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No 205 : July 14, 1971

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I.H.C. News

New Workshop To Be Built

The Intellectually Handicapped Children Society has been given the go-ahead by the national executive to build a $65,000 workshop on their property in Temple Street (TOP).

The centre will be able to train up to 50 children and young people from the East Coast-Poverty Bay area. Funds, to be raised locally, will of course be eligible for the government subsidy.

The hostel in Albert Street is now also running a Day Care Centre, and this is under the direction of Miss Jan Fleming. This Centre is used to give respite to mothers of I.H.C. pre-schoolers and operates over three days of the week.

Kindergarten manipulative type equipment is used, along with ordinary toys, by the young ones

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Inset - The new matron of the I.H.C. hostel in Albert Street is Mrs M. Sutton. Prior to this Mrs Sutton was an assistant at the Donnelly Training Centre.

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Miss Fleming encourages the use of a large peg board.

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Volunteer helper, Mrs K. B. Pilbrow, feeds a young attender, during the lunch break.

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Mrs Pilbrow uses one of a set of skittles to attract attention.

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