Community House Activities and Community Development Work

Pottery Studio

Golden Bay Pottery Club

Potter Sabina Wick and co-organiser Martine Baanvinger have set up the Golden Bay Pottery Club at the Golden Bay Workcentre to accommodate potters at all levels. The idea is to get people with the same interest together, to provide a space where they can work and ask questions, get help if needed and socialise while being creative, said Martine Baanvinger.

The club runs yearly workshops with professional potters for the community and the club members. And throughout the year the club invites experienced potters to demonstrate specific techniques and tricks of the trade to the club members on club nights. "The idea behind this is to get inspired and keep learning. People who are interested to become a member are very welcome to visit a club night (first time is free) to find out what it is all about. And when they decide to become a member they get a key for the studio which is available for members six days a week. Club night is every Tuesday evening at 7pm and a yearly membership is $95," explained Martine, "A kiln, electric wheels, glazes and tools are at the Golden Bay Pottery studio for members to use and clay can be purchased on club nights."

The Golden Bay Pottery Club warmly welcomes new members to come and play with clay, explore and learn, get inspired and meet great people.

The Workcentre offers a variety of programmes for learners who thrive best in a one-to-one learning environment. The main tutors/helpers are: Julie Sixtus (CV Creation) and Mary Ann Tait (IT Skills).

Julie Sixtus

Julie was employed as a Heartland Services co-ordinator in 2019. Her specialty is assitance with CVs for clients referred by Work and Income. Julie usually works at Heartland Services on Wednesday and Thursday

Mary Ann Tait

Mary Ann has been employed by the Workcentre since 2004. She holds various roles in the organisation, one of which is HOD Computing. Mary Ann is a qualified teacher specialising in Computing. She can teach Computing skills to Level 4. She is also a co-ordinator for Heartland Services and usually works on Monday and Tuesday.

The Workcentre likes to fully utilise its facilities. As well as meeting the needs of its long-term tenants, the Workcentre offers rooms for hire. Contact Simon in the office to arrange casual hire of available facilities. Two of our rooms are shown below:

• The Front Lounge is a comfortable setting for the running of small meetings and is available for community hire. Also available is an overhead projector and portable white screen. A data projector can also be hired from the Community Workers, at the nearby Community Centre.
  
  
• The Farside Room is also available for hire, and contains tea-making facilities, tables and chairs, making it ideal for the running of small practical courses.