Risk register and health and safety templates
Quaker Stewardship Committee (QSC) is being asked to provide examples of various documents on the website so that area meeting trustees can adjust these to their own requirements rather than having to start from scratch.
Risk Register templates
- template for a large area meeting [Word: 11kb - new window]
- template for a small meeting house with warden on site [Word: 40kb - window]
These are examples QSC has received from meetings, not “authorised” versions.
Health and safety templates
- Draft health and safety policy from a large area meeting with office staff [Word: 103kb - new window]
- Health and safety policy from a large area meeting [Word: 140kb - new window]
- Health and safety check list for local meeting [Word: 110kb - new window]
These are examples QSC has received from meetings, not “authorised” versions.
Some useful links: safety audits
Our advice to Friends on health and safety is to consult the websites below as they provide the various templates and guidance from which Friends can build their own policy and adapt the risk assessment sheets to fit the varying circumstances of their meeting houses.
- http://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/riskassess.htm
- http://www.hse.gov.uk/voluntary/assets/docs/village-hall.pdf
Other Friends have found the Church of England site helpful
http://www.churchsafety.org.uk/information/inform/policy.htm
Another very helpful website address on property topics is:
http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=churchlife.content&cmid=1389
The Care of Meeting Houses Handbook along with bulletins on specific issues can be found at
http://www.quaker.org.uk/property-matters
