Five people who have been in the building.

“I came on a Tuesday because my mate did and I had nothing else on. Four years later I’m doing my Silver and I help run Junior Club on a Monday. Ick has never once made me feel like I was being managed.”

“My son is autistic and the first thing Dawn asked was what he needed, not what he’d done. They kept the Loft quiet for him on Wednesdays until he was ready for the Main Hall. That took them five months and no one ever mentioned it.”

“We refer pupils to Calderbank when nothing school-based is landing. The difference is that the Trust knew most of them already. I get a phone call back the same day, every time.”

“Their reporting is the cleanest of any small charity we fund. Accounts published every October without being chased, and they tell you the numbers that went the wrong way as well as the ones that went the right way.”

“I fixed bikes in that yard as a teenager in 1994. I came back at 45 because my daughter joined. Same building, same smell, same kettle — and the tools are better now.”