Outdoor relief

Program of social welfare and poor relief

This article is about Britain's welfare provision after the 1601 Poor Law. For other welfare programmes, see social security.

Outdoor relief, an obsolete term originating with the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), was a programme of social welfare and poor relief. Assistance was given in the form of money, food, clothing or goods to alleviate poverty without the requirement that the recipient enter an institution.[1] In contrast, recipients of indoor relief were required to enter an almshouse, orphanage, workhouse or poorhouse. Outdoor relief consisted of hot meals and provision of blankets and things necessary for homeless persons. Outdoor relief was also a feature of the Scottish Poor Laws and the Irish Poor Laws.[2]

## References

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1. ^ The 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law
2. ^ "Outdoor relief" Oxford Reference (Accessed 18 July 2020)

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Poor laws of the British Isles

Poor laws by territory|

* England and Wales
* Scotland
* Ireland
* Isle of Man

Nantwich workhouse

Old Poor Law|

* Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494
* Tudor poor laws
* Poor Relief Act 1597
* Poor Relief Act 1601
* Poor Relief Act 1662
* Relief of the Poor Act 1696
* Poor Relief Act 1722
* Relief of the Poor Act 1782
* House of correction
* Overseer of the poor
* Poor rate
* Poor relief
* Buttock mail

Relief systems|

* Outdoor relief
* Speenhamland
* Labour Rate
* Roundsman
* Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor

New Poor Law|

* Royal commission (1832)
* Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
* Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845
* Less eligibility
* Workhouse
* Workhouse test
* Board of guardians
* Outdoor Labour Test Order
* Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order
* Poor law unions
* Opposition
* Book of Murder
* Scottish poorhouse

Changes after 1834|

* Poor Law Commission
* Poor Law Board
* Local Government Board
* Andover workhouse scandal
* Huddersfield workhouse scandal
* Union Chargeability Act

Decline and abolition|

* Liberal welfare reforms
* Royal Commission (1905–09)
* Majority Report
* Minority Report
* Interwar poverty
* National Assistance Act 1948

Other|

* Christmas Day in the Workhouse
* Historiography of the Poor Laws
* Timeline of the English poor law system
* Poor Relief Act
* List of poor law unions in England
* List of poor law unions in Wales
* List of Irish poor law unions

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