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JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE
COMMITTEES OF BERMONDSEY, CAMBERWELL AND SOUTHWARK
With the approaching merger of the three boroughs it was
considered advisable for representatives of the Old People's
Welfare Associations and Committees to meet to compare ideas and
procedure. On the initiative of Southwark a meeting was held at
St. Alban's Hall and after discussion which showed some divergencies
of ways and means it was agreed to form a committee
(consisting of 6 members of each committee or association and the
three secretaries) who should meet regularly to try to arrive at
co-ordination or assimilation of ideas on the most important
points in old people's welfare: meals service, transport,
chiropody, holidays and welfare visiting, and to formulate
suggestions acceptable to all. It was then agreed to form a subcommittee
of six (the chairman and secretary of each organisation)
to collate the findings of the committee in order to
submit them as recommendations to the new Welfare Committee.
SENIOR CITIZEN' S COMMITTEE
A quite new venture, as yet only in its infancy, was the
forming of a committee representing the Old People of St. Alban's
Hall. The principal aim, as set out in the constitution, is the
care of the sick and housebound by those more active, and a team
of members is being organised who will visit regularly at least
once a week an old person who is ill or handicapped. Several
elderly members are already at work and we hope that more and
more will be encouraged to undertake this very worthwhile task.
The Chairman of the Senior Citizens' Committee has been
invited to sit as a member of the Southwark Old People's Welfare
Committee.
FLAG DAY
Flag Day was held on Saturday, 6th September, and during
that week boxes were sent out to churches, doctors, hospitals,
shops and business firms, who had responded to the appeal for
collection. The Southwark Old People's Welfare Committee is
very grateful to all the helpers and as a result of this cooperation
and willing assistance from so many people the record
sum of £400 was raised.
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