Interview: Karen Wright, chief executive, Shaftesbury Young People
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- Friday, August 6, 2010 | CYP Now
Shaftesbury Young People was founded in 1843 to support street children in London. Its first school, for 150 boys and girls, was based in the hayloft of a cowshed in Holborn. By 1900, the charity was providing residential care for more than 1,000 children.