Metadata: Friends of Ravensbourne Committee
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Tyne and Wear Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Tyne and Wear Archives
- Postal address:
- Tyne and Wear Archives, Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA
- Phone number:
- 44(0)191 2772248
- Web address:
- https://twarchives.org.uk/
- Reference number:
- CHX63
- Title:
- Friends of Ravensbourne Committee
- Title (official language):
- Friends of Ravensbourne Committee
- Creator/accumulator:
- Friends of Ravensbourne Committee
- Date(s):
- 1989/1996
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 2 items
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
- This collection includes minutes, correspondence and papers.
- Archival history:
- Held by creating organisation/individual until gifted to Tyne and Wear Archives.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Ravensbourne Old People's Home for Jewish People was opened in 1988 as a self-contained Jewish unit within a larger local authority home in Linden Road, Gosforth. The Friends Committee was established to provide Jewish support for the unit, arranging religious and social events, and visiting residents. The home (including the Jewish unit) closed in 1992 due to funding difficulties.
- Access points: locations:
- Gosforth
- Subject terms:
- Elderly
- Access, restrictions:
- Restricted. Depositor's consent is required for access to this collection. Please contact a member of staff for further information.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Tyne and Wear Archives
- Author of the description:
- Daniel Stoker; North East Museums; 2025
