0192-92

      Category of relationship

      temporel

      Type of relationship

      Public Assistance Committee est le prédécesseur de Welfare Committee

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Social Services Committee (1970-1974)

      Identifier of related entity

      GB0192-94

      Category of relationship

      temporel

      Type of relationship

      Social Services Committee est le successeur de Welfare Committee

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Mots-clés - Sujets

      Mots-clés - Lieux

      Occupations

      Zone du contrôle

      Identifiant de notice d'autorité

      GB0192-93

      Identifiant du service d'archives

      GB0192

      Rules and/or conventions used

      International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

      Statut

      Niveau de détail

      Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

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          Sources

          BC 68/1

          Notes de maintenance