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Guernsey Welfare Service Limited

Member Number:   020

Description Aims and Objectives

The Guernsey Welfare Service has been in existence since 1896 and since that time has provided very welcome assistance to many generations of Guernsey people. The primary aims of the Guernsey Welfare Service are:

• To provide help to the poor and needy generally, but in particular to mothers and children. Help is given in the form of food, heating and clothing vouchers (but not cash).

• The operation of a pre-school for disadvantaged children duly recommended by States Health Visitors or Social Workers, five mornings a week in term time at the Youth Centre at a nominal cost of £1.50 per session.

The Guernsey Welfare Service is not an agency of the States of Guernsey, although the States does provide an annual grant to cover specific expenditures.

Organisation and Management

The G.W.S. is constituted as a limited company with wholly charitable aims. The shares in the company are held by the Chairman and the Company Secretary in trusts for the Guernsey Council of Churches. The Chairman is, by custom, appointed by the Guernsey Council of Churches, with which the G.W.S. has a long and close association. The Committee is made up from representatives from the Island Churches.

Finance

The salary of the social worker and the majority of the expenses of the playgroup are met by means of a grant from the Guernsey Social Security Authority. All other expenses have to be met from private donations, charitable gifts and fund raising activities.

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