Notable People and Organisations Associated With It
- Charles Robert Ashbee, son of erotomaniac Henry Spencer Ashbee, created his Guild of Handicraft whilst a resident at Toynbee Hall in the late 1880s
- The Whitechapel Art Gallery (founded 1901) grew out of annual free art exhibitions organised by Henrietta Barnett
- Toynbee residents included RH Tawney, and Clement Attlee.
- William Beveridge began his career by working as Sub-Warden at Toynbee Hall from 1903 to 1905.
- Visitors to Toynbee Hall included Lenin and Guglielmo Marconi
- The Workers Educational Association (WEA) was founded here in 1903.
- Child Poverty Action Group was founded at a meeting held at Toynbee Hall in 1965.
- John Profumo dedicated much of his time to the Hall from the 1960s onwards after the Profumo Affair forced him out of politics.
- Sir Harold Atcherley was Chairman of Toynbee Hall from 1985 to 1990.
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