Membership of the Swiss Union of Public Service-Soldiers' Welfare was of course open to all people and companies. The Society's organs were the assembly, which elected the board, the president (male or female) and also the auditors. The board supervised and managed the welfare foundation and personnel as well as the society's economic and organisational aspects.
A revision of the statutes in 1939 again emphasised the continuation of the charitable work begun in the 1st World War, that is, building and running non-alcoholic soldiers' pubs and canteens, providing work for sick soldiers, furthering the cause of the provision of non-alcoholic catering for working men (building and running non-alcoholic charitable houses, eating establishments, working men's clubs and canteens etc. for both public and private employers).
The statutes were revised again in 1978, with new organisational structure and a new name: SV-Service. The aim of the SV-Service was the furthering of health and welfare for the public. The principle of non-alcoholic catering in public and private companies and soldiers' pubs was carried on. In addition, company social counselling was continued as it had been from the start as one of the main SV-Service tasks.
A further revision of the statutes took place in 1984. The object of the society was extended. Apart from non-alcoholic catering and company social work, the task of furthering people's education and further training, particularly by the introduction of a schooling centre, was added to the statutes.
Further revisions to the statutes have included national and international expansion as well as, in 1999, the alteration of the Society to the form of a corporation. Today the SV-Service goes under the name SV-Group.
