1. WALT: to identify the improvements made for working children
Lord Shaftesbury
WALT: to identify the improvements made for working children

2. What was wrong with the working conditions for children?
Worked long hours
Dangerous conditions
No education
Paid very little because they were younger
Worked from a very young age
Short breaks often with no fresh air

3. Lord Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper was born in 1801
He became the Earl of Shaftesbury in 1851
At the age of 25, he became a member of Parliament. He began to take an interest in the plight of poor children after reading newspaper reports about labour in industry

4. What could be done to improve working conditions?
Laws were set up

5. 1833
Lord Ashley proposed that children should work for a maximum of 10 hours a day
This bill failed but the government realised that children needed to be protected
A year later the Factory Act was passed

6. Factory Act
It was now illegal for children under 9 to be employed in textile factories
Children between 9 and 13 were still allowed to work for up to 12 hours a day
Only 4 inspectors were employed to make sure this law was carried out.
This worried some people. Why?

7. Coals Mine Act
This meant women and children were not allowed to work underground
Lord Shaftesbury continued his work for improved working hours for children in factories

8. Other interests
Lord Shaftesbury was also interested in education for working class children
He was chairman of the Ragged Schools Union - an organisation that had set up over a hundred schools for poor children
He died in 1885