Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1587 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Houghton Child Welfare Committee
Covering Dates: 1954-2004
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Catalogue Description
Records given:18 April 2007 Acc: 3364(D)
Houghton Child Welfare Committee was a voluntary organisation founded on 19 January 1920 by a headmistress, Mrs. Fletcher, at the request of Durham County Council. In the first half of the twentieth century, each local authority had a Maternity and Child Welfare Committee to distribute free or discounted milk and food, and provide health advice. The Houghton Child Welfare Committee opened a clinic and raised money for this and other charitable causes. After a decline in use and difficulty in attracting new volunteers the Committee was disbanded on 27 February 2003.
Catalogue Contents
Houghton Child Welfare Committee (Ref: D/X 1587/1-14)Ref: D/X 1587/1
Minute book, 25 May 1954 - 27 February 2003
Includes: a newspaper cutting re the disbanding of the Committee, 1 March 2003
(1 volume, half-bound)
Ref: D/X 1587/2Certificate presented by Sunderland Area Health Authority to Houghton Health Centre Voluntary Committee to mark the 30th anniversary of the National Health Service, and in recognition of voluntary services in Sunderland, 29 March 1979
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1587/3Letter, and certificate of thanks, from Jennifer Brown, branch manager, Durham & Chester-le-Street Branch of the Alzheimer's Society, South Approach, Bullion Lane, Chester-le-Street, to Houghton Child Welfare Committee for a donation of £100, 25 and 26 April 2001
(2 papers)
Ref: D/X 1587/4Card from Mrs. Joan Bond, Houghton Box secretary, to Mrs. Cantle, thanking [the Houghton Child Welfare Committee] for a donation of £10 to the Children's Society, 1 November 2001
(1 card)
Ref: D/X 1587/5Letter from Timothy L. Williams, Consultant Neurologist, Motor Neurone Disease Care Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mrs. N. Cantle, thanking her for forwarding the cheque from Houghton-le-Spring Child Welfare Committee in memory of Mrs. June Naisby, 25 January 2002
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1587/6Letter from Emma Hyden, honorary treasurer, parish church of St. Michael and All Angels, Houghton-le-Spring, expressing thanks for the donation of £100 towards exterior renovations, 23 May 2002
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1587/7Card from Norma Robinson, volunteer co-ordinator, City Hospitals, Sunderland, to Nancy [Cantle] to recognise the valuable contribution made by [Houghton Child Welfare Committee] and wish its members a Happy Christmas, 18 December 2002
(1 card)
Ref: D/X 1587/8Letter from Kathy Secker, Grace House Children's Hospice Appeal, Suite P1, Business & Innovation Centre Ltd., Wearfield, Sunderland Enterprise Park East, Sunderland, to Mrs. Cantle, thanking the Houghton-le-Spring Child Welfare Committee for a donation of £500 towards the building of the hospice, 1 May 2003
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1587/9Letter from Timothy L. Williams, Consultant Neurologist, Motor Neurone Disease Care Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mrs. Cantle, thanking the Houghton-le-Spring Child Welfare Group for a recent donation and for past donations, and expressing sadness at the disbandment of the group, 1 May 2003
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1587/10Letter, and receipt, from Mrs. Gillian Brady, Regional Fundraising Manager, Yorkshire and North East, The Stroke Association, The Raylor Centre, James Street, York, to Mrs. Cantle, thanking her for a donation of £750 [made by the Houghton Child Welfare Centre], 7 May 2003
(2 papers)
Ref: D/X 1587/11Letter from Stephen Foster, M.R.P.S., Whitfield Nightingale Fund, c/o 1A Church Street, Houghton, to Houghton Child Welfare Fund, c/o Health Centre, Houghton [le-Spring], thanking its members for the donation of £250 and expressing sadness about the 'decision to close your service', 10 June 2003
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1587/12Letter from Mr. Mike Love, Financial Accountant/Charity Fund Manager, Newcastle Healthcare Charity, Room 81 Disablement Services Centre, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mrs. Cantle, 61 Bradley Avenue, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne & Wear, thanking her for a donation of £250 to the M.N.D. [Motor Neurone Disease] Centre at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, and for support over the years, 18 June 2003
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1587/13Card from Joyce Potts, Practice Manager, Houghton Medical Group, to Mrs. Cantle, thanking [the Houghton Child Welfare Committee] for a donation, n.d. [April 2003]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1587/14Letter from Kim Christie, Practice Manager, Houghton Medical Group, The Health Centre, Church Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne & Wear, to Mrs. N. Cantle, thanking her for a donation which was to be used to purchase pictures for the waiting area and patient corridors, 14 July 2004
(1 paper)
