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Greenwich Old People's Welfare Association.—This
association set up in July, 1954, co-ordinates the activities of Old
People's Clubs in the Borough which provide for the physical and
mental recreation of their members and although the association
obtains money from various sources such as the street appeal and
other donations, the bulk of the association's expenditure is sustained
by the grant received from the Borough Council. The following
are extracts from the tenth Annual Report of the Association.
Old People's Clubs—Our main source of contact with elderly
citizens in Greenwich lies in the Darby & Joan, Federation and
Church Clubs which have continued to flourish, with one exception
due to the untiring efforts of members of voluntary organisations
who act as escorts and run the clubs with the help of many of the
elderly members themselves. The exception is St. John's Old Folks
Club which, unfortunately closed on the 24th February, 1964,