Fonds
Welfare Committee
Catalogue reference: WEL
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This record is about the Welfare Committee dating from 1913 - 1973.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WEL
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Title (The name of the record)
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Welfare Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
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1913 - 1973
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Description (What the record is about)
- Description available at other catalogue level
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Bedfordshire County Council, Welfare Committee</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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11 Series
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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WELFARE COMMITTEE first appears Yearbook 1949/50
1. To exercise and perform all the powers and duties of the Council under the National Assistance Act, 1948, or any other Act or Acts amending or extending the same, except the power to make any Scheme or Schemes required to be made by the Council under such Act or Acts
SUB COMMITTEES 1949/50
FINANCE SUB
POLICY SUB
WELFARE SERVICES SUB
BEDFORD RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION MANAGEMENT SUB
LUTON RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION MANAGEMENT SUB
PIRTON HALL MANAGEMENT SUB
THE LIMES (BIGGLESWADE) MANAGEMENT SUB
THE CEDARS (AMPTHILL) MANAGEMENT SUB
Yearbook 1965/6 WELFARE COMMITTEE
To exercise and perform all the powers and duties of the Council under:
1) The National Assistance Acts, 1948 to 1959 (except the power to make any scheme or schemes required to be made by the Council under those Acts)
2) The Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1958
3) So much of the Mental Health Act, 1959 as relates to the functions of Welfare Authorities.
SUB COMMITTEES 1965/6
NORTHERN DIVISIONAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
SOUTHERN DIVISIONAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
WELFARE SERVICES SUB COMMITTEE
By 1973/4 Yearboo, replaced by SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
AFTER 1964
In 1964 Luton became a County Borough and responsible for its own Welfare Services. As a result of this the County Welfare Management Sub-Committees were re-arranged into two divisions, i.e., Southern and Northern Divisional Management Committee of the Welfare Committee.
Southern Divisional Management Committee was responsible for the following homes:-
The Cedars, Ampthill; Caddington Hall; Chilterns, Dunstable; St.Margarets, Streatley; Pirton Hall, Shillington.
Northern Divisional Management Committee was responsible for the following homes:-
The Limes, Biggleswade; Russell and Waverley Houses, Bedford; Parkside and Rivermead, Kempston.
The Welfare General Purposes Sub-Committee was in abeyance.
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Record URL
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