Front and back cover of a United Nations Association's (UNA) booklet titled 'Why Bother Helping Me Mister?' in which Laurence Thatcher, Chairman of the UNA Work camp Volunteer Committee and the first VCS Chairman in 1964, explains why work camps are important.

It also contains recommendations to support the UNA work camp programme in the United Kingdom.

Voluntary Community Service (VCS) was established in Cardiff in October 1964 with main aim, as stated in its constitution, to promote any charitable purposes, advancement of education, and relief of poverty, distress, and sickness in the City of Cardiff. Originally VCS co-ordinated a team of volunteers involved in activities such as helping elderly people with gardening and decorating, running summer ‘work camps’ for children and young people. Its mission today is to enable people who are most disadvantaged to engage with rewarding volunteering opportunities, facilitating their personal development and employment prospects.