The statutory social services and the religious foundations between them are fully engaged in caring for the drop-outs in our society, the victims of circumstances. But people still fall through the welfare net. There is still a need for voluntary organisations. How big is this need and who are the people who try to cope with it?
The Volunteers, the last in the series The Welfare, looks at some of the organisations and individuals who still find a market for private charity. The unpaid, often untrained, do-gooders of today's society still have plenty to keep them busy. Why?