CHARLES DICKENS HERITAGE

Dickens drew serious attention to child labour leading to the enactment of the first child labour laws. He clearly articulated the many social injustices prevalent at the time, leading among other things to the abolition of public executions. He singlehandedly resurrected the spirit of giving and Christmas as a festive family holiday, a worldwide phenomenon that continues to this day. And later in his life, he used his talents and his influence to save the Great Ormond Street Hospital from closing, which today is regarded as the finest children's hospital in the world, and a model for children's hospitals everywhere... Two-hundred years later, Dickens' influences still abound. In the early 1990s, Jeanne Marie Dickens and her late husband Christopher, the great great grandson of Charles Dickens and the then head of the Dickens family, recognized an opportunity to continue Dickens' legacy. Inspired by the spirit of Charles Dickens, Jeanne Marie Dickens established the Charles Dickens..

Also known as: Charles Dickens Heritage Foundation