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THE WEEK'S GOOD CAUSE

on National Programme Daventry

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An appeal on behalf of THE UNITED SERVICE TRAINING CENTRE, TENTERDEN,
KENT, by Sir CHARLES IGGLESDEN
The object of the Training Centre at St. Michael's Grange, Tenterden, in the Weald of Kent, is to alleviate unemployment and fill vacancies existing in the country by bringing young men from the distressed areas to the south and training them as cooks (under a chef with the highest diplomas) and domestic servants. The full complement at present is fifty, and after intensive instruction these young men who have been unemployed, many of them since they left school, are turned out fully qualified cooks and so forth. The number of unemployed suitable for such training is almost limitless, and the number of employers eager to absorb them increases every day.
Though this experiment of national importance is in receipt of a generous grant from the Ministry of Labour, an additional £ 1,000 a year has to be raised voluntarily for it to be carried on. Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed]

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Sir Charles Igglesden
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Sir Charles Igglesden

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