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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160617T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161002T170000
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/museum-of-liverpool-first-world-
 war-charity-and-liverpools-home-front/
SUMMARY:Museum Of Liverpool: Museum of Liverpool: First World War: Charity 
 and Liverpool's Home Front
DESCRIPTION:First World War: Charity and Liverpool's Home Front \nFriday 17
  June – October 2016\nAdmission FREE\n\n\nExhibition examines untold sto
 ries of First World War\n\n\n\n\nFirst World War: Charity and Liverpool’
 s Home Front\, supported by Armed Forces Covenant.\n\nThe exhibition explo
 res the many charity organisations established at the time through photogr
 aphs\, oral histories and case studies.\n\nIt is part of a series of exhib
 itions\, events and displays being held at the Museum for the centenary pe
 riod of the First World War.\n\nThe exhibition opens ahead of the 100 year
  anniversary of the First Day of the Somme (1 July 1916)\, when the Britis
 h Army suffered its worst single day of casualties. The 20\,000 British se
 rvicemen who lost their lives are well documented and remembered in numero
 us memorials. However less is known about the 40\,000 men who survived but
  suffered terrible injuries and trauma. Due to rapidly progressing medical
  and technological advances\, men who would have died in earlier conflicts
 \, survived the First World War. Government and society therefore had to l
 earn quickly how to deal with a generation of both mentally and physically
  wounded people.\n\nThe exhibition also considers the essential role chari
 table organisations continue to provide today for those who have a connect
 ion to the Armed Forces.\n\nKaren O’Rourke\, Curator of Urban and Milita
 ry History said: “The First World War had a massive impact on British so
 ciety. Dealing with men and their families\, who were coming to terms with
  debilitating physical injuries was only part of the problem. The other si
 gnificant issue was shell shock and other mental health issues\, which wer
 e widespread and of which there was very little understanding.\n\n“With 
 a particular focus on Liverpool\, our exhibition examines how these charit
 ies paved the way for better support for ex-servicemen\, something which c
 ontinues to be relevant today.”\n\nThere are a number of charities featu
 red in the exhibition\; in particular Soldiers\, Sailors and Airmen Famili
 es Association (SSAFA)\, the Royal British Legion and Blind Veterans UK ar
 e highlighted.\n\nAs part of the wider project Museum of Liverpool’s Hou
 se of Memories\, an award-winning training programme for carers of people 
 living with dementia\, recently held bespoke sessions for those caring for
  ex servicemen and women. In addition three memory suitcases\, made specif
 ically for the Veterans of the Army\, Navy and the Royal Air force are now
  available for carers to borrow.\n\nwww.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/houseofmem
 ories\n\nPermanent displays at Museum of Liverpool pay homage to the many 
 servicemen and women - in particular members of the King’s Regiment - wh
 o played such an important role in the War. The displays From Waterfront t
 o Western Front and the City Soldiers Gallery look into Liverpool soldiers
 ’ experiences on the Front Line.\n\nwww.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/firstwor
 ldwar\n\n[caption id="attachment_67055" align="alignnone" width="600"] Mor
 e than 16\,000 articles of part-worn clothing were allocated to prisoners 
 in Britain and Germany. Liverpool’s British Red Cross also sent out seve
 ral tons of basic food supplies.[/caption]\n\n
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LOCATION:Museum Of Liverpool\, Pier Head\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool
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