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