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Besides the excellent work done week by week in the clubs the Leaders
and Helpers provide the backbone of voluntary helpers whenever the Association
organises any sort of function. Their unfailing loyalty and helpfulness can
easily be taken for granted and it is, therefore, the more important that every
year in this report a public statement of gratitude should be recorded.
King George VI Memorial Club (Camberwell and Lambeth)
Members of this special daily club for the infirm each attend one day a
week, and at any one time the membership is about 300: during the year under
review there was a total of 11,367 attendances; 89 new people joined and 103
ceased to be members mainly due to deaths. There were 172 applications for
membership, including six from people who were ineligible because they live
outside the two Boroughs which help to finance the club. At the end of the
year 86 of these applications could not yet be considered; the approximate
waiting time for admission is six months.
During the summer each Club day had three outings, and at Christmas
there was a party for each day. Holidays were arranged for many members with
help from the two Old People's Welfare Associations and the L.C.C. Welfare
Department.
In the late Summer a newly installed shower was ready for use by the
members. It is so constructed that the person taking a shower can sit down and
thermostatically controlled water flows from shower arms on each side. This
has proved to be a useful and much appreciated addition to the Club facilities
Also at the end of the year the club appointed its own bathing orderly.
Acknowledgements
Throughout the year the work of the Association is furthered by the support
of many organisations and individuals some of whom are mentioned in the Report
and others in the list of Donations. In addition acknowledgment and thanks
must be given to the following.
The Lambeth Borough Council whose generous, unfailing financial help is
the comer stone of the work for the elderly in the Borough; and its Medical
Officer of Health and other staff who are always ready to give help and
advice.
The members and officers of the various voluntary and statutory bodies
represented on the Association whose co-operation ensures that more
efficient use is made of the resources and goodwill available for the assistance
of the elderly.