Corporate DS/UK/4075 Derby; The Derby and Derbyshire Association for the Help and Protection of Girls; 1882-1958 The Derby and Derbyshire Association for the Help and Protection of Girls 1882-1958 Derby

Bridge Street, Derby Gerald Street, Derby 10 Vernon Street, Derby

The Derby and Derbyshire Association for the Help and Protection of Girls was founded in February 1882 with Mrs Rowland Smith as its President. Originally a non-sectarian association it established a shelter for girls in Bridge Street, Derby for preventative cases, while another branch dealt with rescue cases. Among its early activities were a Clothing club and a Free Servants Registry. In 1943 the shelter moved from Gerald Street to 10 Vernon Street later becoming a mother and baby home. It closed in 1958 and the associations income was transferred to the Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility in 1970 with a member of the committee sitting on the Council. The Association also ran a training school at 50 Bridge Street where girls learned domestic skills. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) Yes DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 19/11/2021 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 19/11/2021 f5831c62-8763-4ddc-a1f0-3389aa917450