July 2023 - wardenship - lists.quaker.eu.org

Job vacancies
by Winchester Quaker Warden July 31, 2023

July 31, 2023

Dear Wardens et al, *We have two part-time vacancies coming up at Winchester Meeting House, Hampshire *https://winchesterquakers.webs.com/ *Live-in Caretaker-Warden*, 20 hours per week, working mainly Fridays and Saturdays, and some evening work. Remuneration is £11/hour, less a modest accommodation off-set for occupancy (including all utilities and council tax paid) of the Warden’s flat in our Grade II listed building. The flat is furnished, and has one bedroom, lounge, kitchen and bathroom. It is possible for a couple to occupy this flat. It has views of the garden, Cathedral, and Wolvesey Castle ruins. The Meeting House is a venue for room-hire, and home to seven tenants, as well as Quaker activities. The role includes security duties, assisting visitors and users of the building, possibly some basic maintenance/gardening. Relevant experience is required. *Administration and Communications Assistant*, 6 hours per week, £11/hour, providing support to the Warden-Manager and the Meeting Clerk, including work with paper-based, electronic and online documents, updating information displays, production of a weekly newsletter, updating of website and social media pages. Digital skills and experience of office work are required. IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR ONE CANDIDATE TO CARRY OUT BOTH ROLES. The Caretaker-Warden role could be a job-share. Please request an APPLICATION PACK from winchesterquakerwarden(a)gmail.com, before applying for either or both roles. The employer is Hampshire & Islands Area Quaker Meeting. If you would like information in a particular format, please let us know. Once you have read the application pack, apply by email to winchesterquakerwarden(a)gmail.com, by 9am Monday 21 August 2023. . Andrew and Lorraine O'Hanlon Warden-Managers Friends' Meeting House 16 Colebrook Street Winchester SO23 9LH 01962 864184

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Interesting enquiry
by Judi Brill July 26, 2023

July 26, 2023

Dear Wardenship Friends I would be interested to know if anyone has hired out or is hiring out rooms for Naked Meditation? Just love my job - every day brings something new! Judi Judi Brill Wardenship Egroup Administrator Resident Warden Horfield Quaker Meeting 300 Gloucester Road Horfield Bristol BS7 8PD ///beyond.always.proof Tel: 0117 942 9142 Mob: 07967 558615 horfield.warden(a)bristolquakers.org.uk https://bristolquakers.org.uk/room-hire/room-hire-at-horfield/ -- *bristolquakers.org.uk* <http://bristolquakers.org.uk> Bristol Area Quaker Meeting is registered at Companies House as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation No CE011904 and is Registered Charity No 1175435 Registered Office: Horfield Quaker Meeting House, 300 Gloucester Road, Bristol, BS7 8PD

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Re: Sunday Groups
by Warden July 26, 2023

July 26, 2023

Dear Jane, At Worthing we don't have days off in the Meeting House and we have Sunday afternoon bookings every other week (I wish we could have it every week as we need money to pay MH bills). I think it's up to your Meeting to decide and also up to your job contract. I personally have another job and work every Sunday afternoon there, so I tidy up when I come back in the evening. I wish that Sunday afternoons would be for the rest, but many people work on Sunday... my family including. So it's up to you and your Meeting really. in Friendship Elena Krumgolde, warden at Worthing On Thu, 13 Jul 2023, 11:53 Jane Keay via wardenship, < wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay(a)mac.com> > To: "wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org" <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:13:40 +0100 > Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups > Dear Wardens/Managers and Resident Friends, > > At Watford Quaker Meeting House we have groups hiring our rooms and the > garden throughout the week, also Saturdays. > I have been asked by a local Romanian Christian group whether they could > book once a month on a Sunday afternoon. (A couple of rooms including the > Children’s Room.) For years we given space to the local Unitarian > Fellowship on a Sunday, once a month. This seems to work fine. > I live directly upstairs from the Meeting House and can hear furniture > being moved and the extractor fans in the toilets etc ! > I would love to take on the Romanian Christian Group who are eager for the > space but my dilemma is that Sundays afternoons are a time to stop and rest. > My question is: Do other Meeting Houses book groups on Sunday afternoons? > Is there an expectation to do this from your Meeting ? > Would this work if this was passed on to another person to clear away > afterwards? Or can the Meeting House building just have a quiet afternoon ? > (After the occasional shared lunch and talks of course.) > > Thank you for any comments or shared experiences, > > Jane K. > Warden > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jane Keay via wardenship <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > To: "wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org" <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > Cc: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay(a)mac.com> > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:13:40 +0100 > Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups > _______________________________________________ > wardenship mailing list -- wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wardenship-leave(a)lists.quaker.eu.org >

