Aim:
Paganhill Community Workshop exists to better our community by creating opportunities to learn, teach and socialise through the medium of crafts.
Vision: Improve everyone’s practical knowledge, confidence and social situation.
Mission: Enrich the lives of all in our community by empowering them to design and build and maintain items of purpose.
Values:
- Diversity and inclusion
- Mutual respect
- Learning and development
- Safety
- Socialisation and fun
Who are we?
Name: Kamaljit (Kam) Longia
Role in Paganhill Community Group and brief description of what you do:
I co-run the Group’s Community workshop project.
We hope that sessions offered through an established workshop will improve practical skills, increase positive social interactions and better the mental health of participants
What else do you do when you are not volunteering?
Spurts of home crafts: brewing (beer, mead, cider, hot sauce), knitting, gardening and woodworking; with varying, erratic results.
Amateur boxing with little time, fitness or inclination to train/compete these days.
Still on an eternal quest to make the perfect Neapolitan Pizza
How has joining PCG made a difference to you?
In 2020 I stepped away from the corporate world. The attempt to repurpose myself has been humbling, but getting involved with the PCG has given me an opportunity to meet people who think differently; and the confidence to try new things.
Name: Simond Ffiske
Role in Paganhill Community Group and brief description of what you do:
What else do you do when you are not volunteering?
How has joining PCG made a difference to you?