Category: Building Management
Managing public buildings, owned by faith communities and balancing those groups needs and wants can be tricky. These articles might help.
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Quaker A-Z: G is for Gardens and Greening
Gardens – a place to gather and share. This week we explore the use of gardens and what they say about your organisation.
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Quaker A-Z: F is for Finding and being Found
Get found! How easily can your organisation be found? This is a vital element of attracting new members and hirers.
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Quaker A-Z: C is for Clearness & Committee
Communication can sometimes get muddled, this week Wendrie introduces us to Clearness Committees.
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Quaker A-Z: B is for Books
Photo by Jonas Jacobsson on Unsplash Books… B is for Books. For goodness sake, write it down! In this blog, we are taking inspiration from John McCutcheon’s storytelling folk songs: “Write it down so we’ll remember What is was we said I believe we really need to Summarize what we’ve agreed to Pass that paper
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Quaker A-Z: A is for Accountability & Authority
Accountability Counts Both Ways I find many people find these two words hard to deal with, especially Authority, ‘Quakers don’t deal well with authority’, ‘I don’t like authority’, or ‘I don’t want authority’ I get told. When I ask about Accountability – they often tell me they don’t like that for them. However they often
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AdventWord 2024: Fruit
Fruit of the Spirit So many of my memories of Christmas include food. There are baked goods, savoury dishes, seasonal treats and of course the nuts and satsuma or orange in the toe of my stocking. When I’ve managed to grow or produce something for the Christmas meal, or another meal during the seasonal period
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AdventWord 2024: Gather
Gather for Good: How Charities Can Strengthen Community and Boost Impact Through Connection For charities, to gather people together – whether in person or online – is more than just an event or meeting. It’s an opportunity to create a deeper sense of connection, inspire support, and foster lasting community relationships. By gathering supporters, beneficiaries,
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Quaker A-Z: Y is for Yarn
A Good Yarn Firstly, in the last couple of A-Z blogs I’ve talked about reviewing your organisation and how you communicate with each other and further afield. Following this, I will refocus this time and talk about oral or verbal history and how that can enhance the meeting. In the last few years, I’ve been
