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The Royal Voluntary Service (known as the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) from 1938 to 1966; Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) from 1966 to 2004 and WRVS from 2004 to 2013) is a voluntary organisation concerned with helping people in need throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1938 by Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, as a British women's organisation to recruit women into the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) services to help in the event of War.

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  • Le WRVS (anciennement Women’s Royal Voluntary Service, Service volontaire royal féminin, connu jusqu'en 1966 sous le nom de Women's Voluntary Service, Service volontaire féminin) est un organisme bénévole dont l'objectif est d'aider les gens dans le besoin en Angleterre, en Écosse et au Pays de Galles. Elle a été fondée sous le nom de Women's Voluntary Service en 1938 par Stella Isaacs, marquise de Reading comme une organisation féminine britannique d'aide aux civils. (fr)
  • The Royal Voluntary Service (known as the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) from 1938 to 1966; Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) from 1966 to 2004 and WRVS from 2004 to 2013) is a voluntary organisation concerned with helping people in need throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1938 by Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, as a British women's organisation to recruit women into the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) services to help in the event of War. (en)
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  • WRVS (2004–2013) (en)
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  • Women's Royal Voluntary Service ((WRVS)) (1966–2004) (en)
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  • Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading (en)
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  • Le WRVS (anciennement Women’s Royal Voluntary Service, Service volontaire royal féminin, connu jusqu'en 1966 sous le nom de Women's Voluntary Service, Service volontaire féminin) est un organisme bénévole dont l'objectif est d'aider les gens dans le besoin en Angleterre, en Écosse et au Pays de Galles. Elle a été fondée sous le nom de Women's Voluntary Service en 1938 par Stella Isaacs, marquise de Reading comme une organisation féminine britannique d'aide aux civils. (fr)
  • The Royal Voluntary Service (known as the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) from 1938 to 1966; Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) from 1966 to 2004 and WRVS from 2004 to 2013) is a voluntary organisation concerned with helping people in need throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1938 by Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, as a British women's organisation to recruit women into the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) services to help in the event of War. (en)
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