THE CALDECOTT COMMUNITY [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May
I draw the attention of readers of the Spectator to the effort which is being made by the Caldecott Community to give security and happiness, untainted by the mark of insti- tutionalism, to children whose home circumstances are in any way abnormal, unhappy, or unsuitable ? The present premises of the Community will not accommodate more than forty children, and are in bad structural repair. A removal to new premises, capable of taking from sixty to seventy children immediately, and adaptable for expansion, is urgently neces- sary, and is planned for the coming autumn.
The Community is striving to maintain the tradition and character of the past twenty years, and to keep its doors open for the child deprived of its rightful heritage of a secure home background, irrespective of the strata of society in which it happens to be born. The Community has no endowment and no secure support beyond the weekly payments received for its children, whose parents or guardians are not always in a position to pay the entire cost. A dance is being held on its behalf on Tuesday,-April 26th, 1932. at 9.30 p.m., at the Garden Club, 9 Chesterfield Gardens. Tickets, at Ms. Od. each (or two for XI ) may be obtained from the Dance Secretary, Miss Elinor Powell, 17 Tite Street, Chelsea, S.W. 3, and further particulars about the history and aims of the Community from the Secretary, Caldecott Community, COWS Oak, Cheshunt, Herts.—I am, Sir, dre., HELEN YOVNIL Formosa Fishery, Coot-ham, Berks.
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