Hello Friends, Was asked if any meeting house is thinking of changing their signs for toilet facilities either in response to the ECHR guidelines or the recent statement on toilet facilities by Paul Parker at Yearly Meeting. You can read that statement of policy at that link <https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/statement-of-policy-on-provision-of-tran...> . The client who asked has a small building with two signposted bathrooms and one accessible, and has been planning a refurbishment for a couple of years. Are people thinking of moving forward to individual toilet cubicles? Has anyone already done this? Yours in peace, Wendrie Heywood Founder | Mindful Business Services Ltd Book a meeting with me <https://calendly.com/mindful-business-services> *Don't miss our next training workshop - sign up here <https://mindfulbusinessservices.com/events>* [image: mobilePhone] 02036912389 [image: emailAddress] wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com [image: website] www.mindfulbusinessservices.com [image: facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/MindfulBusinessServices> [image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindful-business-services-limited> Sign up for our newsletter <https://mindfulbusinessservices.com/newsletter>
Hello Wendrie Both of our planned redevelopments will only have individual rooms that will be wheelchair accessible and with baby change facilities. We have one Meeting House with the "traditional" urinals and adjacent stalls. We will need to talk about these following the AM clerks / trustees Zoom meeting on June 16. In Friendship Matt Matt Moore: Northumbria Area Quaker Meeting Resources Manager Mobile: 07982 743 615 "Take heed, dear Friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts" Quaker Faith & Practice: Advices and Queries: 1.02/1 ________________________________ From: Wendrie Heywood <wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com> Sent: Friday, 30 May 2025 17:32 To: Quaker Wardenship Support <wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> Subject: [wardenship] toilet signage Hello Friends, Was asked if any meeting house is thinking of changing their signs for toilet facilities either in response to the ECHR guidelines or the recent statement on toilet facilities by Paul Parker at Yearly Meeting. You can read that statement of policy at that link<https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/statement-of-policy-on-provision-of-tran...>. The client who asked has a small building with two signposted bathrooms and one accessible, and has been planning a refurbishment for a couple of years. Are people thinking of moving forward to individual toilet cubicles? Has anyone already done this? Yours in peace, Wendrie Heywood Founder | Mindful Business Services Ltd Book a meeting with me<https://calendly.com/mindful-business-services> Don't miss our next training workshop - sign up here<https://mindfulbusinessservices.com/events> [mobilePhone] 02036912389<tel:02036912389> [emailAddress] wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com<mailto:wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com> [website] www.mindfulbusinessservices.com<https://www.mindfulbusinessservices.com/> [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/s2exbdzzuqiffurdsctyd/MBS-GEARS-LOGO-UPDATED....] [facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/MindfulBusinessServices> [linkedin]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindful-business-services-limited> Sign up for our newsletter<https://mindfulbusinessservices.com/newsletter>
Hi WendrieIn Lancaster we have 5 individual self contained toilet cubicles, 3 are on the ground floor, one of which is wheelchair accessible; none of those 5 are gender specific. Then we have one assigned space for women with 2 cubicles and one assigned space for men, with just one cubicle. Last year we got rid of the urinal that was in that space in order to reconfigure the area to add some storage space for Trustees documents. I questioned why we had specifically assigned toilets, whether we could make better use of the area the 2 rooms with a total of 3 assigned toilet cubicles etc take up and just create 3 self contained, non assigned toilets, and a kitchenette and storage space. It was agreed that would be better use of the space, but some Friends felt it was important to retain the few assigned toilets, for those who 'needed' them. We do not monitor, in any way whatsoever, who uses which toilets. And I have never heard any of our users make any complaint or comment about our toilet facilities (other than delight that they're always clean).All the bestTashaNatasha Heny 07752920337Meeting House Manager Lancaster(From my personal email address) -------- Original message --------From: Wendrie Heywood <wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com> Date: 30/05/2025 17:53 (GMT+00:00) To: Quaker Wardenship Support <wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> Subject: [wardenship] toilet signage Hello Friends,Was asked if any meeting house is thinking of changing their signs for toilet facilities either in response to the ECHR guidelines or the recent statement on toilet facilities by Paul Parker at Yearly Meeting.You can read that statement of policy at that link.The client who asked has a small building with two signposted bathrooms and one accessible, and has been planning a refurbishment for a couple of years.Are people thinking of moving forward to individual toilet cubicles? Has anyone already done this?Yours in peace,Wendrie HeywoodFounder | Mindful Business Services LtdBook a meeting with meDon't miss our next training workshop - sign up here02036912389wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.comwww.mindfulbusinessservices.comSign up for our newsletter
