Rudolf led a deputation to the Archbishop of Canterbury to put forward a plan for a central Church of England children's home, and in 1881 Rudolf's new organisation was registered as the Church of England Central Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays.
Rudolf led a deputation to the Archbishop of Canterbury to put forward a plan for a central Church of England children's home. In 1881, the progressive London manufacturer Mark Hanbury Beaufoy chaired a meeting which founded a new Society, registered the same year as the Church of England Central Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays.