Volunteers Past & Present
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Audrey Fovargue is a regular Monday afternoon volunteer. Audrey's husband, Graham, used to enjoy coming to the Centre every Tuesday and Thursday. After his death in May 2001, Audrey wished to give something back to the Centre, and, knowing our continual search for volunteers, made herself available on Monday afternoons.. She helps with teas and coffees and then might lead a quiz or other group. She maintains she gets a lot of satisfaction through her voluntary work.
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Anja Pott was with us from October 2000 to June 2001. Anja (pronounced An-ya) was a student at Anglia Polytechnic University, studying European Business, and was from Munich in Germany. She was thankful for the opportunity to study internationally, and wanted to give something back to the community. A German 87 year old friend had given her a very positive experience of older people, and she very much wanted to encourage a section of society who have given much of themselves to the community. She also maintained that she learnt a lot from the experience of older people – the importance of strength of character, for example. Anja began as a general helper for two hours on a Friday afternoon; serving tea, leading quizzes, organising tabletop games, and chatting to and befriending folks. With a change in timetable after Christmas, and a growth in confidence from being at the Centre for several weeks, Anja then encouraged a small group of 3 or 4 people to bake on Thursday mornings. The cakes and cookies that were made were then devoured with afternoon tea.
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Muriel Halliday assists in the Centre’s office, usually one afternoon a week, with the many tasks involved in running a busy community facility. When short of staff or volunteers, she has been known to entertain the Members by running bingo sessions, quizzes, word games etc besides making tea and washing up! She is also a member of the Centre Management Committee, recording and producing the Minutes.
Muriel currently works 3 days a week as a secretary for a firm of busy chartered surveyors.
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Tom Kitchen helps run the activities programme on Tuesday afternoons. This has variously involved helping with carpet bowls, quizzes, craft work and anything else on the programme. He is also been known to push the odd wheelchair on the numerous days out that are organised throughout the year. He has also agreed to help facilitate the functioning of a members council to aid representation of members views to the Centre’ Management Committee. Tom is currently completing a PhD in Early Medieval European History at Cambridge University.
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Jane Howorth helps with a variety of tasks at the Centre. These include up dating our Quicken Accounts (including the reconciling of bank statements), calibrating our fridge and freezer thermometers once per month, restocking the First Aid boxes. Jane also helps to run our small Tuck Shop, and has been known to wash up. She enjoys the interaction with staff and centre members alike, and helps out on Wednesday and Friday mornings.
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