Hammersmith Meeting House (2020) was designed and built with individual cubicles. Forest Hill MH major refurbishment converted existing (gents & ladies) into individual cubicles. Lots of smaller MHs have one or two unlabelled WCs. John John Dash Property Management Advisor 020 7663 1055 (Direct) JohnD@quaker.org.uk<mailto:JohnD@quaker.org.uk> Quakers in Britain Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ Registered charity number 1127633 From: Wendrie Heywood <wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com> Sent: 30 May 2025 17:33 To: Quaker Wardenship Support <wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> Subject: [wardenship] toilet signage Hello Friends, Was asked if any meeting house is thinking of changing their signs for toilet facilities either in response to the ECHR guidelines or the recent statement on toilet facilities by Paul Parker at Yearly Meeting. You can read that statement of policy at that link<https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/statement-of-policy-on-provision-of-tran...>. The client who asked has a small building with two signposted bathrooms and one accessible, and has been planning a refurbishment for a couple of years. Are people thinking of moving forward to individual toilet cubicles? Has anyone already done this? Yours in peace, Wendrie Heywood Founder | Mindful Business Services Ltd Book a meeting with me<https://calendly.com/mindful-business-services> Don't miss our next training workshop - sign up here<https://mindfulbusinessservices.com/events> [Image removed by sender. mobilePhone] 02036912389<tel:02036912389> [Image removed by sender. emailAddress] wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com<mailto:wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com> [Image removed by sender. website] www.mindfulbusinessservices.com<https://www.mindfulbusinessservices.com/> [Image removed by sender.] [Image removed by sender. facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/MindfulBusinessServices> [Image removed by sender. linkedin]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindful-business-services-limited> Sign up for our newsletter<https://mindfulbusinessservices.com/newsletter>
(With my hat on as a Hammersmith premises person as well as staff member here.) To add to what John said about Hammersmith Meeting House: we were broadly offered like for like in the redevelopment, and the previous MH also had individual unisex cubicles, so that's what we got in the new one, plus a large accessible cubicle. From a hire point of view at Hammersmith, for the most part it's been no different than it was at the previous MH, as we had the same arrangement there. There's a glass panel in the door from the lobby leading to the short corridor with the unisex loo cubicles, which helps with safety. I am only aware of one big issue, in that we used to have a mother and baby breastfeeding group meet, then an all-male worshipping group hired another room, and as I was told, the mother and baby group cancelled their hire because they found it difficult to share the loos with all the men needing to use the facilities, and also the state that the men left the loos in. (We now ask the men's worship group to hire the whole building, and they provide their own cleaner, too.) I don't know where the mother and baby group now meet, which I feel somewhat guilty about. We don't have any further data on who has not hired, or who has chosen to hire, based on the unisex cubicle facilities Hammersmith offers - that might be a useful thing for us to ask all potential hires at the point after they have either declined to hire, or booked to hire. with all my best, Lorna. Lorna Richardson Premises Coordinator Westminster Quaker Meeting House www.westminsterquakers.org.uk/room-hire 07897 591961 *Please note I am part-time; I don't expect anyone to respond outside their own normal working hours.* On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 at 10:03, John Dash <JohnD@quaker.org.uk> wrote:
Hammersmith Meeting House (2020) was designed and built with individual cubicles.
Forest Hill MH major refurbishment converted existing (gents & ladies) into individual cubicles.
Lots of smaller MHs have one or two unlabelled WCs.
*John*
*John Dash*
Property Management Advisor
020 7663 1055 (Direct)
JohnD@quaker.org.uk
*Quakers in Britain*
Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ
Registered charity number 1127633
*From:* Wendrie Heywood <wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com> *Sent:* 30 May 2025 17:33 *To:* Quaker Wardenship Support <wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> *Subject:* [wardenship] toilet signage
Hello Friends,
Was asked if any meeting house is thinking of changing their signs for toilet facilities either in response to the ECHR guidelines or the recent statement on toilet facilities by Paul Parker at Yearly Meeting.
