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| − | The Responsible Society, a moral conservative pressure group was created by [[Stanley Ellison]] in | + | The Responsible Society, a moral conservative pressure group was created in 1971 by [[Stanley Ellison]] 'a London GP specialising in preventative medicine.’<ref name="about">Family Education Trust [http://www.famyouth.org.uk/about.php About Us], accessed 22 August 2010</ref> |
| − | + | After writing a letter to ''[[The Times]]'', Ellison ‘was contacted by people who shared his concern that the breakdown of the traditional family could have long-lasting and serious consequences.’ Thus was the [[Responsible Society]] born. It later changed its name to [[Family and Youth Concern]]. | |
| + | Ellison was concerned about the effects of the ‘permissive society’ and in particular what the Trust describes as ‘significant changes in both laws and social attitudes in such areas as divorce, having children outside of marriage, abortion and pornography.’<ref name="about"/> The Trust claims that it is not ideological but rather ‘research-based’. ‘There is no area in social science in which the evidence stacks up so completely on one side’, it claims: ‘marriage and traditional family life are associated with good outcomes in terms of health, wealth and other indicators of well-being.’<ref name="about"/> | ||
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| + | The Responsible Society was first registered as a Charity (No.266382) on 11 October 1973. According to Charity Commission records, this was under the name of the [[Responsible Society Research and Education Trust]], and then the [[Family Education Trust]], which operated until 30 June 1999 when it 'ceased to exist'. The Trust's original charitable objectives were 'to carry out or promote research into the social, medical, economic and psychological consequences of sexual behaviour and to publish the results of such research'. <ref> Charity Commission, [http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/RemovedCharityMain.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=266382&SubsidiaryNumber=0 266382 - FAMILY EDUCATION TRUST], accessed 19 March 2012 </ref> | ||
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| + | In 1999 a 'new' charity called the [[Family Education Trust]] was registered with the Commission. (Charity no.1070500).Its founding principles included a second objective to the one outlined above. This was 'to establish, carry out and promote research into the family founded on marriage; and to publish and disseminate the information and data obtained therefrom.<ref> Charity Commission, [http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1070500&SubsidiaryNumber=0 1070500 - FAMILY EDUCATION TRUST], accessed 19 March 2012 </ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:56, 26 March 2012
The Responsible Society, a moral conservative pressure group was created in 1971 by Stanley Ellison 'a London GP specialising in preventative medicine.’[1]
After writing a letter to The Times, Ellison ‘was contacted by people who shared his concern that the breakdown of the traditional family could have long-lasting and serious consequences.’ Thus was the Responsible Society born. It later changed its name to Family and Youth Concern.
Ellison was concerned about the effects of the ‘permissive society’ and in particular what the Trust describes as ‘significant changes in both laws and social attitudes in such areas as divorce, having children outside of marriage, abortion and pornography.’[1] The Trust claims that it is not ideological but rather ‘research-based’. ‘There is no area in social science in which the evidence stacks up so completely on one side’, it claims: ‘marriage and traditional family life are associated with good outcomes in terms of health, wealth and other indicators of well-being.’[1]
The Responsible Society was first registered as a Charity (No.266382) on 11 October 1973. According to Charity Commission records, this was under the name of the Responsible Society Research and Education Trust, and then the Family Education Trust, which operated until 30 June 1999 when it 'ceased to exist'. The Trust's original charitable objectives were 'to carry out or promote research into the social, medical, economic and psychological consequences of sexual behaviour and to publish the results of such research'. [2]
In 1999 a 'new' charity called the Family Education Trust was registered with the Commission. (Charity no.1070500).Its founding principles included a second objective to the one outlined above. This was 'to establish, carry out and promote research into the family founded on marriage; and to publish and disseminate the information and data obtained therefrom.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Family Education Trust About Us, accessed 22 August 2010
- ↑ Charity Commission, 266382 - FAMILY EDUCATION TRUST, accessed 19 March 2012
- ↑ Charity Commission, 1070500 - FAMILY EDUCATION TRUST, accessed 19 March 2012
