Hello All,
Winchester has had a couple of rate rises since we started as wardens in 2018.
Back in 2020 we 'rounded up' with a small adjustment. This year it was closer to 10%.
In both cases we called our local 'competitors' (other community facilities) and asked them what their rates are, whether they were expecting/intending to raise them, and if so how? This approach was valuable in providing useful information (about policies, processes and users) and also helped to develop some friendly, and in one case cooperative, relationships.
Andy

Andrew and Lorraine O'Hanlon
Warden-Managers
Friends' Meeting House
16 Colebrook Street
Winchester  SO23 9LH
01962 864184


On Sun, 1 Oct 2023 at 18:26, Gavin Mendham <gavinmendham@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Friends

I keep an eye on the rate of inflation. It looks like its going to be 6.5% for 2023. So I am likely to recommend an increase of about that to our  hirers if Local Meeting agrees.  It gives me an explanation for our hirers.

Gavin Mendham 
Wilmslow Meeting Premises 

On Sat, 30 Sep 2023, 17:44 John Arnison via wardenship, <wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> wrote:



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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 17:28:14 +0100
Subject: [wardenship] Re: 2024 price increases?
Hello Everyone,

John Arnison from Roundhay meeting, we have put our prices up,we used the finger in the air method, not very scientific I know and it was only an extra £2 on the original price.

Best

John

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> On 30 Sep 2023, at 17:14, Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House <office@equaker.org.uk> wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> Are any of you planning to put up your room hire charges in 2024?
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> What data will you use to guide this increase?  Consumer price inflation index? Bank of England interest rates? Standing charges for electricity increase?
>
> Or the not very scientific method of "stick a finger in the air and guess which way the wind might blow"?
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> Many thanks,
>
> Miranda Girdlestone
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> Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House
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