You can read that statement of policy at that link <https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/statement-of-policy-on-provision-of-tran...> .
The client who asked has a small building with two signposted bathrooms and one accessible, and has been planning a refurbishment for a couple of years.
Are people thinking of moving forward to individual toilet cubicles? Has anyone already done this?
Yours in peace,
Wendrie Heywood
Founder | Mindful Business Services Ltd
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Cardiff QMH is looking at updating its toilets. Could those that recently had theirs renovated (last few years) give me a timescale and cost needed for this work? We'll do our own costings, but I'm interested in being able to take this to the next Property meeting. Thanks Clint Building Manager *Cardiff Quaker Meeting House* 43 Charles Street, Cardiff, CF10 2GB t: 0745 0991652 e: clint.cardiffquakers@gmail.com w: www.cardiffquakers.com
Hi, At Walthamstow we have two sets of toilets plus an accessible toilet. Both of the ordinary toilets have two individual cubicles and all toilets are unisex. We changed to unisex a few years ago (about six I think) and haven't had any problems or complaints. All the best, Ceals Pronouns: her, she Building Manager Walthamstow Quaker Meeting House 1a Jewel Road London E17 4QU Tel 020 8521 2363 Email: walthamstow.quakers@gmail.com Account name: Walthamstow Quaker Meeting (Premises) Account number: 00010329 Sort code: 40-52-40 On Fri, 30 May 2025 at 17:54, Wendrie Heywood < wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com> wrote:
Hello Friends,
Was asked if any meeting house is thinking of changing their signs for toilet facilities either in response to the ECHR guidelines or the recent statement on toilet facilities by Paul Parker at Yearly Meeting.
You can read that statement of policy at that link <https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/statement-of-policy-on-provision-of-tran...> .
The client who asked has a small building with two signposted bathrooms and one accessible, and has been planning a refurbishment for a couple of years.
Are people thinking of moving forward to individual toilet cubicles? Has anyone already done this?
Yours in peace,
Wendrie Heywood
Founder | Mindful Business Services Ltd
Book a meeting with me <https://calendly.com/mindful-business-services>
*Don't miss our next training workshop - sign up here <https://mindfulbusinessservices.com/events>* [image: mobilePhone] 02036912389 [image: emailAddress] wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com [image: website] www.mindfulbusinessservices.com [image: facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/MindfulBusinessServices> [image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindful-business-services-limited> Sign up for our newsletter <https://mindfulbusinessservices.com/newsletter> _______________________________________________ wardenship mailing list -- wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org To unsubscribe send an email to wardenship-leave@lists.quaker.eu.org
Hello, All four of our toilets are separate, unisex. One is suitable for the disabled. They are all labelled accordingly. We have had no issues around this. Best wishes, Mark Friend Premises Administrator Winchmore Hill Quakers 59 Church Hill, London N21 1LE 07549 352126 *Join us at* *FRIENDS CAFE* *every first and third Wednesday 12 to 1.30pm* *at Winchmore Hill Meeting House* *not for profit, LOW PRICES, accessible, LIVE MUSIC! (cash only)* On Fri, 30 May 2025 at 17:53, Wendrie Heywood < wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com> wrote:
Hello Friends,
Was asked if any meeting house is thinking of changing their signs for toilet facilities either in response to the ECHR guidelines or the recent statement on toilet facilities by Paul Parker at Yearly Meeting.
You can read that statement of policy at that link <https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/statement-of-policy-on-provision-of-tran...> .
The client who asked has a small building with two signposted bathrooms and one accessible, and has been planning a refurbishment for a couple of years.
Are people thinking of moving forward to individual toilet cubicles? Has anyone already done this?
Yours in peace,
Wendrie Heywood
Founder | Mindful Business Services Ltd
Book a meeting with me <https://calendly.com/mindful-business-services>
*Don't miss our next training workshop - sign up here <https://mindfulbusinessservices.com/events>* [image: mobilePhone] 02036912389 [image: emailAddress] wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com [image: website] www.mindfulbusinessservices.com [image: facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/MindfulBusinessServices> [image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindful-business-services-limited> Sign up for our newsletter <https://mindfulbusinessservices.com/newsletter> _______________________________________________ wardenship mailing list -- wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org To unsubscribe send an email to wardenship-leave@lists.quaker.eu.org
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