In 1918 the personal services committee of the Liverpool Council of Voluntary Aid was established with
Dorothy Keeling as its first secretary. Founded in 1919 by philanthropist and prolific social campaigner
Eleanor Rathbone and social worker and campaigner Dorothy Keeling in
Liverpool. The title 'Liverpool Personal Services Society was not adopted until 1922 but those involved with its creation were philanthropist and prolific social campaigner
Eleanor Rathbone', Dorothy Keeling,
Elizabeth Macadam (1871–1948), and academic
Frederic D'Aeth. They saw the need for friendly visiting. The PSS faced opposition by other societies who saw it as offering no material help and as was just another competitor. In 1935 there were 9,000 families who had asked for help. A quarter of these were cases referred to the PSS by other bodies but in the remaining cases the families had sought out the PSS themselves. They were supplying reliable and unbiased advice to families and by 1939 they had 560 volunteer workers. ==See also==