Appeal on behalf of Cecil Houses, Inc., by the Secretary and Assistant Director, Mrs. E. Gordon Phillips
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
Cecil Houses, Inc., was founded in 1926 by Mrs. Cecil Chesterton , O.B.E., as the result of her experiences as a voluntary down-and-out.
Five lodging houses for homeless women in London (two of which went out of action during the war) and a residential club for business girls have been established. Once the initial cost of the freehold site and building has been raised by public subscription, each enterprise becomes self-supporting. A residential club for seventy-two old ladies is now nearing completion at Wedlake Street, North Kensington, and the first residents will be chosen from 'old-age pensioners who are either homeless or feel they can no longer fend for themselves. Funds are urgently needed to pay off the building loan so that the club may be run on a self-supporting basis.