Cardiff Voice, a community based magazine, N° 3: "Unemployed!", Cardiff, 1981

Description

The third issue of Cardiff Voice, a community based magazine. It includes the following topics:

- 3 practical ideas how to overcome the depressing effects of unemployment;
- Surviving unemployment: "The Survivors Guide to Unemployment and Redundancy", a book by Joy Melville, offering practical advice on redundancy, unemployment, job search, benefits, and voluntary work;
- Is Social Security social?
- Social Security "scroungers";
- Claimants and D.H.S.S. benefit regulations;
- The Youth Opportunities Programme (YOP);
- Unemployment can damage your health;
- "What’s on" – culture and entertainment.

Cardiff Voice was a community based magazine, published by Voluntary Community Service. Its aim was to respond to the needs, interests, and ideas of the people of Cardiff; it reported the issues that affected the people in the city.

Voluntary Community Service (VCS) was established in Cardiff in October 1964 with main aim, as stated in its constitution, to promote any charitable purposes, advancement of education, and relief of poverty, distress, and sickness in the City of Cardiff. Originally VCS co-ordinated a team of volunteers involved in activities such as helping elderly people with gardening and decorating, running summer ‘work camps’ for children and young people. Its mission today is to enable people who are most disadvantaged to engage with rewarding volunteering opportunities, facilitating their personal development and employment prospects.