Easterhouse Baptist Church, Glasgow was packed on Saturday 25 June for a Thanksgiving Service for Bob Holman, committed Christian and social justice activist.
He was well known in the field of social policy and practice. After rising to the higher echelons of academic recognition from a poor start – his wartime evacuee experience having adversely affected his early education – he gave up a professorship at Bath University opting to become more closely involved at grassroots level in the community.
One of his earliest projects was on the Southdown Estate in Bath, working as a resource agency, helping marginalised young people find a firm footing in life. At the same time he worked alongside the local Brethren fellowship in reaching out to local disadvantaged youngsters. Those experiences are recorded in his fascinating book Kids at the Door.
