Skills the centre cannot buy.

Some help is worth more than a small donation, and this is what is actually needed.

Photography, first and most. Nearly every piece that does not sell has the same thing wrong with it — no good picture. A morning with a camera and a plain wall does more for the centre's income than most cheques.

Help at a stall. Festival markets are where a lot of the year's selling happens, and they need people who can talk to strangers for a few hours.

A working morning. Warping a loom is slow, and four hundred threads go faster with more hands.

Come and see the centre first, any weekday. It is easier to know what you can offer once you have watched an hour of it.