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Michael Ashbridge
Volunteering with SPAN has been very enjoyable. It’s good working alongside other volunteers and helping members of the public enjoy the events. It’s been a very positive thing to do. A chance to meet more members of the community, make new friends amongst the volunteers and enjoy the events themselves. It’s also good to think I might be doing something to help SPAN Arts promote art and creativity in the community.
Clare T
I have thoroughly enjoyed the time I have spent volunteering for Span so far. The span team are lovely and very passionate about the projects they undertake making it a joy to be involved. At the time of my starting to volunteer I had recently moved to Pembrokeshire and through volunteering at Span has allowed me to meet new people in a variety of places and situations. Also being a Welsh learner has enabled me to be involved in events where I have been able to practice with fellow volunteers as well as members of the public attending the event.
Alexandra De Oliveira Silva
I live locally to SPAN and was always fascinated by the beautiful display on the building. I looked into SPAN in more detail on their site and noticed the volunteering section. Having moved to Narberth (from Italy) I was looking for ways to be part of the community. I really feel welcomed into the group and have made good friends as well. I have also seen art events that I would not have been to without volunteering. If you can find time, I feel that volunteering can change lives.
Mer Jones
I first got involved volunteering with Span Arts when I saw they were looking for volunteers to help at lantern making workshops for people to make lanterns for a Lantern Parade in Haverfordwest. Sticking and gluing – I love it!! I have enjoyed every minute with SPAN and volunteered at more lantern making workshops in subsequent years. I particularly enjoyed working with young people again, which I had missed since retiring.
Lorainne Lloyd
I’ve really enjoyed it, especially when I know I’m being useful, like selling tuck or crowd control, which isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. As I explained to some of the potential volunteers, it’s nice to go out to an event to be part of a team and not worry about dragging someone else along (like a reluctant husband). I’ve met some really nice people over the years, from both Span volunteers and regular patrons.
Lou Luddington
Lou Luddington is a photographer and writer, Their work is very much inspired by the natural marine biology, as an observer and scientist knowing the life and stories of the species and environment, they’re surrounded by helps them create visually compelling art work. They have been writing and providing photos for columns and featured in magazines for many years, also publishing their first book in 2019 , Wonderous British Marine Life: A Handbook For Coastal Explorers.
Emily Laurens
Emily Laurens is a multi-disciplinary socially engaged artist based in Wales. Central to her practice is collaboration and work with communities. Most of her work is about the relationship between ecological crisis and social justice and uses metaphor to better understand the world and how radical imagination can be used to envision new futures. Emily works at the intersections between mediums: using visual theatre, live art, comedy and clown as a performer/writer/director; puppetry, the body and costume as a designer/maker/film-maker; and as a community artist working with a range of artistic disciplines. Emily is an exemplary facilitator and her work is rooted in intuitive and creative research methods and a non-extractive ethos. Emily co-directs Feral Theatre and is co-founder of Remembrance Day for Lost Species. She works part time as Play Officer for the National Trust at Dinefwr and is studying on a three year Masters programme in Art Psychotherapy at the University of South Wales.
