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Liverpool CVS, 1909-2009

Liverpool CVS, 1909-2009. From Mercantile Establishment to Social Entrepreneurial Agency. Liverpool: a city of -. Growing population Merchants and trading Very rich and very poor Religious and ethnic divisions Voluntary innovation. Liverpool: demand for welfare.

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Liverpool CVS, 1909-2009

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  1. Liverpool CVS, 1909-2009 From Mercantile Establishment to Social Entrepreneurial Agency

  2. Liverpool: a city of - • Growing population • Merchants and trading • Very rich and very poor • Religious and ethnic divisions • Voluntary innovation

  3. Liverpool: demand for welfare • Need – as experienced by the poor • - as perceived by the rich: threats to social order (crime, disease, pauperism) - Heterogeneity: ethnic origins, religion, occupation, age, gender

  4. Liverpool, supply of welfare • Wealth • Vision/commitment and obligations • Growth of central elite • Growth of statutory sector

  5. Goals of LCVA 1909 • To form a centre of vol/stat communication • To make all help given as effective as possible • To prevent overlapping and imposition • To consider matters of common interest • To take such action as may be decided upon

  6. Purposes of LCVA (1911) • That this service should be efficiently and wisely directed towards large ends • That voluntary charities should maintain their proper sphere, and that for three reasons: expense, flexibility, and ‘voluntary kindness is beneficial to him that gives and to him that takes’ • That it should be related to the action of the local public bodies. To an increasing extent social action is taking the form of schemes which embody both elements

  7. Nodal points of City Elite • Key businesses: shipping, banking, insurance • Cultural and educational: University, theatres, orchestra etc • Religious denominations and activities • Statutory and political activities • Key voluntary bodies: LCVA, PSS, CWA, Liverpool Boys Association, hospitals (pre-1948), housing associations.

  8. Backgrounds of LCVS Executive committee members • 1920 1960 1990 • ‘Business’ 9 8 1 • Law/professions 6 8 4 • Welfare professionals 3 2 7 • Politicians 9 8 1 • Others 19 13 6 • Total members 40 38 16

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