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Visiting and shopping undertaken for people in certain Homes. 1914-1918 War
Widows and lonely old people also visited.
Wool blankets made by knitting of six-inch squares from oddments of wool provided
at the centre. Blankets given to the needy.
Women of all ages welcomed to give their services.
FINCHLEY GUILD OF SOCIAL SERVICE
Information Centre provides free advice on personal or any other problems; helps
with enquiries on current legislation prior to Legal Advice; e.g., Housing and Rent
difficulties, domestic worries, pension queries, etc. All interviews are strictly confidential.
Sympathetic help and advice is freely given, and in cases where legal help is
necessary, it is arranged for the applicant to see a Solicitor.
Help for Invalids—elderly housebound, and patients discharged from hospital
are visited where necessary, and assistance or advice is given in needful cases.
"Wireless for the Bedridden" Society—the Guild acts as sponsor in providing
radio sets for housebound invalids.
During the summer, the Guild arranges holidays at special terms. Programmes
are available from February onwards, on application.
A "Workroom for the Elderly" was open on 12th October, 1962, at the Congregrational
Church Hall, East End Road, N.2. The main purpose of the Workroom is
to keep elderly people fit and at the same time allowing them to earn small sums of
money from repetitive work. This scheme is available to all elderly people in the
Borough.
All enquiries for services offered by the Finchley Guild of Social Service should
be directed to their Secretary at the Municipal Offices, Hertford Lodge Annexe, East
End Road, N.3. (Telephone : FINchley 2626). Hours 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.,
Monday to Friday, and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Mondays.
BRITISH LEGION
The British Legion helps ex-service men and women and their dependants at
times of difficulty through ill-health or other causes. Such people do not have to be
Legion members. Assistance given with rent arrears, mortgage repayments, supplying
coal and food, if necessary, hiring articles such as ladders and equipment, also helping
with pension appeals. Committee meets at 359, Regent Close, Ballards Lane, N.12.
FINCHLEY RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION
This is a body which exists for the benefit of the citizens of the Borough as a
whole. It assists in preserving or improving amenities within the Borough. Problems
of a local nature which it is felt require advice, or matters needing to be remedied,
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