A booklet introducing Voluntary Community Service and its various projects, Cardiff, 1979

Description

A booklet produced by Voluntary Community Service: It consists of a brief history and the aims of the organisation and gives an overview of past projects including gardening, decorating, various work camps, and play schemes up to February 1979.

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.