The Together Trust is a British registered charity,[1] founded in 1870 by Leonard Kilbee Shaw and Richard Bramwell Taylor as the Manchester and Salford Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes. It provides care, special education and community support services in the north-west of England. It also has a fostering agency.[2][3][4]
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| Founded | 1870 |
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| Registration no. | 209782 |
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| Coordinates | 53°23′03″N 2°12′49″W / 53.3841°N 2.2136°W |
Area served | north-west England |
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| Website | togethertrust |
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Activities
The trust runs several schools: Ashcroft School (previously CYCES)[5] for pupils aged 8–18 with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties; Inscape House School in Cheadle, for pupils aged 5–19 with autism; and Bridge College at Openshaw, a college for people aged 16–25 with learning difficulties and disabilities, complex needs, communication disorders and autism.[6]
References
Further reading
- William Edmondson, Making Rough Places Plain. Fifty years' work of the Manchester and Salford Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes, 1870–1920, Sherratt & Hughes (1921) (Worldcat record)
- Simpson, Andrew, The Ever Open Door. 150 years of The Together Trust, [The Together Trust] (2020) (https://www.worldcat.org/title/ever-open-door-150-years-of-the-together-trust/oclc/1301081415&referer=brief_results)