Category: Building Management
Managing public buildings, owned by faith communities and balancing those groups needs and wants can be tricky. These articles might help.
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Quaker A-Z: G is for Garden
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. G is for Gardens Many Meeting Houses have gardens or burial grounds or both… During the Woodbrooke “AM Properties: Spiritual & Strategic Resources” course I attended last year several Trustees brought up burial grounds as a problem. ‘Tis a complicated subject with
-
Quaker A-Z F: Fair Trade Churches & First Aid
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. F is for Fair Trade & First Aid Fair Trade Churches Fair Trade Fortnight was 24 February – 9 March 2014 this year – did you do anything? A Meeting House can become a Fair Trade Church – a small but significant step
-
Quaker A-Z E is for Equality & Environment
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. E is for Equality and Environment Environment Here I’m not thinking of our green and pleasant land, but around the Meeting House inside and out. According to Quaker Faith & Practice – Elders have a responsibility to ensure ‘the right holding of
-
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
-
Quaker A-Z: C is for Choices and Changes
C is for Choices and Changes (+ Cleaning) This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. Perhaps not a very interesting title but have you ever thought of the Meetings Choices, Changes and Cleaning as a form of Outreach? Why Have a Meeting House? Wherever a few are gathered, in
-
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
