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SERVICES RENDERED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade.
Over 60's Clubs.
These agencies continue to carry out their good work in the
area.
Women's Voluntary Service.
The County Organiser has kindly furnished the following report:
" Meals on Wheels". These are delivered three days a week in the
area, 7,783 meals were delivered during the year.
Darby and Joan Clubs. Farnborough Club—This Club has many
frail old people. Twenty-five have to be fetched and taken home
every week, which means a lot of extra work for W.V.S. members, but
the visit to the Club means so much to the old people that the effort
is well worth while.
" The Rookery "—This Club continues to flourish. Both Clubs
have had some good outings during the year.
Escorts. Many escorts have been undertaken by W.V.S. members,
and it has recently come to light that one of these members makes a
point of keeping in touch with every old person she drives—«ven if
this is only on one occasion.
Four hundred and twenty such escorts have been undertaken
during the year. This work entails journeys to specialists or hospitals
in London and visits to the coast to convalescent homes after patients
have been in hospital. One escort was undertaken on 27th December
to enable a patient who had been in hospital for 18 weeks to be
admitted to a Re-habilitation Centre at Farnham Royal, Hants.
Farnborough Hospital—An excellent liaison is maintained between
the Centre and the hospital, and the Trolley Shop in the Geriatric
Ward is very much appreciated.
Orpington and District Old People's Welfare Committee.
The Honorary Secretary has kindly furnished the following
report: —
The Orpington and District Old People's Welfare Committee
continue to provide a means of regular contact between the many
organisations that help old folk in Orpington, and to foster locally a
general interest in the care of the elderly.
A very welcome feature of the past year is that more schools and
youth organisations have given practical aid in meeting the needs of
old people in various ways. The Fellowship of Youth, of St. John's
Presbyterian Church, deserve special mention for the work they have
done in the homes and gardens of the incapacitated.