OTLEY Courthouse is preparing to bid farewell to its volunteers co-ordinator.

Jane Clifton has been helping to manage the arts centre’s committed band of helpers for the past two years and eight months.

She will retire in mid-December, after which she hopes to relax before getting busy again.

She said: “It’s with a lot of sadness and a heavy heart that I’m going, because the volunteers at the Courthouse are absolutely fantastic.

“I’m finishing up on December 11 and after that I’m going to take it easy for a couple of months.”