Bob a job week

An enduring childhood memory with me connected with all of this is "Bob a Job week" which is something I remember happened every year around this time in May when my older brother would come back with some bits of paper that were in his room that then explained to me was to help raise funds for Scouts.

Being pretty well organized, there was official stationary and this was the most important one, which is the proof and authority for that Scout to offer his services in connection with his troup or pack.
This was the very design he had.
The design had changed over the years and below is an example from 1959 that belonged to a scout just in the adjacent County of Cheshire.

You will note on the rear of it there information for the person who offers a job on what to do making plain the money is for the benefit of scouting and not for the individual boy.
It also has instructions for the scout concerning what jobs he should taken on (he needs to think and only do those he can well) and to check first someone else hasn't already done  a Job.
He is to wear his uniform or at the very least show his badge.

This is from the gatefolded bit and the scout has to enter the job he did on it and the amount he was given for each. It would be totalized and signed off for him.

Different cubs or scouts did different things, my brother did things like cleaning cars and windows, the boy below worked outdoors and used a ladder and no doubt 2019 heath and safety would of insisted he had a hard hat on. 

These stickers are written into my memory as my brother had loads of them and he was required to offer and peel one off for each person he did a job for.

The person who had the job done if he or she didn't require another job needed to display it so the cub or scout passing could see it  by for instance putting it on or in their window.

Bob a Job week was discontinued for a long period from the 1990's due to concerns around child safety although I will add this was the era where children went around strangers playing trick or treat at night with bigger risks but bought back in a  different form today.