The Together Trust is a British
registered charity, 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.
Activities
The trust runs several schools: Ashcroft School (previously CYCES) 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.
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'',
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Worldcat record
* Simpson, Andrew, ''The Ever Open Door. 150 years of The Together Trust'',
he Together Trust(2020) (https://www.worldcat.org/title/ever-open-door-150-years-of-the-together-trust/oclc/1301081415&referer=brief_results)
Children's charities based in England
Charities based in Greater Manchester
Cheadle, Greater Manchester
Organisations based in Stockport
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