Can you help?
Ledbury Places welcomes anyone with an interest in Ledbury and its history to help us in a variety of ways.
Our volunteers are our most valuable resource. They were responsible for keeping the Heritage Centre open after Herefordshire Council withdrew their support, and continued all through the Covid pandemic. As well as stewarding at The Heritage Centre many get involved in creating exhibits, working with schools and events such as World Book Day.
We currently have a team of around 50 stewards, but would love to have more so that we can open the Heritage Centre for more days per week. They are looked after by Sally Holliday (see below) who would love to hear from you if you have a few hours to spare.
Ways to help Ledbury Places
If you have 2 hours once a fortnight to spare, come and join our group of dedicated volunteers.
Our volunteers keep the Heritage Centre open. Duties include greeting visitors, answering their questions and selling items from our small shop. If you cannot commit a regular 2 hours, why not consider being an ‘on call’ steward, able to fill in when needed?
We need volunteers to help us host events on the Upper Floor of the Heritage Centre.
Recent successful ones include a film about local sculptor Walenty Pytel, talks and book-signings by local authors and a very entertaining evening with well-known broadcaster Robin Ince.
If you love local history, this is a good way to get involved.
In the past our volunteers have helped create some of the best-loved displays in the Heritage Centre.
There are initiatives to interview local people about life in the town and plans to create one-off displays about local industry – all pioneered by our volunteers.
Schools visit the Heritage centre regularly, if you have experience of working with young people we would welcome your help.
For more information on volunteering, please contact Sally Holliday on 01531 633637 or contact us via our form.
Do you have other expertise?
Perhaps you have other expertise to offer? For more information on becoming a Trustee of the charity, please see here.
A marketing opportunity for local businesses?
If you are a local business, large or small, we would appreciate your help. This could be from small donations to the funding of specific projects. Or it could be through community involvement – staff giving their time as volunteers on a project for example. In return, we will make sure that your company name is displayed and mentioned in connection with the donation.