Details about the Voluntary Care Club :-
It was back
in the 1930s that an occupation centre was
opened by a group of interested volunteers in the
district.
It was
started for young people leaving 'special' schools
and had been unable to find work.
This was
interrupted by the 1939-45 war and beyond but was
reopened in 1959. It continued on two days per week
until 1963 when Local Authority Occupation Centres
were opened.....the need for voluntary run centres
vanished.
It was decided to keep the members together by
running a social club on Wednesday evenings and this
has continued from 7th November 1963 until now.
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