Dear Friends

I am the 'health and safety trustee' for our area meeting and following a couple of incidents concerning intruders, I am looking at the issue of security of our meeting houses, or rather people in them. We have a health and safety professional we use and find very helpful. He has come with suggestions but also asks:

Is there a requirement anywhere else within the Quaker world, to make a simple security assessment of the building? E.g. taking into account

location; isolated rural may be low risk, market town (medium risk) or city centre (higher risk).
visibility/accessibility of the Meeting, i.e. is its location discreet or well advertised?
physical security of Meeting Houses, i.e. are there good locks, CCTV, external lighting or intruder alarms?
Are there concealed places where an intruder may not be seen?
Is there any significant amount of cash handled?

Does anyone have any suggestions or observations about this aspect please?

I look forward to hearing from you.

In Friendship

Carrie

Caroline Tisdall