How we operate the barn store.

The HGA, like most voluntary organisations, is run by a small group of elected officers and other committee members, who meet once a month to discuss and organise the general running of the association and in particular matters relating to the Barn store.

The roles of Trading and Stores manager are currently shared between Sue Lyon and David Anstee. They organise the store, order and price all the stock and deal with all the deliveries. 

The Barn Store is open every Sunday morning from 10am until noon, from early February until the middle of October. There are two committee members on duty every Sunday morning to administer the general running of the Store.

However the store could not operate without your continued assistance and that is why we ask all our members to assist at the Barn on at least one Sunday morning during that trading period.

As you will see from the membership application, this assistance can be in the role of Cashier, Handler (who assist members with purchase of canes, netting and compost etc) or, for members who don’t feel competent in cash handling or do not want to be involved in lifting, then we always have a need for a Gatekeeper to check and collect the receipted tickets.

We issue a monthly roster which normally gives a minimum of two weeks notice of an impending duty. As I am sure you will appreciate it would not be practical to ask all members availability in advance, but if you prefer to do your barn duty in a particular month then please advise me and I will endeavour to accommodate you.  If the date we have allotted is inconvenient, then we rely on member’s goodwill to try to arrange a swap with another member undertaking the same duty. However, we know this isn’t always possible and in that event I would ask members to contact me and we will find a replacement.

If you are able to assist with more than one Sunday morning duty then please advise us, as your additional help will be very much appreciated.