(20.45) An appeal on behalf of THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE UNMARRIED MOTHER AND HER CHILD, by Lord
GORELL, C.B.E., M.C.
LORD GORELL is to appeal today for the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and her Child, of which he is President. This Society, which works for the amelioration of the lot of illegitimate children, has done much in the last fifteen years to change public opinion on this difficult problem.
Several valuable legislative reforms have been secured since the Council's first parliamentary Bill was introduced in 1920 by Mr. Neville Chamberlain. In the Individual Enquiries Department each year about a thousand mothers are advised and helped, without distinction of creed, age, social position or nationality. The Council's policy is to prevent the total separation of the child from its mother if this can be avoided, and to persuade or compel the father to meet his share of the financial burden.
The Society is entirely dependent on voluntary contributions.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]