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Meeting House Matters Blended session - Tuesday, 18 July
by Oliver Waterhouse July 17, 2023

July 17, 2023

Oliver Waterhouse Quaker Life Hello everyone, There is an in-person Meeting House Matters day at Carlton Hill Local Meeting in Leeds tomorrow on the 18 July. Part of the day will be a blended session, 2-3.30pm, with a theme of property and will look at: * Use and hirers * Maintenance * Ownership You can join this session in the usual way and there is no need to register in advance to join online. Please use the Zoom joining details below. * Join Zoom Meeting: https://quaker.zoom.us/j/81586087624?pwd=VHk3MW9sTHJUVDdsMFlTMUN3WEpmUT09 * Meeting ID: 815 8608 7624 * Passcode: WT-online In friendship, Oliver Oliver Waterhouse (he/him) Quaker Life Team Leader, Local and Area Governance Quakers in Britain 020 7663 1007 (Direct) oliverw(a)quaker.org.uk<mailto:oliverw@quaker.org.uk> | www.quaker.org.uk<http://www.quaker.org.uk/> Follow Quakers in Britain on Twitter<http://twitter.com/BritishQuakers>, Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/BritishQuakers>, YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/quakersinbritain>, and Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/britishquakers/>. CLERKS OF TRUSTEES: Please send TARA documents to supportmeetings(a)quaker.org.uk<mailto:supportmeetings@quaker.org.uk> All Quakers in Britain staff can be contacted using their usual email addresses or phone numbers. They may be working from home, in Friends House (London), in the Yorkshire Centre (Leeds) or at a base local to them. The Quaker Centre Bookshop and Café<https://www.friendshouse.co.uk/quaker-centre/> (Friends House, London) are open to the public. If you would like to support our work, you can give online at www.quaker.org.uk/donate. Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Registered charity number 1127633 | Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ ________________________________ Quakers say: Religion is about the whole of life.

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request from a church group update
by Lancaster Quakers July 17, 2023

July 17, 2023

Hello all many thanks for your responses and suggestions; after considering them and searching a bit more I decided to turn down the request Alistair Gault, Warden Lancaster Quaker Meeting House

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Re: request fom a church group
by Peter Bullman July 15, 2023

July 15, 2023

Margaret I made no formal enquiries but I live nearby and expect that I would have heard if there had been any problems. I think the event at Preston will be a one-off booking, so I expect it will pass off without incident. Peter -- Peter Bullman 23 Foregate, Fulwood, Preston PR2 8LA epeter(a)bullman.org.uk t 01772 712165 m 07748 088011 On 15/07/2023 16:46, FM Lunnon wrote: > Peter, when you say you have not heard of issues at the community > centre, did you actually seek and take up references or was this a > more casual enquiry? > > On Sat, 15 Jul 2023 at 11:35, Preston Quaker Meeting House > <prestonqmh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Alastair > > I have recently accepted a booking at Preston MH from Love World > Church, an evangelical church founded in Nigeria. They have a > base at a community centre about half a mile from the MH and I've > not heard of any problems there. > > I've no doubt that many Quakers would find some of their > preachings rather strange, but we let the MH to all sorts of > people from all sorts of faiths and none. > > Peter > > -- > Peter Bullman > Manager, Preston Quaker Meeting House > 189 St Georges Road, Preston PR1 6NQ > eprestonqmh(a)gmail.com > m 07748 088011 > > On 15/07/2023 09:31, Lancaster Quakers wrote: >> Hello all >> >> We've had a booking request from Love World Church; I've looked >> them up and am not sure whether or not to accept it - has anyone >> any experience of them, either from a booking or other contact? >> >> Alistair Gault, Warden >> Lancaster Quaker Meeting House >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wardenship mailing list --wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org >> To unsubscribe send an email towardenship-leave(a)lists.quaker.eu.org > > -- > Peter Bullman > Manager, Preston Quaker Meeting House > 189 St Georges Road, Preston PR1 6NQ > eprestonqmh(a)gmail.com > m 07748 088011 > > _______________________________________________ > wardenship mailing list -- wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wardenship-leave(a)lists.quaker.eu.org > > > > -- > Margot Lunnon, clerk to trustees, Darlington Meeting, Teesdale > Quakers; also Watford LM > 07766 758 405 -- Peter Bullman 23 Foregate, Fulwood, Preston PR2 8LA epeter(a)bullman.org.uk t 01772 712165 m 07748 088011

