The Fed is Manchester's leading social care charity serving the Jewish community. In June of 2021, The Fed were awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for the My Voice Project, the highest possible accolade for a voluntary sector group.

• 1 – My family in Vienna 2 – The Anschluss: life changes overnight 3 – Leaving on the Kindertransport 4 – Meeting the Jellinek family 5 – Reunited with my parents 6 – Two years at boarding school 7 – My father is interned 8 – Life settles in Surrey 9 – The Merchant Taylors’ School in Crosby 10 – Dramatics and the world of girls 11 – Oxbridge exams 12 – National Service 13 – Pembroke College, Cambridge 14 – Training as a clinical psychologist and family 15 – Moving to Reading and new challenges 16 – Policy and politics17 – Director of the Hester Adrian Research Centre 18 – A pioneer for change 19 – Manchester University 20 – My travels throughout my career 21 – International advocacy and involvement with UN organisations 22 – New horizons 23 – My love affair with Italy 24 – What happened to my father’s family after the war 25 – The lasting effects of the war on my father 26 – Questions about my past 27 – My life with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis: 2006-2010 28 – Postscript by Penny Mittler Glossary Appendix – Publications and major conferences, 2012–2016My Voice volunteersAbout The Fed