Voluntary action ; a report on methods of social advance.

The ... report of the Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor.

St. George's Bank and Benevolent Society for lending money at five per cent. for the purpose of assisting industrious tradesmen, and other benevolent purposes.
Published: (1794)

Information for overseers : collected from the first volume of the reports of the Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor /

Making ends meet : an investigation into the non-claiming of supplementary pensions /
by: Kerr, Scott
Published: (1983)

A list or short account of various charitable institutions in Great-Britain for the benefit of the poor and infirm.
by: Grimstone, Henry

Essays on housing; Rowntree Trust housing study ; a critical discussion of the standards and findings /
Published: (1964)

Challenges to social policy /
Published: (1985)

The economic circumstances of old people /
by: Cole, Dorothy
Published: (1962)

The distribution and redistribution of incomes /
by: Piachaud, David
Published: (1982)

Changing social policy : the case of the supplementary benefits review /
by: Walker, Carol
Published: (1983)

Observations on the Act for the Relief and Encouragement of Friendly Societies : to which are added, forms of the several instruments necessary under the act : together with an abstract of the act /
by: Rose, George, 1744-1818

Self-help ; voluntary associations in 19th century Britain /
by: Gosden, P. H. J. H.
Published: (1974)

The first annual report of the Poor Man's Guardian Society : (instituted March, 1846) "to aid the poor in their applications for parochial relief, to secure to them the legal and humane dispensation ... in the law itself as may be deemed necessary.".
Published: (1847)

Alfred societies, or, A plan for very small sick clubs : recommended to the governors and free members of self-supporting, charitable, and parochial dispensaries, as the commencement and basis of a system by which the progress of anti-social feeling may be stayed, which has begun in a "reign of terror" among the labouring classes /
by: Smith, Henry Lilley, 1788-1859
Published: (1837)

A treatise on the internal regulations of friendly societies : shewing the various existing evils, and practical remedies, and expounding the doctrine of restitution, also a code of rules, with forms ... /
by: Wright, James (Solicitor)
Published: (1829)

A proposal for improving the system of friendly societies, or, of poor assurance offices, and by increasing their funds, rendering ... all parochial taxation for the relief of the poor unnecessary /
by: De Salis, Jerome, Count

Sketch of a plan by J.C. Curwen, Esq. M.P. for bettering the condition of the labouring classes of the community, and for equalizing and reducing the amount of the present parochial assessments.
by: Curwen, J. C. (John Christian), 1756-1828

Hints for the improvement of the condition of the labouring classes : with an appendix containing practical plans for the reduction of poor rates, and for restoring the comforts and independence of the peasantry by their own means /
by: Blakiston, Peyton, 1801-1878
Published: (1831)

Benefit societies versus saving banks and insurance companiespanies /
by: Founder of the St. Ann's Union
Published: (1822)

A word to the villager, or, A few hints on the subject of clothing societies, &c., &c /
by: Plumptre, Helen

A summary of objections to act 10 Geo. IV. c. 56, and of the grievances thence resulting to benefit societies : with propositions for a new act and for a national set of tables, also a letter addressed to John Wilkes, Esq. M.P. /
by: Wright, James (Solicitor)
Published: (1833)

A few loose remarks on the advantages of friendly societies : and also on a scheme for supporting the widows and orphans of teachers /
by: Ross, John

Friendly societies : a letter to the Rev. C.B. Dalton, M.A. Rector of Lambeth, on the evils of existing friendly societies : to which are added suggestions for the formation of a mutual provident association in this parish /
by: Cave-Browne, J. (John), 1818-1898
Published: (1849)

A plan for bettering the condition of the working classes : by the establishment of friendly societies, upon legal and scientific principles, exemplified by practical illustrations, in a letter to Henry Lawes Long ... /
by: West, George, A.M

Instructions for the establishment of friendly societies : with a form of rules and tables applicable thereto.
Published: (1835)

A sermon preached at Christ-Church, Hants, on whit-monday, June 11, 1810 /
by: Clapham, Samuel, 1755-1830
Published: (1810)

A treatise on benefit or friendly societies : containing a statement of the laws of the land respecting these institutions : the probabilities of sickness, mortality, births, and other casualties : with practical instructions for the formation of rates, the investment of the funds, and general management /
by: Mitchell, James, 1786?-1844

The friendly society guide, or, A series of letters, conferences, and essays, on the formation and improvement of benefit or friendly societies ... /
by: Millar, James
Published: (1825)

Articles to be observed by the members of a Friendly Society : held at the house of Mr. John Bamford, in Barton, Nottinghamshire.

Strictures on benefit or friendly societies : comprising observations on their defects, and proposing various important improvements : in a dialogue between Mr. Goodwill and Mr. Frankley.

Friendly societies : the following letter was read at a general meeting of the officers of the Liverpool Friendly Societies Union, on Thursday evening last, August 26, 1830, and now published at their request : to the officers and members of the trade unions and benefit societies in Liverpool and other places.
by: Finch, John, 1783-1857
Published: (1830)

The friendly societies in England, 1815-1875 /
by: Gosden, P. H. J. H.
Published: (1967)

Observations on friendly societies : for the maintenance of the industrious classes, during sickness, infirmity, old age, and other exigencies /
by: Eden, Frederick Morton, Sir, 1766-1809

Report of Friends' London Committee for the Relief of the Distress in the Manufacturing Districts.
Published: (1843)

An address to the framework-knitters of the town and county of Leicester /
by: Jackson, William, secretary of the Framework Knitters' Society
Published: (1833)

Hints to agriculturists and others, residing in the neighbourhood of Colchester, upon which may be derived from benefit societies, established on scientific principles : together with observations on the injuries often inflicted on the members of benefit societies : to which are added directions, rules, &c. for the use of those who may wish to establish insurance societies for the poor /
Published: (1827)