Presbyterian Support Central holds vast records from Berhampore Children's Home, including around 1,000 individual files for children who were in their care between the 1920s and 1984, an index of each young person by parents names, children’s full names, date of entry and date of leaving the children’s home, and board records. They also have a significant amount amount of photos of children at school, in the home and on social outings as well as of the buildings themselves. They hold copies of the Home's annual reports mainly from 1970’s to 1980’s plus the Home’s 75 year anniversary publication and record of a re-union of former residents held in 1990.
Gender: Mixed
Age group: 5 - 17 years
Capacity: 1965: 17-25 children all of school entry age. 1969: 25 1972: 14 - 4 girls and 10 boys 1974: 14 1976-77: 13 1978-79: 12
Senior Boys' Home registered 5/4/29
Girls' Home registered 5/4/29, closed Jan 1961
Controlling organisations: Presbyterian Social Services (also known as Presbyterian Support Services Association, now Presbyterian Support Central) Third-party provider to State, faith-based
Directory of residential facilities for disturbed children in new zealand', Department of Social Welfare, 1979. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/40422924
Information provided by Presbyterian Support Central to the Crown Response Unit on 10 September 2024
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