Background
Bruce Kenrick was born in Liverpool and initially trained as an accountant, but the outbreak of war saw him see service as a medic in the Gold Coast Defence Force and with paratroopers in Italy.
Bruce Kenrick was born in Liverpool and initially trained as an accountant, but the outbreak of war saw him see service as a medic in the Gold Coast Defence Force and with paratroopers in Italy.
He attended the University of Edinburgh where he switched to divinity having engaged in missionary work.
Having practiced medicine during the war he decided to pursue a career as a doctor. On his return to the United Kingdom he was ordained and went to work in Notting Hill, London - then an area marked by racial tension and bad landlords like Peter Rachman. In response to the poor housing conditions, Kenrick set up the Notting Hill Housing Trust, which maintained the fabric of the area, and ironically, laid the foundations for its later gentrification.
The early days were not easy.
lieutenant was out of the desire to put national pressure on local government to improve housing that Shelter was born at Street Martin in the Fields in 1966. After a dispute over the leadership of the organisation with Des Wilson, Kenrick left Shelter.