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30 £
Lewisham Old People's Welfare Association 5,400
Lewisham Darby and Joan Club 420
St. Mark's Old Folks' Club 75
Bellingham Branch of the National Federation of
Old Age Pensions Associations 60
Hither Green Branch of the National Federation of
Old Age Pensions Associations 65
St. Philip's Darby and Joan Club 26
The Over 60's Friendly Club 40
The Bellingham Community Association Darby
and Joan Club 40
Lee Branch of the National Federation of Old Age
Pensions Associations 40
Good Companions Club 18
St. Hilda's Seniors' Club 65
Blackheath Branch of the National Federation
of Old Age Pensions Associations 22
September Club 26
Happy Old Folks'Club (St. Barnabas) 18
St. John's Over 60's Club 30
This left a sum of money available for new clubs which might
qualify for grant, and three such clubs, the Spring Hill Social Club,
Darby and Joan Section (£10), St. Barnabas Darby and Joan Club for
the Deaf and Dumb (£25), and the Friendship Circle Over 60's Club
(£12 10s.), were given the grants indicated for part of the year. Additional
grants were paid to nearly all the clubs as a help towards
fares an:d to the purchase of nutrients.
It is hoped that such old people's organisations as can will not
only provide the usual afternoon's recreation with a little tea, but will
also make arrangements to provide lunch either on the day the club
meets or another day. To this end the Lewisham Old People's Welfare
Association is prepared to cooperate by conveying the meals in bulk
from the central kitchen, where they are obtained, to the luncheon
club.
It has also been suggested to the clubs which do not already do it,
that they might consider setting up handicraft classes for their members,
this being thought to be in some ways a preferable alternative to
the so-called "workshops for the elderly" which have been set up particularly
in a few London boroughs. There are many difficulties with
regard to starting such workshops in an outer London dormitory
borough such as this, but these difficulties would not apply to handicraft
classes and if the work turned out at such classes were good
enough it would have saleable value of its own. Unfortunately most
of the clubs found it impracticable to get sufficient of their members
interested in the scheme to allow a qualified teacher to be obtained
for them, but one or two clubs are still making efforts in this direction.