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request fom a church group
by Lancaster Quakers July 15, 2023

July 15, 2023

Hello all We've had a booking request from Love World Church; I've looked them up and am not sure whether or not to accept it - has anyone any experience of them, either from a booking or other contact? Alistair Gault, Warden Lancaster Quaker Meeting House

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Re: Sunday Groups
by Alan Tyldesley July 14, 2023

July 14, 2023

Jane With my wife, I've done the warden's job at Yealand with a MH and building used as a simple hostel, and am now convenor of premises, and am only too aware how easily this becomes a 7 day job, with emails coming in at any time, and phone calls over a long period of everyday. You do need some escape from this, and that either means no bookings, and set times when at least the meeting know its your time off, or someone else (hopefully paid) covering all aspects of the job that have to be done during periods when you are definitely not 'at work' So we do turn down bookings, because the economics don't run to having 7 day cover, but this needs discussion with the committee. Some groups need very little supervision, others the opposite! You can put times when someone is available for email or phone on your website. Alan On Thu, 13 Jul 2023, 11:53 Jane Keay via wardenship, < wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay(a)mac.com> > To: "wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org" <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:13:40 +0100 > Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups > Dear Wardens/Managers and Resident Friends, > > At Watford Quaker Meeting House we have groups hiring our rooms and the > garden throughout the week, also Saturdays. > I have been asked by a local Romanian Christian group whether they could > book once a month on a Sunday afternoon. (A couple of rooms including the > Children’s Room.) For years we given space to the local Unitarian > Fellowship on a Sunday, once a month. This seems to work fine. > I live directly upstairs from the Meeting House and can hear furniture > being moved and the extractor fans in the toilets etc ! > I would love to take on the Romanian Christian Group who are eager for the > space but my dilemma is that Sundays afternoons are a time to stop and rest. > My question is: Do other Meeting Houses book groups on Sunday afternoons? > Is there an expectation to do this from your Meeting ? > Would this work if this was passed on to another person to clear away > afterwards? Or can the Meeting House building just have a quiet afternoon ? > (After the occasional shared lunch and talks of course.) > > Thank you for any comments or shared experiences, > > Jane K. > Warden > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jane Keay via wardenship <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > To: "wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org" <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > Cc: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay(a)mac.com> > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:13:40 +0100 > Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups > _______________________________________________ > wardenship mailing list -- wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wardenship-leave(a)lists.quaker.eu.org >

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Re: Sunday Groups
by Winchester Quaker Warden July 13, 2023

