A Night Sitter service to relieve carers from being on call 24 hours a day was established, and the charity registered as an Adoption Society.
No. 4 Church Walk was no longer large enough, so a suitable property to rehouse the home’s residents was sought. Norbury House, 14 Seldon Road was officially opened on 14 October 1953. It was re-named Whitcomb House in memory of Mr Charles Whitcomb, a well-known local businessman who had given the charity the freehold of 4 Church Walk.
Mrs Effie Methold MBE, who had been a volunteer, Ward Organiser, Honorary Assistant Secretary, and then Honorary Secretary of the charity, died in 1956 after 22 years of dedicated service.
No. 9 North Street was bought to become the old people’s day centre and charity’s administrative offices. Following extensive alterations, it was officially opened in 1958 and named after Mrs Effie Methold. Methold House bears her name to this day.
In 1958 the charity changed its name to the Worthing and District Council of Social Service.
