In 2013 a Social Enterprise called Baraka changed its name to Cielo (for boring, but important Trade Mark reasons). 

 

But since the organisations birth in 2008 Cielo has been guided along by Nick & Linda Castle with the loads of help from people in the local community. Whether that was the owners of the local bookshop who gifted their whole business to Cielo to try and give it a future, or the dedicated volunteers who turn up week in week out to give their 2 hours to making other people smile.

 

Cielo is still managed but Nick and Linda although currently Linda is spending most of her time welcoming Castle-baby number three into the world, and Nick is spending a lot of time dreaming up how Cielo could make a wider impact in lots of new communities.

 

On a daily basis, we have some amazing Duty Managers - Andrew and Vicki who would love to answer any of your questions if you just pop into the store.

 

We also have other paid staff who help maintain a level of consistency for your experience as a guest (we like to call our customers guests coz you are so much more than a way of making money). 

 

And then we have around 30 weekly volunteers who do everything from serving you at the till, to our payroll, and a non-exec board of directors who oversee the governance and ensure we are being exactly who we say we are. Integrity is one of our values.

 

If you would like to join the paid staff team as either Duty Manager, or Barista, then the best thing to do is drop by with your cv, and a cover letter telling us why you would like to work at Cielo. And we will let you know if there are any current vacanies.

 

If you would like to volunteer, then just drop in when you can and ask for either Andrew or Vicki, our Duty Managers. They will chat to you about what is involved and give you a form to fill in.