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Title: A move away from laissez faire


1
A move away from laissez faire
The response initially involved private charity
rather than public welfare
2
Self help
  • Samuel Smiles warned against the government
    helping people too much
  • People believed poverty could be beaten by hard
    work and a positive attitude

3
What self-help was there?
  • Friendly societies
  • Savings banks
  • Co-operative Movement
  • relatives
  • However people like Mayhew believed that some
    people e.g. casual labourers were unable to save

4
Charities
  • To fill the gap in the welfare system a host of
    charities sprung up (640 by 1861)
  • Many were motivated by a Christian or
    humanitarian desire
  • The urban middle class were becoming more aware
    of how adequate the Poor Law was

5
Charities
  • 1867 COS was formed under loch to attack the
    problem of poverty
  • Many would only help the deserving poor as they
    wanted people to help themselves
  • Moderated in the 1890s due to economic distress

Dont give him a fish to feed him today- teach
him how to fish so he can feed himself and his
family every day
6
YMCA (1844)
7
The Salvation Army (1866)
William Booth
8
Children queuing for Salvation Army"Farthing
breakfasts", about 1900
9
Dr Barnardos Homes (1869)
100 homes for 100,000 orphans by 1900
10
NSPCC (1844)founded by Rev Waugh
11
Improvements by 1900s?
  • Poverty remained largely untreated
  • Workhouse was still a grim and hated place
  • 3 receiving relief at a time when 30 of people
    in dire poverty

12
Improvements by 1900s?
  • Acknowledgment that Poor law was failing to deal
    with poverty
  • Investigations challenged ideas and changing
    attitudes led to reforms

13
ACTIVITY
  • What were the motives behind behind private
    individuals giving to charity?
  • What were the weaknesses of the Poor Law as a
    method of dealing with the problems of poverty in
    an industrial society?
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