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25 results found for '"Voluntary work"' in Keywords.
Thatcher at RNLI exhibition (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at an RNLI exhibition focusing on the work of British lifeboat crews. She pays tribute to the country’s lifeboat service and to the victims of the Penlee...
After eight (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
The end of an edition of the After Eight programme on the NSPCC. Features NSPCC spokeman Giles Pegram on the need for increased funding and volunteers for committees, and plans for future work. Male...
Diving on the Mary Rose (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Reg Vallintine who runs the London Underwater Centre on what it was like to dive as a volunteer on the Mary Rose during its excavation in the Solent. Prior to its raising on 11/10/82. Male...
Volunteer role in Mary Rose excavation (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Reg Vallintine, who runs the London Underwater Centre, about the contribution by the amateur divers to the excavation of the Mary Rose. Prior to its final raising on 11/10/82. Male...
Operation Raleigh sets sail (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview in London with singer and entertainer Sir Harry Secombe, at the launch of the brigantine Zebu, with sixteen young people on the Operation Raleigh round the world adventure tour. They will be...
Mexico City gas explosion (1984)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Vox pop with unnamed volunteers, including Americans and Mexicans, helping after a gas explosion in Mexico City. Halina Kierkuc interviews.
St John Ambulance at New Year celebrations (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Derek, a St John Ambulance man, on the morning of New Year’s Day 1986, in Trafalgar Square. He talks about the work of the service, last night’s celebrations, and the changing nature of...
Home Front constable on duties (archive recording) (1987)
- Genre
- Special
A Special Constable (not identified) on the Home Front during the Second World War describes his duties such as being on fire watch and assisting shipwrecked sailors. He lives in a seaside town but does not...
Prince envisages scheme for voluntary work (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by Prince Charles (Prince of Wales) in Scotland where he outlined plans for a for a national voluntary scheme involving young people carrying out projects to improve life in their local...
Prince Charles launches Volunteers scheme (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has launched a new volunteer scheme for young people, called Volunteers. He gives a speech at St James’s Palace, expressing concern for recent social unrest, and hopes to...