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PHILANTHROPY HISTORY

Philanthropy began to formalise in Victorian England with the rise of industrialisation in the early 1800's. Along with this came not only the change in the economy due to the shift from agrarian to capitalist production, but also a re-evaluation of what it was that constituted helping people.

Industrialisation caused a great increase in poverty as individuals struggled to keep up with the constant demand to change with the economy. Farmers were continually struggling to meet normal family financial demands, which resulted in a mass migration of these families to the cities to work in factories. Whether or not there were enough jobs to be acquired at this time was irrelevant as ‘cheap labour' was being used in order to satisfy the needs of companies. People where therefore able to remain independent through merely staying in the labour force but still required financial help and support. Although people were employed, the low wages meant that food and......

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