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Toynbee Hall, was a pioneering social settlement in London. It stood on Commercial Street, White-chapel , in 1884 by Samuel Augustus Barnett and it was named after 19th-century English social reformer, Arnold Toynbee. During Toynbee's early years in St. Jude’s Church, Samuel asked members of some of the universities at Oxford and Cambridge to the bankrupt working people district of White-chapel for the holidays to learn about social states; his succeeding plan to find a house of residence for graduates wanting to live in an business area and to add to its life was well supported. With money collected mainly at Oxford, he purchased and reconstructed premises next to St. Jude’s; and with his settlers he began the work of participation in local life, development of adult education, collection of social data, and improvement of local social and industrial conditions.
Toynbee Hall has continued to serve London’s East End via such offerings as a citizens’ advice bureau, a free legal advice center, aid for invalid children, help for alcoholics, a welfare service for the elderly, and theaters for adults and for children. It has undertaken the teaching of adult immigrants and has housed various social and cultural associations. |
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