Welfare Committee

WELFARE COMMITTEE first appears Yearbook 1949/50

1. To exercise and perform all the powers and duties of the Council under the National Assistance Act, 1948, or any other Act or Acts amending or extending the same, except the power to make any Scheme or Schemes required to be made by the Council under such Act or Acts

SUB COMMITTEES 1949/50

FINANCE SUB

POLICY SUB

WELFARE SERVICES SUB

BEDFORD RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION MANAGEMENT SUB

LUTON RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION MANAGEMENT SUB

PIRTON HALL MANAGEMENT SUB

THE LIMES (BIGGLESWADE) MANAGEMENT SUB

THE CEDARS (AMPTHILL) MANAGEMENT SUB

Yearbook 1965/6 WELFARE COMMITTEE

To exercise and perform all the powers and duties of the Council under:

1) The National Assistance Acts, 1948 to 1959 (except the power to make any scheme or schemes required to be made by the Council under those Acts)

2) The Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1958

3) So much of the Mental Health Act, 1959 as relates to the functions of Welfare Authorities.

SUB COMMITTEES 1965/6

NORTHERN DIVISIONAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

SOUTHERN DIVISIONAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

WELFARE SERVICES SUB COMMITTEE

By 1973/4 Yearboo, replaced by SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

AFTER 1964

In 1964 Luton became a County Borough and responsible for its own Welfare Services. As a result of this the County Welfare Management Sub-Committees were re-arranged into two divisions, i.e., Southern and Northern Divisional Management Committee of the Welfare Committee.

Southern Divisional Management Committee was responsible for the following homes:-

The Cedars, Ampthill; Caddington Hall; Chilterns, Dunstable; St.Margarets, Streatley; Pirton Hall, Shillington.

Northern Divisional Management Committee was responsible for the following homes:-

The Limes, Biggleswade; Russell and Waverley Houses, Bedford; Parkside and Rivermead, Kempston.

The Welfare General Purposes Sub-Committee was in abeyance.