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Social Clubs
A weekly Social Club for patients was started at Emlyn Gardens Day Centre shortly
before Christmas. Open invitations were extended to members of the Bishop Creighton House
Club, and residents of the housing estate were encouraged to attend in an effort to break down
any lingering prejudices about siting the Day Centre on the estate. I am pleased to report that
this has been a success.
A Social Club for former psychiatric patients was held weekly at Bishop Creighton
House, at which the average attendance was 25. A set activity was usually arranged each week
in addition to the normal pastimes such as cards, table tennis and draughts. Patients were encouraged
to suggest and arrange their own activities, and visits were exchanged between similar
clubs in other Boroughs.
A Mental Health Social Worker attends and supervises the proceedings at each club.
Expansion of the Mental Health Service
Training Centres
It is anticipated that some 80 older trainees will need accommodation at Adult Training
Centres within the period of the present Ten-Year Programme, 1966/1976, for the Development of
Health and Welfare Services. College Park Training Centre for Older Girls is housed in converted
premises which are inadequate, and there is no provision at all for older boys within the Borough.
Immediate plans therefore envisage an 80-place, purpose-built, mixed Adult Training Centre to
accommodate Hammersmith residents now attending Centres outside the Borough. Ministry approval
for loan sanction for the financial year 1967/68 has been provisionally granted for this project.
Fulham Training Centre for junior boys and girls is housed in a prefabricated building
which, it is anticipated, will eventually be replaced on the present site by a purpose-built Centre.
Hostel for the Mentally Disordered
There is a great need for a hostel for the mentally disordered within the Borough. It was
hoped to provide a 30-place purpose-built hostel with an associated day centre in 1968/69, but
the Ministry of Health have said that it is doubtful if loan sanction will be forthcoming for this
purpose until 1970.

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