Tag: Oxford Committee for Famine Relief

Richard Dimbleby’s Broadcast Appeals

£ s. d.
May 1948 Royal Alfred Aged Merchant Seamen’s Institution 1,674 13 3
September 1949 Missions to Seamen 3,024 6 2
December 1950 Salvation Army 3,018 1 3
May 1951 (London Region only) Hostels for Crippled and Invalid Women Workers 862 15 0
January 1952 Missions to Seamen 2,579 11 6
March 1953 Church of England Children’s Society 1,701 16 11
February 1954 Royal National Life Boat Institution 3,304 2 5
February 1956 (London Region only) House of St Barnabas in Soho 911 7 2
October 1956 Missions to Seamen 3,016 0 11
January 1958 Training Ship Foudroyant 772 0 0
February 1959 (TV) National Marriage Guidance Council 1,080 7 1
August 1959 Missions to Seamen 2,733 1 11
March 1960 National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children 1,956 0 0
July 1961 Oxford Committee for Famine Relief 105,941 3 8
September 1962 (TV) Persian Earthquake Relief 407,000 0 0
June 1963 (TV) Red Cross Centenary Appeal 2,131 7 4
August 1963 (TV) Skopje Earthquake Relief (War on Want) 402,000 0 0
December 1963 British Wireless for the Blind 37,825 0 0
July 1965 (TV) Enterprise Neptune of the National Trust 3,800 0 0
Total £985,331 14 7