Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
The Salvation Army
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Facilities== {{Category see also|Salvation Army buildings}} ===Churches=== The Army has churches throughout the world, known as [[Salvation Army corps]]. These serve as churches and community centres. Traditionally, many corps buildings are also called temples or citadels. ===Thrift stores and charity shops=== [[File:Salvation Army Thrift Store, Santa Monica, CA.JPG|thumb |The Salvation Army Family Thrift Store, [[Santa Monica, California]] ]] [[File:SalvationArmyThriftStoreRichmondHill.jpg|thumb|The Salvation Army Thrift Store, Richmond Hill, ON]] [[File:Salvation Army, Eastfield.jpg|thumb|The Salvation Army, [[Eastfield, South Lanarkshire]], Scotland]] The Salvation Army is well known for its network of [[thrift store]]s or charity shops—colloquially referred to as "the Sally Ann" in Canada and the United States, "Salvos Stores" in Australia, and "Sally's" in New Zealand—which raise money for its rehabilitation programs by selling donated used items such as clothing, housewares, and toys. Clothing collected by Salvation Army stores that is not sold on location is often sold wholesale on the [[Global trade of secondhand clothing|global secondhand clothing market]]. [[File:Salvos Mordi store.jpg|thumb|Salvation Army store in Victoria, Australia]] The Salvation Army's fundraising shops in the United Kingdom participated in the UK government's [[Work Programme]], a [[Workfare in the United Kingdom|workfare]] programme in which benefit claimants had to work for no compensation for 20 to 40 hours per week over periods as long as six months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boycottworkfare.org/?page_id=16|title=Workfare providers|date=31 March 2011|work=boycottworkfare.org|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402110331/http://www.boycottworkfare.org/?page_id=16|archive-date=2 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christiantoday.com/article/salvation.army.defends.unpaid.work.placements.as.protesters.picket.headquarters/53418.htm|title=Salvation Army defends unpaid work placements as protesters picket headquarters – Christian News on Christian Today|work=christiantoday.com|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815181352/http://www.christiantoday.com/article/salvation.army.defends.unpaid.work.placements.as.protesters.picket.headquarters/53418.htm|archive-date=15 August 2016|url-status=dead}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/17258/boycott_workfare_protests_against_charities_involved_in_unpaid_work_schemes|title=Charity governance and trustee news – Boycott Workfare protests against charities involved in unpaid work schemes|work=civilsociety.co.uk|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406220915/http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/17258/boycott_workfare_protests_against_charities_involved_in_unpaid_work_schemes|archive-date=6 April 2016|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/19/workfare-godliness-christian-charities|title=Is workfare close to godliness? Some Christian charities seem to believe so – Sarah Ditum|first=Sarah|last=Ditum|date=19 March 2013|website=theguardian.com|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218145136/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/19/workfare-godliness-christian-charities|archive-date=18 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> When people buy items at Salvation Army thrift stores, part of the proceeds go toward The Salvation Army's emergency relief efforts and programs.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thriftstore.ca/british-columbia/salvation-army-thrift-store-faqs|title=SALVATION ARMY THRIFT STORE – FAQs {{!}} Thrift Store|website=www.thriftstore.ca|language=en|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623032756/https://www.thriftstore.ca/british-columbia/salvation-army-thrift-store-faqs|archive-date=23 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Textile items not sold are [[Textile recycling|recycled]] and turned into other items such as carpet underlay.<ref name=":1" /> The Salvation Army also helps their employees by hiring ex-felons, depending on the circumstances, because they believe in giving people second chances.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://helpforfelons.org/second-chance-jobs-for-felons/|title=Second Chance Jobs For Felons|work=Help For Felons|access-date=25 April 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620115400/http://www.helpforfelons.org/second-chance-jobs-for-felons/|archive-date=20 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Adult Rehabilitation Centres=== Some Salvation Army locations are associated with an Adult Rehabilitation Centre (ARC) in which men and women make a six-month rehabilitation commitment to live and work at the ARC residence. They are unpaid, but provided with room and board. Many ARCs are male-only. The program is primarily to combat addiction. Residents work at the warehouse, store, or residence. This is referred to as "work therapy". They attend classes, [[twelve-step program]]s, and chapel services as a part of their rehabilitation. The Army advertises these programs on their collection trucks with the slogan "Doing the Most Good".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/combat-addiction/ | title=Combat Addiction | access-date=21 September 2018 | language=en-US | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923005536/https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/combat-addiction/ | archive-date=23 September 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> An ARC is typically associated with a main store and warehouse. Donations are consolidated from other stores and donation sites, sorted and priced, and then distributed back out to the branch stores. Low-quality donated items are sold at the warehouse dock in a "dock sale". ===Hadleigh Farm Colony=== Farmland at [[Hadleigh, Essex|Hadleigh]] in Essex featured market gardens, orchards, and two brickfields. It was mentioned in the Royal Commission report of 1909, which was appointed to consider Poor Laws. 7,000 trainees had passed through its doors by 1912 with more than 60% subsequently finding employment.<ref>{{cite sign| title=Hadleigh Farm Colony| publisher=Salvation Army| location=International Heritage Centre public museum, William Booth College, London, England| url=https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/international-heritage-centre| access-date=13 March 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713074751/https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/international-heritage-centre| archive-date=13 July 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Other=== [[File:Stuff a Bus (Salvation Army).jpg|thumb|"Stuff-a-Bus" toy collection at Christmas time]] The Salvation Army operates children's summer camps and adult day care centres. It has headquarter offices internationally, nationally, and for each territory and division. Some of its other facilities include:<ref name="stats" /> * Homeless hostels * Residential addiction dependency programs * Children's homes * Homes for elderly persons * Mother and baby homes * Women's and men's refuge centres * General hospitals * Schools * Maternity hospitals * After School Programs * Food Pantries * Overnight Warming Stations * Cooling Stations
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
The Salvation Army
(section)
Add topic