OUR HISTORY

Shelter was founded in England in 1966 by the Reverend Bruce Kenrick, who was horrified by the state of the tenements round his Notting Hill parish. The setting up of the organisation in Scotland followed in 1968.
Kenrick had formed the Notting Hill Housing Trust three years earlier to provide decent, affordable houses to rent in the area.

Born of squalor
As slums proliferated in the inner cities, homeless families were forced into overcrowded hostels, and notorious landlords like Peter Rachman made the headlines, Kenrick saw the need for a national campaigning body to complement the work of charities providing housing. Shelter was born.

To read more about the work that SHELTER do with the homeless in this country visit their links below and see how you can get involved.


http://england.shelter.org.uk/about_us/who_we_are

http://england.shelter.org.uk/about_us/how_we_make_a_difference

http://england.shelter.org.uk/about_us/how_we_raise_money

http://england.shelter.org.uk/about_us/our_people

http://england.shelter.org.uk/what_you_can_do