[6] Afterwards, she approached the Strand Union Poor Law Board for permission to allow a group of ladies to visit one of its workhouses and they initially refused to give it.
[6] Additionally, she encouraged the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science to establish a visiting system to provide moral and spiritual comfort to the inmates, and to make the public aware of the poor conditions inside workhouses.
[6] One of the people she consulted was Catharine Tait who as the wife of the Dean of Carlisle had thrust herself into visiting her local workhouse.
[6] The society focused on publicising the poor conditions inside workhouses that included the production of its own journal.
[6] The problems that Louisa Twining faced were known to Catharine Tait and she formed a new and similar organisation exploiting the authority of her husband the Bishop of London and the select membership she produced by only inviting aristocratic or well connected women to join.