History of Barnardos

Version 1.0, [2/11/2018]

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V1.0 Initial draft

Learning Objective

Describe the origins of Barnardos

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(above video in lesson)

Navigation instructions

The short video below explains the origins of Barnardos which will
give you a clearer understanding of the organisation. Watch the
video below and then answer the quiz below. If you have any
further questions about this, click on the ask a question button at
the bottom of the page.
Notes
In video - use Lato font and Barnardos brand colours
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Script/Sound Onscreen
Low background music
Description

Title Origins of Barnardos (in Barnardos

green, Lato font)

Barnardos logo

Details

Title to be shown in Barnardos green, Lato

font. Drawn with no hand.

Logo appears after this.

Screen: 1 Page Title: Dr Barnardo (1) Timing 6 seconds

Script/Sound Onscreen

Barnardos was founded by Dr Thomas Barnardo Description

in London in 1867
Dr Barnardo was born in Dame Street, Dublin in
1845 and educated in St Patrick’s Cathedral
school.
Both title and logo fade and Image of Dr
Barnardo fading in
Text - Barnardos born in Dublin in 1845 in
green

Audio script starts at this point

Notes

Barnardos.jpg in folder
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Script/Sound Onscreen
At the age of 16, he decided to become a
medical missionary in China and he went to Description
London to train as a doctor.
Map Ireland and England appear. Arrow then
appears to show going from one to the other
At the time, London was a city struggling to cope
with the effects of the industrial revolution. The
population had dramatically increased and much
Then draw in an illustrated signpost and the
of this increase was concentrated in the East
words East End
End...

Notes

Source map of British isles

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Script/Sound Onscreen
...where overcrowding, bad housing,
unemployment, poverty and disease were rife. Description

the words
overcrowding, bad housing, unemployment,
poverty and disease appear one after the
other in different colours

Notes

Set up other Brand colours

Screen: 1 Page Title: Dr Barnardo Timing 15 seconds

Script/Sound Onscreen
A few months after Thomas Barnardo went to
London an outbreak of cholera swept through Description
the East End killing more than 3,000 people,
leaving families destitute and thousands of 2 images of poverty and overcrowded housing
children sleeping on the streets in 19th Century east end

Notes

Source image
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Script/Sound Onscreen
Abandoning his missionary plans, Thomas Description
Barnardo set up a ragged school in the East
End of London in 1867, where vulnerable Onscreen text in green
children could get a basic education.
First Barnardo school set up in 1867

Notes

Check with Jean - Barnardo or

Barnardos??
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Script/Sound Onscreen
In 1870, Barnardo opened his first home for Description
boys in Stepney Causeway, which carried a sign
over the door that said 'No Destitute Child Ever Onscreen text - green -
Refused Admission’ First Home for boys opened in 1870

Image of a Barnardos home or the sign

Barnardo later opened a girls' home in
Barkingside, which housed 1,500 girls. text 'No Destitute Child Ever Refused
Admission’ in black serif font

Notes

Use image from History folder

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Script/Sound Onscreen
Description
The philosophy of these homes was that every
child deserved the best possible start in life. Onscreen text in pink
The children were given tools to make their own
way in the world. The girls were equipped with Every child deserves best possible start in life
domestic skills and the boys learnt a craft or
trade. images of boys and girls doing domestic
chores

Notes

Images from history folder

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Script/Sound Onscreen
Description
By the time of his death in 1905, Dr Barnardo
had established a large network of homes caring Onscreen text Thomas Barnardo died in 1905
for about 8,000 children.
Then image of barnardos home appears

Notes

Source image
Screen: 1 Page Title: Death of Dr Barnardo Timing 13 seconds

Script/Sound Onscreen
Description
After his death, the Barnardos child care
tradition grew, adapting to the changing needs Text - changing needs of children and families
of children and families.
The emphasis changed from caring for children Image of a parent and child inside their home
in residential homes to services that support
children to stay within their families and
communities.

Notes
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Description
In 1962 Barnardos began to work with children
and families in Ireland, initially in Dublin and the On screen text in two different greens
border counties.
Barnardos began to work in Ireland in 1962
It remained part of the UK organisation until
1989, when Barnardos Ireland was established Beacome an independent organisation in
as an independent Irish organisation. 1989

Barnardos Ireland logo appears

Notes
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Script/Sound Onscreen
Description
Since 1989 Barnardos has grown into Ireland’s
leading children’s charity. Barnardos current locations in irleand
We operate over 40 Barnardos centres in local
communities across the country, working with
vulnerable children and their families. Then map of Ireland appears with markers
We also run a number of national services where Barnardos locations are.
supporting parents and professionals who work
with children.

Notes
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Script/Sound Onscreen
Description
We also run a number of national services
supporting parents and professionals who work A series of positive images of adults working
with children. with young children

And then three happy children

In addition, Barnardos uses its extensive
experience of working on the ground as a basis
for advocacy campaigns to help reach our vision
of making Ireland the best place in the world to
be a child.

Notes
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Script/Sound
Barnardos also operate in the UK, Australia and
New Zealand. We are four individual and
separately operated charities. All four charities
work with the most vulnerable children offering
support, advice and protection, and tackle
issues such as poverty, abuse and neglect.
Onscreen
Description
Text saying Other Barnardos around the world
and then the countries coming up with a bullet
that is an image of a globe.
The globe can then appear to the side.

Notes
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Script/Sound Onscreen
Description
Through our work we offer new hope for
children's futures. Positive image

Barnardos Ireland logo

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