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transport for this purpose. On those Saturdays when parties for
the housebound are held at the Centre, the special ambulance
vehicles, owned by the Council and used during the week transporting
the handicapped to. the Faringdon Centre, are made
available to transport the housebound to attend these parties.
Plans for a further Day Centre to be provided by the
Council at Rainham have been completed and it is hoped this
Centre will be erected in the near future.
Elderly People's Workshop
This workshop provides light employment for the elderly
in a light and happy atmosphere. 32 attend each day in two shifts,
and simple contract work is carried out for a number of firms to
whom we are indebted for ensuring that a continuous supply of
such work is available.
Entertainments
Tickets were again made available by local operatic and
dramatic societies for performances of their productions, and in
some instances special performances were given for. old age
pensioners. The tickets made available to the Department were
distributed to Old People’s Clubs’, and coaches were hired by
the Council to transport those attending. The total number of
persons who attended these entertainments during the year was
4281.
Holidays
Holidays for the elderly were provided as in previous
years by booking the Rogerson Hall Holiday Camp, near Lowestoft
for a period of seven weeks. This provided accommodation for
2012 persons. In addition accommodation for a further 400 was
booked at Ramsgate in various private hotels. The charge made
to those taking part was £3.12s.0d. each inclusive of transport.
Outings
For those unable to avail themselves of the holiday arrangements
mentioned in the last paragraph, one day coach outings
were arranged. A total of 954 elderly persons were conveyed to
Felixstowe or Westcliff-on-Sea by coach, and provided with a
lunch and tea at a restaurant tor an inclusive charge of 7s.6d.
each.
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