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Victorians" Club, Eltham, who kindly arranged for 60 members to
have their own function, thereby allowing others to attend the
Congregational Church Hall, which was filled to capacity. Considerable
help was also given by the Head Teachers and staff of
the Christchurch and Wyborne Schools who respectively provided
a nativity play and a choir as their pupils' contribution to the
enjoyment of the congregation at the Greenwich and New Eltham
churches.
Mayor's Fund
During the winter, emergency supplies of bagged fuel were issued
to necessitous old people who were without heating. The fuel was
purchased by the Department with the aid of a generous grant from
the Mayor's fund.
Christmas Parcels, Gifts and Parties
Over 350 Christmas parcels for our elderly residents were
generously donated mainly by the undermentioned and distributed
in accordance with departmental advice:—
Woolwich Telephone Exchange
Eltham Round Table
Young Conservatives
Thames Manor School
Ealdham School
Cub Scouts of Greenwich
Several private individuals.
Some necessitous old persons received vouchers from the Mayor's
Fund and 12 received bags of coal so kindly donated privately for
Christmas presentation.
On request and in connection with Harvest Festival, 9 local
schools were given 200 names of elderly people to whom they
dispensed gifts. A small van load of similar gifts from another
school was allocated by this department.
Staff of the Royal Herbert Hospital gave a highly successful
Christmas party for 30 old people in the vicinity of their hospital
and this department organised the transport.
Observers
Services provided in this Borough for the elderly are attracting
observers from many sources and representatives of interested
organisations have been welcomed and given every opportunity
to study our services.