Friends of Hannah More has been run by volunteers. We had a group of trustees, a small committee and some regular volunteers. We all live, work or volunteer in the city centre. We involved people from across the community and we made sure that our trustee board and committee reflected this diversity.
We ran many activities for adults and funded many extras for children over the years. This included bike clubs, swimming, camps and trips, girls' fitness and much more. We've supported the school by helping to fund books, trips, celebrations and enrichment activities. We've also signposted people to other sources of support and other activities. In recent years, we've had a small welfare fund to help people in extreme need.
Shaazna is one of our six trustees. Other current trustees are Fatoumata Ba, Viv Bignell, Ruth Cochrane, Sarah Franke and Iwona Salamon. All trustees have resigned now.
As well as our trustees, we had a small committee who also supported our work. Charlene Lawrence, pictured here, is one of our committee members. She is also a school governor at Hannah More Primary.
We valued our diverse community immensely. All our activities welcomed people from very different backgrounds and participants often volunteered to help with events.