Appeal on behalf of the Caldecott Community by Mrs. Mary Stocks
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
The Caldecott Communitty is a residential school for children with abnormal home conditions. The parents may have separated, or severe friction may exist between them; in other cases one or both parents may be dead, or the home may be faced with chronic illness with financial stress aggravating the situation.
From such backgrounds children become disturbed, difficult, and unhappy, and without skilled sympathetic understanding in a secure environment they cannot thrive. The Community provides such an environment, but at the same time children are kept in touch with their own people by regular holidays and visits, or, if entirely homeless, with foster-parents interes.ted in their welfare.
County authorities are responsible for the fees of children sent through their Education or Children's Committees, but there are many children needing the help of the Community for whose maintenance funds must be found from voluntary sources.