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HANDCRAFTS
On the 19th and 20th August the Middlesex Old People's Welfare Committee held a
Handcrafts Exhibition for Over 60's at Middlesex Guildhall. A total of 84 exhibits
was sent from this Borough and 22 certificates of merit were awarded among them.
FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES
This was the third year that we had made a postal appeal for funds. 3reat care
was taken with the preparation of the mailing list, the roads which were considered
most promising being selected from the Electoral Register. A total of 4,200 letters
was sent out, a copy of the information folder being enclosed with each. The total
received was £215. 2. 6d. and the cost between £45 and £50. This result can only be
regarded as most disappointing and compares unfavourably with the previous year when
a much smaller number of letters was sent out. It has been decided this year to
restrict the list to a few hundred and possibly to ask donors to consider the signing
of seven year covenants.
The question of employing other methods of raising money may now need to be
carefully considered.
INFORMATION PAMPHLET
This continues to be most useful and is a quick and efficient means of giving
needed information to individuals who send us their enquiries and to organisations
concerned with the well-being of the elderly in the Borough.
ANNUAL HOLIDAY
This was again at Cliftonville and took place during the week commencing Friday
May 22nd. The party numbered 62 and our thanks are again offered to Nurse O'Brien
of the Red Cross, particularly as on this occasion the calls made upon her seem to
have been rather heavy. Bookings for the 1960 holiday started, as is customary,
early in the year. Suitable enquiries have been made when there was any reason to
doubt an applicant's fitness on medical grounds to join the party.
CLUBS
The various groups of clubs run by the constituent organisations continue to
play a most important part in the lives of their members. The devoted work and
enthusiasm of the club leaders and their helpers cannot be praised too highly. We
would make particular mention of those clubs which are run for the blind and disabled.
Visits which have been paid to some of these leave no doubt as to their
tremendous value in maintaining and improving morale and in offering to handicapped
people something to look forward to at regular intervals.
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