Photograph of Michael Layzell, Community Service Volunteer, and Andrew Wilson in the Voluntary Community Service Office, Cathedral Road, Cardiff, 1965

Description

This photograph was taken in the attic room of the Voluntary Community Service (VCS) Office at 2 Cathedral Road, in 1965. Files were stored in the attic and the so called 'big table' was mainly occupied by VCS Youth and Community Officer, Efion Hopwod. In the photograph, Michael Layzell, Community Service Volunteer (CSV, is looking over the shoulder of Andrew Wilson, Voluntary Field Officer.

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.