Which UK charity, founded in 1869 in London, originally aimed to coordinate poor relief and discourage indiscriminate almsgiving, and is now known as Family Action?

Long before the welfare state, private charities took the lead in tackling urban poverty. One Victorian organisation set out to make charity more 'scientific' — and it's still going today under a new name.

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