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There are often patients awaiting places at these Centres and, in
addition, some parents prefer their children to stay at home rather than
undertake the long journeys that are involved although coach transport
is arranged. Both these problems should however be overcome when the
proposed Harrow Adult Training Centre is completed. It is anticipated
that work on this project should be started during 1968.
Annual Camps—A party of 56 children and staff from the Harrow
Junior Training School under the leadership of Dr. R. Fidler, Principal
Medical Officer, Mental Health, attended a successful summer holiday
camp at this Authority's residential school Elmers Court, Lymington
Hants., from 29th July to 12th August, 1967.
The adult camps were again held at St. Mary's Bay, Dymchurch,
Kent—the girls' from 1st—8th September, 1967, and the boys' from 8th15th
September, 1967. Nine girls and 5 boys from Harrow attended these
camps which were arranged by the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Social Clubs—This Authority continues to run two social clubs,
which are held in the Games Hut, Tanglewood, Common Road, Stanmore.
The Monday night club is for subnormals over the age of 15 years.
Several interested young people who help at the club have formed a
League of Friends, although the club leadership is still undertaken by the
members of the Borough mental health staff. Two outings were arranged
during the year, one to the Ice Show at the Empire Pool, Wembley on 6th
February, for which 60 complimentary tickets were kindly donated by the
box office manager, and the other outing took place on Saturday, 15th
July, when a coach was hired to take a party round Windsor Castle and
for a boat trip on the River Thames. This latter outing was arranged
entirely by the League of Friends.
Members are conveyed to and from the club by mini-bus, supplemented
by cars of staff helpers, relatives and friends.
Apart from the usual club activities such as table tennis, snooker,
darts, dancing, etc., it is hoped to arrange further outings from time to
time.
The Wednesday night club, known as the Outlook Club, is a therapeutic
social club for persons suffering from loneliness or recovering from
a psychiatric illness. The activities, which are arranged, are similar to
those of the club held on Monday nights. A party was held to commemorate
Guy Fawkes and this was also attended by members of the Monday
club, residents of Tanglewood Hostel, as well as friends and relatives.
Members also visited the annual Pinner Fair. Leadership is provided by
the Borough's mental welfare staff. A club magazine was started in the
spring of 1967 to which members contribute items of interest.