Speech at Lord’s Taverners Dinner
| Document type: | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|---|---|
| Venue: | No.10 Downing Street |
| Source: | Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR5/1/5/448 |
| Editorial comments: | 1930 for 2000. The notes are little more than fragments. |
| Importance ranking: | Minor |
| Word count: | 189 |
| Themes: | Voluntary sector & charity |
One bus on the road every eight working days. It's an impressive achievement: some commuters would probably claim it's on a par with public transport at the moment.
To be disabled or handicapped is difficulty enough: to be isolated from the outside world as well is doubly disheartening. It is terribly important to enable children to be mobile. [end p1] They can then experience the things which so many of us take for granted. And—in a small way—it breaks down the prejudices of the more able community, prejudices which sometimes do as much to encourage a feeling of isolation as the handicaps themselves.
The purpose of tonight's dinner is to say thank you for your covenants, each of which will put yet [end p2] another bus on the roads. On behalf of all the hundreds of children who will ultimately benefit let me say how grateful we are for your generosity.
But this is just one of your achievements. The Lord's Taverners have a record of successful fund-raising. And I understand that you are now in sight of the magic figure of £1 million a year. [end p3]
Just a little extra push seems to be all that is required—let's give that push now shall we?