Series
Resettlement Agency: Camberwell Resettlement Unit: Records (CBW Series)
Catalogue reference: AST 45
What's it about?
AST 45
This series contains records of the Camberwell Resettlement Unit including minutes, correspondence and press cuttings.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AST 45
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Title (The name of the record)
- Resettlement Agency: Camberwell Resettlement Unit: Records (CBW Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1977-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Camberwell Resettlement Unit including minutes, correspondence and press cuttings.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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CBW series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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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)
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- Department of Health and Social Security, Camberwell Resettlement Unit, 1968-1988
- Department of Social Security, Camberwell Resettlement Unit, 1988-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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53 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2002 Department of Social Security
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Records selected under PRO selection criteria 2.2.1.5 as it shows the processes for dealing with homeless men before the resettlement unit's closure in 1985 and also future plans with charities and other bodies to handle the effects of its closure.
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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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The Camberwell Resettlement Unit was the largest Reception Centre for homeless men in the country. It was originally built in 1879 as a workhouse with 500 beds. Estimates vary greatly regarding its bed capacity during the 1980s, from 550 to 980 (a peak figure as high as 1,100 has also been quoted). The figure certainly fluctuated and it may also depend on whether figures for 'permanent' residents are added to figures for the overnight dormitory stayers.
The Camberwell Resettlement Unit closed in 1985 and the replacement scheme involved using small hostels run by voluntary organisations. The Department of Health and Social Security agreed to fund 555 bed spaces in London in partnership with the Housing Corporation and the Department of the Environment.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15719/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AST
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Resettlement Agency: Camberwell Resettlement Unit: Records (CBW Series)