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The House of St Barnabas' Culture V1

This book was created by The House of St Barnabas and our friends at agency B+A to share the story of our culture as it stands today. It includes stories from the many people who contribute towards our purpose; supporting London's homeless back to employment.

This book was created by The House of St Barnabas and our friends at agency B+A to share the story of our culture as it stands today. It includes stories from the many people who contribute towards our purpose; supporting London's homeless back to employment.

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MANIFESTO<br />

<strong>The</strong> original <strong>House</strong> <strong>of</strong> Charity had two principal<br />

objectives: “to afford temporary relief to deserving<br />

persons specially recommended” and “to enable<br />

persons whose time is much occupied by<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essions or other active duties, as well as those<br />

who have leisure, to co-operate in works <strong>of</strong> charity<br />

under fixed regulation”.<br />

Its main aim was “to rescue those who are<br />

received from dropping down into hopeless<br />

destitution or pauperism”.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>House</strong> <strong>of</strong>fered “an honest livelihood to<br />

those in search <strong>of</strong> it, success and protection to<br />

emigrants, good health to the weak and sickly…”<br />

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