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Clubs
The thirty clubs represented on the Association show considerable variety,
24 are open one afternoon a week, and one of these starts early with lunch; two
are open three afternoons a week; one open four days a week and provides
lunches and one opens six days a week but there is no provision for lunches.
There are also a daily club held in a London County Council Old People's Home
and the George VI Memorial Club for the housebound which is described elsewhere.
Club activities cover a wide range including outings, concerts, parties
and visiting of sick members. It is impossible to overemphasise the value of
club activities, and the work put in by leaders and helpers.
Through the co-operation of the clubs the Association is able to advertise
its main annual activities: the Church Service and Inter-Borough Talent Competition
in the Spring; the Inter-Club Competition and Exhibition of Work in the
Autumn; and the Old People's Concert at Christmas.
King George VI Memorial Club
The Association has five representatives on the Management Committee of
of this day club which is open to housebound people living in Camberwell and
Lambeth. Normally attendance is limited to one day a week, and transport is
provided by the club.
During the year under review there was a record total of 12,037 attendances.
450 different people attended the club, but at any one time membership was
about 300; 45 members attended on every possible occasion. 131 new people
joined the club and 113 members were lost; 185 were put on the waiting list
which is approximately the same number as last year. The waiting period for
admission is about six months but priority is given to those urgently in need of
the club's services. In addition to usual activities such as outings, parties and
entertainments the club aims to provide bathing, chiropody, hairdressing, handicraft
instruction and help with shopping. A number of summer holidays were
arranged, some with financial help from the Association.
Work Centre
During the year the number of people attending the Centre has ranged
between 37 and 47, of which only a few were men. Two men and one woman left
on being found part-time jobs. Several people were forced to leave due to increasing
age and infirmity but some struggled on because they found life rather
dreary without their two hours a day at the Centre.