July 13, 2023

Dear Jane, The questions that come to my mind are: 1. It is important that you get your time off duty, so might extra bookings only be acceptable if there is another staff member, or volunteer, who can cover those duties? 2. Might you want to discuss with your committee whether your living accommodation is reasonably quiet, whenever you're off duty? 3. How desperate is your local Meeting for the income? 4. At Winchester Meeting House we have three part-time wardens, who cover 7 days per week between them, and there are short quiet times here and there. 5. We have regular groups on Saturday and Sunday evenings, only occasionally activities on Sunday afternoons. 6. Perhaps your committee could come to an agreement with you, what the 'opening hours' should be, i.e. when rooms are or are not available for hire. Best of luck, Lorraine . Andrew and Lorraine O'Hanlon Warden-Managers Friends' Meeting House 16 Colebrook Street Winchester SO23 9LH 01962 864184 On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 at 11:53, Jane Keay via wardenship < wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay(a)mac.com> > To: "wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org" <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:13:40 +0100 > Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups > Dear Wardens/Managers and Resident Friends, > > At Watford Quaker Meeting House we have groups hiring our rooms and the > garden throughout the week, also Saturdays. > I have been asked by a local Romanian Christian group whether they could > book once a month on a Sunday afternoon. (A couple of rooms including the > Children’s Room.) For years we given space to the local Unitarian > Fellowship on a Sunday, once a month. This seems to work fine. > I live directly upstairs from the Meeting House and can hear furniture > being moved and the extractor fans in the toilets etc ! > I would love to take on the Romanian Christian Group who are eager for the > space but my dilemma is that Sundays afternoons are a time to stop and rest. > My question is: Do other Meeting Houses book groups on Sunday afternoons? > Is there an expectation to do this from your Meeting ? > Would this work if this was passed on to another person to clear away > afterwards? Or can the Meeting House building just have a quiet afternoon ? > (After the occasional shared lunch and talks of course.) > > Thank you for any comments or shared experiences, > > Jane K. > Warden > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jane Keay via wardenship <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > To: "wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org" <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > Cc: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay(a)mac.com> > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:13:40 +0100 > Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups > _______________________________________________ > wardenship mailing list -- wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wardenship-leave(a)lists.quaker.eu.org >

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Re: Sunday Groups
by Westminster Wardens July 13, 2023

July 13, 2023

At Westminster we don't routinely hire out on Sundays, but there are exceptions, sometimes for one-offs, and sometimes for regular hirers who have an extra request. The principle for hiring out on Sundays is the same as for Quaker use on Sundays: that these hires can manage themselves, clean up after themselves to an adequate standard, and can be trusted to leave the building secure. I'm not usually at work on Sundays (I don't live in) and the resident volunteers aren't routinely on duty on Sunday afternoons, either, so it shouldn't fall to any of us three. As someone who lives on a main road, in a massive block of flats with something like a thousand strangers, the thought of hearing an extractor fan, or someone moving furniture, wouldn't faze me, but the thought of having to make sure they left the room clean and tidy afterwards would, if I'm not supposed to be on duty then but am effectively forced into it. That's what would tip the balance one way or the other for me, I think. with all my best, Lorna. Lorna Richardson Premises Coordinator Westminster Quaker Meeting House (Religious Society of Friends) www.westminsterquakers.org.uk www.westminsterquakers.org.uk/room-hire 07897 591961 8 Hop Gardens, off St Martins Lane, London, WC2N 4EH If requiring assistance in an emergency, call 07895 978 092 *Please note I am part-time, and work flexible working hours; I don't expect anyone to respond outside their own normal working hours.* On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 at 11:53, Jane Keay via wardenship < wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay(a)mac.com> > To: "wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org" <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:13:40 +0100 > Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups > Dear Wardens/Managers and Resident Friends, > > At Watford Quaker Meeting House we have groups hiring our rooms and the > garden throughout the week, also Saturdays. > I have been asked by a local Romanian Christian group whether they could > book once a month on a Sunday afternoon. (A couple of rooms including the > Children’s Room.) For years we given space to the local Unitarian > Fellowship on a Sunday, once a month. This seems to work fine. > I live directly upstairs from the Meeting House and can hear furniture > being moved and the extractor fans in the toilets etc ! > I would love to take on the Romanian Christian Group who are eager for the > space but my dilemma is that Sundays afternoons are a time to stop and rest. > My question is: Do other Meeting Houses book groups on Sunday afternoons? > Is there an expectation to do this from your Meeting ? > Would this work if this was passed on to another person to clear away > afterwards? Or can the Meeting House building just have a quiet afternoon ? > (After the occasional shared lunch and talks of course.) > > Thank you for any comments or shared experiences, > > Jane K. > Warden > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jane Keay via wardenship <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > To: "wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org" <wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org> > Cc: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay(a)mac.com> > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:13:40 +0100 > Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups > _______________________________________________ > wardenship mailing list -- wardenship(a)lists.quaker.eu.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wardenship-leave(a)lists.quaker.eu.org >

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