Introducing our new Volunteer Coordinator
Having been approached by PAVO (Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations) to take on responsibility for recruiting volunteers in the Knighton area – a role previously undertaken by Knighton Community Support – The Comm has appointed Louise Hardwick to the post of Volunteer Coordinator. She will be based in the Comm on Monday and Tuesday mornings and Wednesday afternoons. Louise will be working alongside Ceri, the Centre’s Administrator, and both Louise and Ceri will be covering the two roles. The new role is paid for by the Welsh Assembly through PAVO on an annual basis, and there are strict requirements to recruit 44 volunteers a year including a number of young volunteers.
Louise is already known to many people. Louise says:
“I am Knighton born and raised, live with my husband and 3 kids and am the owner of Lou's Baked Treats. I do lots of charity work including Friends of Knighton School and as the secretary and vice chair of Macmillan Cancer Committee. I have lived in Germany, London and the USA and have traveled extensively with my previous role with British Airways setting up computer systems and training staff around the globe. I also speak German and French and dabble with Welsh!!”
Louise can be contacted on volunteerhubknighton@gmail.com or by using the Contact page on this website. Also messages can be left on the Community Centre phone number, 07751221487.
If you would like to discuss the opportunities of volunteering / or would like to recruit volunteers please contact Louise.
Louise is already known to many people. Louise says:
“I am Knighton born and raised, live with my husband and 3 kids and am the owner of Lou's Baked Treats. I do lots of charity work including Friends of Knighton School and as the secretary and vice chair of Macmillan Cancer Committee. I have lived in Germany, London and the USA and have traveled extensively with my previous role with British Airways setting up computer systems and training staff around the globe. I also speak German and French and dabble with Welsh!!”
Louise can be contacted on volunteerhubknighton@gmail.com or by using the Contact page on this website. Also messages can be left on the Community Centre phone number, 07751221487.
If you would like to discuss the opportunities of volunteering / or would like to recruit volunteers please contact Louise.
Louise, our Volunteer Coordinator, on the left, with Ceri, the centre's new administrator.
Volunteering with us.
Apart from a few paid hours of cleaning and caretaking, Knighton and District Community Centre got where it is today through its fantastically committed and enthusiastic volunteers. Firstly, there's the management committee, some of whom are at the community centre daily, with sleeves rolled up, doing all sorts of everyday jobs like setting up tables and chairs for events and hirings, weeding the flower and herb beds, doing minor repairs and so on. That's in addition, of course, to the less visible but incredibly time consuming tasks of taking bookings, issuing invoices, dealing with bills, maintaining the financial accounts, ordering stock, showing round prospective hirers, maintaining a diary of events, running this website, the Facebook page, doing press releases, and the mammoth job of identifying funding sources and completing the applications for such funding... the list is dauntingly long.
In addition, there are small bands of dedicated volunteers who staff the market and library cafes, help to run Flicks in the Sticks screenings and live music events. They are a happy bunch and without them there would be no community centre. If YOU would like to help out we'd love to hear from you. Just send a message via the contact page of this website. We are currently particularly interested in hearing from anyone who has sound or stage lighting engineer experience to help develop our live music events programme.
In addition, there are small bands of dedicated volunteers who staff the market and library cafes, help to run Flicks in the Sticks screenings and live music events. They are a happy bunch and without them there would be no community centre. If YOU would like to help out we'd love to hear from you. Just send a message via the contact page of this website. We are currently particularly interested in hearing from anyone who has sound or stage lighting engineer experience to help develop our live music events programme.
