On 23 January 2010 VAHS organised a special half day seminar to commemorate one hundred years since the formation of the first Councils for Social Service in England. Four papers were given presenting the latest research in the field. Podcasts and presentations are available to download here.
The Guild of Help and the New Edwardian Philanthropy, c.1904-1919
Professor Keith Laybourn, University of Huddersfield
‘The Service of the Community is best fulfilled by Communities of Service’: A Hundred Years of the London Voluntary Service Council
Colin Rochester, Roehampton University
On the development of the Citizens Advice Bureau
Oliver Blaiklock, IHR
The Liverpool Council for Voluntary Service
John Lansley, former employee of the LCVS
