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National Camps Corporation
The National Camps Corporation Ltd was a British government-funded non-profit organisation created in pursuance of Section 1 of the Camps Act 1939. The role of the corporation was as the "operative company for England and Wales." "The only functions of the Corporation in regard to the schools are the maintenance and management of the camps." Originally, the idea was that "the camps were set up for periods of temporary occupation in Summer-time." Following the declaration of World War II, it was decided that the camps would be "for permanent occupation all the year round."
"In the 1930s, government ministers were worried about working class children living in cramped accommodation in polluted industrial cities."
"The original purpose of these camps was to provide holiday accommodation for city children, who would otherwise not have had the opportunity to experience the countryside and nature."
In the context of preparations for war, "in February, 1939, the then Home Secretary announced that the Government had decided to proceed with the erection of a number of camps and would entrust the work to two non-profit earning companies, one for England and Wales and the other for Scotland, and that the companies would be set up and financed by the Government.” As a result, the Camps Act. was enacted on 25 May 1939, which provided for the construction of government-financed camps for use as educational holiday centres for children during peacetime, and as camps for evacuees during war. "They were built for school camps in which to give the children a fortnight's holiday, but they are being used now during the period of the war, and the Prime Minister himself indicated that we may still be fighting in the war in 1945."
"The real purpose of the camps was that in peace time they should be school camps for children during the major part of the year and used for adults in the winter months, and, in time of war, for refugees.”
It was intended that "approximately 50 camps, of which seven will be in Scotland and the remainder in England and Wales, shall be built as a supplement to the accommodation available for evacuation from the more vulnerable areas."
The Camps Act 1939 prompted the creation of the National Camps Corporation to oversee these camps "to be used as school camps in peacetime and as evacuation camps in time of war." "Under the Articles of Association, the National Camps Corporation, which was set up under the Camps Act, 1939, is managed by a Council, the membership of which is subject to...approval." In March 1939, Lord Portal was announced as the chairman of the company for England and Wales.
The Camps Act provided "a sum of £1,200,000, for the construction, maintenance and management of the camps. The share of England and Wales was £1,032,000" half of which was as a loan.
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National Camps Corporation
The National Camps Corporation Ltd was a British government-funded non-profit organisation created in pursuance of Section 1 of the Camps Act 1939. The role of the corporation was as the "operative company for England and Wales." "The only functions of the Corporation in regard to the schools are the maintenance and management of the camps." Originally, the idea was that "the camps were set up for periods of temporary occupation in Summer-time." Following the declaration of World War II, it was decided that the camps would be "for permanent occupation all the year round."
"In the 1930s, government ministers were worried about working class children living in cramped accommodation in polluted industrial cities."
"The original purpose of these camps was to provide holiday accommodation for city children, who would otherwise not have had the opportunity to experience the countryside and nature."
In the context of preparations for war, "in February, 1939, the then Home Secretary announced that the Government had decided to proceed with the erection of a number of camps and would entrust the work to two non-profit earning companies, one for England and Wales and the other for Scotland, and that the companies would be set up and financed by the Government.” As a result, the Camps Act. was enacted on 25 May 1939, which provided for the construction of government-financed camps for use as educational holiday centres for children during peacetime, and as camps for evacuees during war. "They were built for school camps in which to give the children a fortnight's holiday, but they are being used now during the period of the war, and the Prime Minister himself indicated that we may still be fighting in the war in 1945."
"The real purpose of the camps was that in peace time they should be school camps for children during the major part of the year and used for adults in the winter months, and, in time of war, for refugees.”
It was intended that "approximately 50 camps, of which seven will be in Scotland and the remainder in England and Wales, shall be built as a supplement to the accommodation available for evacuation from the more vulnerable areas."
The Camps Act 1939 prompted the creation of the National Camps Corporation to oversee these camps "to be used as school camps in peacetime and as evacuation camps in time of war." "Under the Articles of Association, the National Camps Corporation, which was set up under the Camps Act, 1939, is managed by a Council, the membership of which is subject to...approval." In March 1939, Lord Portal was announced as the chairman of the company for England and Wales.
The Camps Act provided "a sum of £1,200,000, for the construction, maintenance and management of the camps. The share of England and Wales was £1,032,000" half of which was as a loan.