Support

How can you help?

How can I help?

There are really easy ways in which you can help. The WHC is able to offer low-cost holidays on the basis that all guests take responsibility for helping to keep the house clean and tidy. Ask a worker if you are struggling to find a job to do – they’ll be able to tell you!

Telling other women about the house, and paying the most that you can afford also assists the house. The payment system is operated on trust, and so the workers are not responsible for establishing how much each guest is able to pay. The “prices” web page offers guidelines on this. The sliding scale is designed so that women on (the lowest) benefits can stay for a week at the WHC on their usual income.

Donations

There is a wish list of items that the house needs – as you can imagine, some everyday items need replacing regularly in a house as busy as this! If you would like to contribute, you could donate an item off the wish list. There is also a donation box above the fireplace in the dining/sitting room.

For women who would like to make a longer-term financial commitment to the WHC, a covenant scheme is in operation (a worker can explain more about this). You can agree to give as little (e.g. £2) or as much as you like each month to the house directly from your bank account, and we can claim tax back on all money donated in this way at the end of the year.

the Women’s Holiday Centre

Promote Horton please!

If there is anywhere that you could put a small poster or some leaflets for Horton, please send an s.a.e or ask for one to be e-mailed. With our limited budget, it’s always difficult to reach new women, so we rely on your help. Lots of our visitors find out about us by word-of-mouth, so if you’ve enjoyed your stay, then please tell others (and if not, then please tell us!)

Friends of Horton

‘Friends of Horton’ are women who support the house in other ways than through the Management Committee or the Co-op, possibly through house-sitting or other specific projects.

House-sitting

So that the workers can take a break from the house and get some well-deserved rest, house-sitters sometimes come and look after the house and guests. We are always on the look out for new people to do this important and rewarding job.

To become a house sitter, a little training is required, and special training weekends are organised for this. To register interest or find out more, please contact the workers

view from the garden

Other ways in which you can offer your time include coming to work weeks, or getting involved in the Management Committee, or the Access Project.

We want you to feel you have a place to take your concerns, questions and ideas about Horton, so please use the various contact options on these pages. Also, if there is anything you want to bring to the attention of the management committee, please get in touch with them. If you would be interested in becoming part of the management team, please contact us, and we will send you the info pack and application form.

Plans for the future

Our six main aims for the next five years are :-

• Developing a fundraising strategy and increasing our funding.
• Creating worker’s self-contained accommodation.
• Increasing the visitor numbers and widening the user base.
• Improving Energy Efficiency.
• Increasing accessibility of the accommodation
• Increasing user involvement

If you feel able to play a part in making this happen then we would love to hear from you!