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Explanations and investigations into good practice in managing buildings, grounds and facilities.

  • Quaker A-Z: O is for Oversight, Opening times and Operations Manual

    Quaker A-Z: O is for Oversight, Opening times and Operations Manual

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. O is for Oversight Oversight is more commonly used for pastoral matters than practical ones – and yet caring and maintaining the building in which the community meet and worship, should not just be left to a small committee. However, this

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  • Quaker A-Z: K is for Kitchens and Keys

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. K is for Kitchens You may remember seeing some of the kitchen improvements I made after attending the Woodbrooke “Managing your Meeting House” course – where I added photos to improve equality. But there is more to managing a kitchen than

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  • Quaker A-Z: J is for Juggling Roles

    Quaker A-Z: J is for Juggling Roles

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. On the Wardenship e-List one of the perennial questions a newly appointed Trustee or member of Premises asks is: “What does your warden do?” As with so many things this question has as many different answers as the number of Quakers

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  • Quaker A-Z: I is for Inventories, Insurances and Inclusiveness

    Quaker A-Z: I is for Inventories, Insurances and Inclusiveness

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. I is for Inventories, Insurances and Inclusiveness Inventories and Insurances Inventories and Insurances seem to go together – Inclusiveness perhaps less so. Insurances are of course another of those matters where I will advise that professional guidance should be sought. Contents

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  • Quaker A-Z: H is for History plus Health & Safety

    Quaker A-Z: H is for History plus Health & Safety

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. H is for History plus Health & Safety History In B is for Buildings I mentioned writing down a history of the building to act as a corporate memory for Premises Committee. There is of course so much relating to the

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  • Quaker A-Z D is for Dangers

    Quaker A-Z D is for Dangers

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. D is for Dangers I don’t want to suggest that there are unsuspecting dangers lurking around every corner – but there are a few things I’d like to suggest that each Premises committee should consider. What are the dangers that you might

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  • Quaker A-Z: A is for Advice

    Quaker A-Z: A is for Advice

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. A is for apple and also for Advice Where do you get advice about how to be a Warden or a member of Premises or a Trustee with responsibility for buildings? Starting off the series with a serious post. One of the

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  • Generic Email Addresses or how to prevent memory loss…

    Generic Email Addresses or how to prevent memory loss…

    What is a generic email address and why do I think they are important? An example of a generic email address is which for a office or that office holder rather than a person. For Quaker Meetings’ Friends House offer the option to have a standard email address, yourmeeting@quaker.org.uk – which is actually a forwarding

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